Key Concepts from Motivational Interviewing.
A 1-day introduction to the skills of Motivational Interviewing — practical, evidence-based, and ready to use straight away.
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is one of the most widely used, evidence-based approaches for helping people resolve ambivalence and make positive changes in their lives. This one-day Motivational Interviewing training from the Association for Psychological Therapies (APT) gives you the essential knowledge and skills to start using MI effectively in your practice.
The course is APT-accredited, provides access to downloadable post-course resources, and is available live for both teams and individuals, either face-to-face or online.
Executive Summary:
Motivational Interviewing is an organised, respectful way of helping people to:
- Recognise their problems.
- Weigh up their ambivalence.
- Find the motivation to change.
- Develop realistic plans for action.
It is especially valuable in addressing behaviours where the person has mixed feelings — which covers a surprising number of everyday mental and physical health issues.
This introductory MI course covers the four broad components of skill:
- Knowledge and Spirit.
- Engaging, Focusing, and Evoking.
- Planning and Integration.
- The link with Stages of Change (Prochaska, DiClemente et al).
You’ll also learn how to keep building your MI skills after the course, and how this one-day course connects with APT’s more advanced MI training: the 3-day course and the Masterclass.
Who should attend?
This course is designed for all health professionals who want to help people make meaningful changes. It is particularly relevant for:
- Primary care and community health staff.
- Addiction and substance misuse workers.
- Professionals in secure or forensic settings.
- Anyone who wants to motivate people in a constructive, evidence-based way.
What the course covers
- Definition and description of Motivational Interviewing.
- The underlying spirit of MI.
- Reflective listening and the OARS skills (Open questions, Affirmations, Reflections, Summaries).
- Identifying the goals the client wants to move towards.
- Exchanging information and providing advice skilfully.
- Generating change talk and responding in ways that strengthen it.
- Avoiding traps in the early stages of therapy.
- Responding to sustain talk without reinforcing it.
- Timing, and negotiating a plan for change.
- The link between Miller and Rollnick’s MI and the Stages of Change model (Prochaska et al).
- Developing your MI skills and practice beyond the course.
What this course will do for you.
By the end of the day you will:
- Understand ambivalence and how to work with it.
- Be able to generate motivation in people who are not motivated.
- Help people develop constructive, realistic plans.
- Strengthen people’s confidence in their own ability to succeed.
- Know how to offer advice in a way that is acceptable and effective.
What you receive.
- A certificate of attendance and permanent registration as having attended.
- Level 1 Accreditation in Motivational Interviewing, with the option to sit an online exam (free of charge) to obtain Level 2 Accreditation.
- Access to APT’s post-course resources to support your practice.
- Accreditation valued across healthcare: over 150,000 professionals trained, trusted by more than 120 NHS Trusts.
Why choose APT for Motivational Interviewing training?
- APT has provided gold-standard mental health training since 1981.
- Courses are built on live delegate feedback, not assumptions.
- Progression pathways from introductory through to Masterclass level.
- Over 40 years’ experience and a reputation for clear, engaging, practical teaching.
What you receive as a result of attending the training:
You will be registered as having attended the course, thereby gaining APT's Level 1 accreditation, and receive a certificate to this effect. The accreditation gives you access to online resources associated with the course and free access to the online exam if you wish to uprate your APT accreditation to Level 2. (Note, the exam to uprate your accreditation to Level 2 is inbuilt in the 'online anytime' version of the course.)
Your registration lasts indefinitely, whilst your accreditation lasts for 3 years from the date of completion and is renewable.
Your accreditation is given value by the fact of over 150,000 people having attended APT training. See APT accreditation for full details.
Booking this training is easy...Booking Options... for individuals or small groups For teams and organizations:
Live and interactive online course, delivered via Zoom or Teams exclusively for your team or organization. Price: $3,195 + GST/HST for a group of up to 15 people (price includes a workbook for every delegate, posted to one address, or a PDF version can be provided). Extra delegates $175 + GST/HST per person. Option 2: 'Train the Trainer': If you or a colleague are a senior professional (e.g. consultant psychologist) and have a talent for communication and teaching, then you are welcome to apply to become an APT-accredited tutor. You could then tutor the course in your own organization, under license. This is not only a highly appropriate use of senior professionals, but it also saves your organization the tutor-component of the fee each time you run it or your chosen modules (50% of the 'Online Live and Exclusive' fee, regardless of whether the course is held Face-to-Face or Online). To see the full benefits of this and to see whether you are eligible, click the button:
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Reviews.
APT prides itself on the feedback we receive about our courses. Below are just some of the great comments our Motivational Interviewing courses have received.
"Brilliant. Approachable, clear, kept me motivated for 3 days (an impossibility!). Best course I've been on in 18 years on the job."
"I feel that this has been the best training course I have been on so far in my professional career in terms of its relevance to my current practice and enhancement of my existing skills."
