Motivational Interviewing: Intermediate Skills
Live Event

Motivational Interviewing: Intermediate Skills

Saturday, February 21, 2026
11:00am - 2:15pm US Eastern Time

Event Details

Sat Feb 21st, 2026
11:00am – 2:15pm US Eastern Time
(8:00am – 11:15am US Pacific Time)
3 CE Hours
Live Event

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About the Event

How can we help our clients make positive changes in their behaviors--without nagging, shaming, persuading, or arguing? Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based therapeutic approach that can help individuals change behaviors they might feel ambivalent about, such as quitting or reducing alcohol and drug use, adopting safer sex practices, taking medications, using new coping skills, and so much more! In this presentation, participants will build upon their existing Motivational Interviewing skills through revisiting and exploring 12 MI strategies and techniques that are used to help clients change. In addition, participants will learn how to effectively handle client discord and MI roadblocks they may encounter. Learners will also be given an MI self-assessment tool they can use to ensure they are practicing with fidelity to the model.

Live Event This is a live online event. It will be conducted via Zoom Webinar.

Live Event Instructor

Christie Turner, NCC, LCADC, LPCC-S, CCS

Christie Turner, NCC, LCADC, LPCC-S, CCS

Christie Turner is a National Certified Counselor, a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor, a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Supervisor, and a Certified Clinical Supervisor in the state of Kentucky. In October 2023, Christie traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark and attended 3 days of training to become a member of MINT, the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers. She has worked for Kentucky River Community Care, Inc. for 25 years in various roles and is currently a clinical supervisor, trainer, and consultant. Her favorite evidenced-based practice is Motivational Interviewing as it has personally changed her life and the lives of many others she has worked with over the years. Christie resides in Booneville, KY with her husband and two dogs. She loves to read, travel, walk, and study research on how people change. Christie believes we all possess what we need to change our lives and live up to our full potential. It just takes one caring individual to help us realize this.

Target Audience

This live interactive webinar is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Identify 12 Motivational Interviewing strategies and techniques to evoke Change Talk.
  2. 2 List 6 strategies for effectively handling client discord.
  3. 3 Identify 11 Motivational Interviewing traps and how to navigate them successfully.
  4. 4 Explain 11 ways to ensure Motivational Interviewing is being practiced with fidelity to the model through the use of an MI self-assessment tool.

Disclosure to Learners

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The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Faculty

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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