Are you working with people in change?

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a conversation aimed at strengthening the individual's own intrinsic motivation for change. This can involve changing lifestyle habits, such as smoking, harmful drinking, or starting studies, or providing advice in a helpful manner as a counselor.

Course objectives

The course provides knowledge about MI. It offers an understanding of the contexts in which MI is applicable and knowledge of ethical issues. However, the focus of the course is to provide skills in performing MI.

After completing the training, you can test your newly acquired MI skills in conversations with a simulated client - 'How well do I perform motivational interviewing?' - and be examined.

Course structure

Everyone who wants to learn MI already knows a lot. Therefore, your learning starts with you conducting your own conversation. The first step in your learning is to record a conversation that will be your individual starting point and your material for practicing MI. In our online training, you will have access to 8 modules for 6 months, which you can engage with whenever you want to refresh your knowledge. Skills training is complemented with short lectures and demonstrations, as well as exercises on details.

The training begins with a Zoom meeting so that you can get a good overview of what is offered and meet your instructor. You will quickly receive answers to your questions, and you can alternate between instructor-led meetings and practical training.

Instructor

In your learning, you will be supported by a professional MI teacher, who is MINT-trained and will guide you in how to learn MI. The MINT teacher is also a coder of MI at MIC Lab with deep expertise in how MI skills are developed.

Special requirements

None

Literature

If you are curious about MI, we recommend some books:

• William Miller & Stephen Rollnick (2013) Motiverande samtal - Att hjälpa människor till förändring, Natur & Kultur, Natur & Kultur, costs 598 SEK. The book provides a context and allows you to explore MI and its development. The authors have been leading figures in developing MI since the 1980s. We will suggest relevant sections of the book during the training.
• William Miller & Theresa Moyers (2021) Effective Psychotherapists - clinical skills that improve client outcomes. Guilford Press, costs 315 SEK. The book documents some fundamental skills that we can today say influence our clients' prognosis.
• William Miller & Stephen Rollnick (2023) Motivational Interviewing: Helping people change and grow. Fourth Edition. Guilford Press. Translated into Swedish by Carl Åke Farbring at Natur & Kultur, costs 401 SEK. This is the fourth comprehensive description of MI based on the other three editions and the latest decade of research and practice.

Time and place

Registration: We accept ongoing registrations, see below

Course start: Ongoing with access to all course materials for 6 months

Course certificate

After completing the course, you will receive a course certificate detailing the various components of the training.

Cost

3850 SEK (excluding VAT)

Examination

You can choose to be examined to receive a certificate confirming that you have achieved good knowledge in MI and that you can perform MI. You will need to achieve passing levels of overall assessments according to MITI in conversations with a simulated client. In a concluding module, you will record a new conversation. You will receive a report on your acquired MI skills in a professionally coded conversation with a simulated client (actor). Examination cost: 1440 SEK (excluding VAT)

Examiner

Lars Forsberg, MD, Psychologist, Specialist in Clinical Psychology, retired lecturer in Psychotherapy, Karolinska Institute. Member of MINT* since 1994 Email: lars.forsberg@miclab.se

'With this course, you will learn step by step how to conduct conversations that facilitate people's change.' The course is designed based on the latest research, which shows that MI is primarily learned through practice.