Motivational Interviewing & Motivational Enhancement Therapy Workbook Training

This practical CEU training introduces professionals to the principles, skills, and clinical applications of Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET). Participants will learn to distinguish MI as a collaborative counseling approach from MET as a structured motivational intervention, while developing skills in OARS, change talk, ambivalence, autonomy support, and reducing the counselor's righting reflex. An interactive MI/MET Clinical Workbook provides structured exercises for individual and group counseling, including values exploration, motivation and confidence scaling, strengths identification, support-circle development, and individualized change planning. The training emphasizes practical application, reflective practice, and client-centered strategies for supporting meaningful behavior change in behavioral health, substance use, recovery, and wellness settings. Who Should Take This Training? This CEU/professional development program is appropriate for professionals and helping practitioners seeking practical skills in motivational counseling and behavior change, particularly those working with individuals experiencing substance use, recovery, mental health, wellness, or lifestyle-related behavioral challenges. Core Training Philosophy Motivation is not something the professional has to install in the client. It is something that can be evoked, strengthened, and supported. The goal is to help professionals shift from persuasion to collaboration, confrontation to curiosity, and advice-giving to evocation—creating conversations in which individuals can identify their own reasons for change and take meaningful steps toward the life they want. Important Note This training is intended for CE/PD purposes. It provides education and structured practice in MI/MET concepts with an additional MI/MET Clinical Workbook included, but is not presented as a certification in Motivational Interviewing or Motivational Enhancement Therapy.