Description
LIVE STREAM: June 24, 2026 from 8:30am – 4:00pm (Vancouver, BC) Please adjust your start time according to your specific time zone.
ON-DEMAND: Recorded footage & course content (certificate, videos, quiz) will be available until August 1, 2026. Please allow 3 – 5 business days for footage to be processed. Extensions cannot be granted under any circumstances.
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is one of the most effective and widely supported approaches for enhancing client engagement, reducing resistance, and strengthening motivation for change. In this one-day intensive, Carissa Muth, Ph.D., offers an in-depth, clinically focused exploration of MI for mental health professionals working across therapeutic, clinical, and community settings.
Dr. Muth will guide participants through the core spirit, principles, and communication strategies of MI, highlighting how MI enhances existing modalities such as CBT, DBT, trauma-informed practice, addictions treatment, and relational therapies. Attendees will learn how to navigate ambivalence, deepen the therapeutic alliance, and strengthen client capacity for self-directed change through collaborative, autonomy-supportive conversations.
Designed for clinicians who regularly work with individuals experiencing ambivalence, resistance, or uncertainty about treatment, this workshop provides both conceptual clarity and hands-on clinical skills that can be applied immediately. Participants will gain tools that support a wide range of client populations, including those dealing with trauma, depression, anxiety, substance use, relational challenges, or chronic self-doubt.
Welcome & Introduction
- Overview of MI’s purpose and clinical relevance
- Participant goals and areas of focus
Foundations of Motivational Interviewing
- The spirit and core principles of MI
- Ambivalence as a normal stage of the change process
- How MI reduces defensiveness and strengthens therapeutic engagement
- The clinician’s “righting reflex” and why it interferes with change
Core Skills for Effective MI Conversations
- Using OARS to guide client-centered dialogue
- Eliciting and identifying change talk
- Working with sustain talk and resistance
- Demonstrations of MI in common mental health scenarios
Addressing Resistance, Ambivalence, and Stuck Points
- Understanding resistance as a relational process
- Strategies for softening defensiveness and increasing openness
- Exploring values, goals, and discrepancies collaboratively
- Clinical examples related to trauma, anxiety, depression, and addictions
Integrating MI Into Broader Clinical Practice
- Combining MI with CBT, DBT, EMDR, and trauma-informed models
- Using MI to enhance treatment engagement and retention
- Supporting clients through planning and action steps
- Ethical considerations and scope of practice in MI
Closing Integration & Discussion
- Review of key MI concepts and skills
- Q&A and case discussion
- Personalized implementation strategies for ongoing clinical use
- Resources for continued skill development
Clinical Professionals: All mental health professionals including, but not limited to Clinical Counsellors, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Hospice and Palliative Care Workers, School Counsellors, Youth Workers, Mental Health Workers, Addiction Specialists, Marital & Family Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Vocational Rehabilitation Consultants and all professionals looking to enhance their therapeutic skills.
Dr. Carissa Muth is a registered psychologist in Alberta and British Columbia and the Clinical Director at the Sunshine Coast Health Centre and Georgia Strait Women’s Clinic. She holds Doctorate of Psychology, Master of Arts in Counselling, and Bachelor of Social Work degrees and ran a private practice in Alberta for the last ten years. With over fifteen years of experiences in the mental health field, Dr. Muth has provided psychological assessments, therapeutic treatments and conducted research in the field of substance addictions and co-morbid psychological disorders. With both a passion for learning and teaching, Dr. Muth has presented her research and expertise across the country at a variety of mental health conferences.
| Registration | Early bird Fee | Regular Fee |
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| Individual Enrollment | $244.00 | N/A |
| Group 3 - 7 | $183.00 | N/A |
| Group 8 - 15 | $122.00 | N/A |
| Group 15+ | $97.60 | N/A |
| Full-Time Student | $97.60 | N/A |
All fees are in Canadian dollars ($CAD) and per person.
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