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Center for Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Sustainable In-House MI Capacity

To get the most from Motivational Interviewing skills training participants need ongoing supports. The absence of such supports can mean wasted valuable resources. While MI can be easy to understand intellectually, successful application comes through practice, proper supervision and ongoing in-house training.

Serious organizations must institute systems for helping their staff retain skills acquired so as to not be too reliant on external trainers. This is accomplished through ongoing training and coaching.

How It Works;

Step 1: Practitioners, client facing teams, their suprvisors and trainers train together,

Step 2: Supervisors train on how to support and develop their teams' MI skills following the initial training, and then

Step 3: Agency In-house trainers receive training on how to train others on MI skills. This way, they can provide ongoing training to existing staff, and to new employees joining the organization.

Following below are modules which make up our integrated MI Training System.

Practitioners

Motivational Interviewing: Core Skills for Intrinsic Behavioral Change

This is a formal training to teach Motivational Interviewing skills. It teaches foundational concepts, strategy and techniques involved in MI and how it can be developed and utilized dynamically in targeted settings. It is excellent for staff with little or no knowledge of the MI approach as well as those already implementing the model. Joyfields Institute MI programs are taught through presentations, video examples, instructor modeling, and practice breakout activities. Moreover, instruction is diversity sensitive. 

Motivational Interviewing: An Evidence‐Based Telehealth Approach to Working with People

In a post-covid19 world, teletherapy has rapidly become an essential service modality. Unfortunately, many evidence-based practices are not designed to be implemented online. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based practice that already has a wealth of research supporting it as an effective strategy. This interactive session will introduce the topic of MI as an evidence-based practice. Relevant research that supports MI as an effective strategy and intervention will be reviewed. Online MI considerations will be introduced and an opportunity to practice some basic MI skills will be provided. Information on how to obtain further in-depth training on MI will also be provided.

Motivational Interviewing Skills: Advanced Skills for Intrinsic Behavioral Change

This is a formal training to teach skills Motivational Interviewing skills. This program is designed for the advanced practitioner as well. MI Core Skills training is required.

Combined Motivational Interviewing & Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) Approaches: Skills for Durable Contact Moments

This is a formal training to teach skills for combining the two methods. Clinical trials demonstrate that CBT combined with MI is four times more effective.

Supervisors

Motivational Interviewing Skills for Supervisors & Managers (MIA:STEP)

This program is designed to train supervisors and management on skills;

  1. To apply for leading and managing their staff in day-to-day interactions, and

  2. That will help them to provide ongoing coaching support to their staff who have received MI training and are applying their MI skills in working with clients.

MI Core Skills training is a prerequisite.


In-House Trainers

Motivational Interviewing Skills Trainer (MIST) Training

This program is designed to train agency training staff the Motivational Interviewing method, how to train the skills to other agency staff so as to not be entirely reliant on outside trainers. Our faculty are MINT instructors equipped to train others on skills for delivering MI training to others. This best practice for training trainers gives the participant intervals between stages of the training to get the information; return to their practice and make use of the skills; return to training and demonstrate experiences during the interval; develop and add the next level; return to practice and make use of these skills; return and develop finalized presentations.

MI Core & Advance Skills training are prerequisites.


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  • 15th Circuit Drug Court
  • 16th Judicial Circuit Court
  • 22nd Judicial Dist. of KS, Juvenile Services
  • 5th Judicial District Community Corrections Program
  • 8th Judicial District Juvenile Probation
  • 9th Circuit Court - Family Division
  • A. L. Harris Prison Reentry Consulting Services
  • Absentee Shawnee Tribe
  • Ada County Juvenile Court
  • Addiction Center of Broome County
  • ADVOCAP
  • Agape Means Love
  • Alameda County Sheriff's Office
  • Allen County Community Corrections
  • AltaPointe Health Systems Inc.
  • Alvis House
  • American Samoa Government
  • Apache Behavioral Health
  • Apache Behavioral Health Services
  • Appalachian Judicial Circuit
  • Arapahoe/Douglas Works
  • Arizona Supreme Court
  • ARJ, LLC
  • Asociacion Creemos En Ti
  • Atlanta Housing Authority
  • Atlantic County NJ Justice Facility
  • Bahamas Dept of Correctional Services
  • BCFS Education Services
  • BCFS Health & Human Services
  • Beach Cities Health District
  • Benewah Medical Center
  • Berkshire County Sheriff's Office
  • Bermuda Dept of Corrections
  • Betts Consulting
  • Bexar County
  • Bexar County Juvenile Probation
  • Blair County Drug and Alcohol Program, Inc
  • Blue Mountain Action Council
  • Bonner Springs Police Department
  • Boom Health
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Fort Worth
  • Boys & Girls Club of the Twin Cities
  • Broward Sheriff's Office
  • Bryant Middle School
  • Building Futures
  • Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency
  • Burrell Behavioral Health
  • California State University Dominguez Hills Foundation
  • CareerSource Broward
  • CareerSource South Florida
  • Carolina Family Alliance, Inc.
  • Carolina Support
  • Carroll County Detention
  • Carroll County Health Department
  • Catholic Charities
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami
  • Catholic Guardian Society & Home Bureaus
  • Center for Children & Families
  • Center New-Way of Georgia
  • Centerstone
  • Central FL Behavioral Health Network
  • Central San Gabriel Worksource Center
  • Change Agents Network, LLC
  • ChangePoint LLC
  • Chautauqua County Dept of Mental Hygeine
  • Cherokee Nation
  • Children Home Society
  • Children's Board of Hillsborough County
  • Children's Bureau of Southern California
  • Children's Home Society of NC
  • Choctaw Nation
  • CHRIS 180
  • Christiana Care Hospital System
  • Christophe Consulting
  • Citrus Health Network Inc.
  • City of Birmingham Municipal Court
  • City of Decatur, AL
  • City of Grande Prairie
  • City of Houston
  • City of Houston Dept. of HHS
  • City of Las Cruces
  • City of Pasadena Public Health Department
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  • Clayton County Public Schools
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  • Closer to Home Community Services
  • Coconino County Sheriff's Office
  • Collaborative Hope, LLC.
  • Collaborative Hope, LLC.
  • Colorado Dept. of Corrections
  • College and Community Fellowship
  • Columbia Heights/Shaw Family Collaborative
  • Colville Tribe
  • Community Action Agency
  • Community Council Health Systems
  • Community Counseling of PA
  • Community Education Centers
  • Community Link Counseling Svcs.
  • Community Outreach for Youth and Family Services
  • Community Renewal Team
  • Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes
  • Continuum Care Services, Inc.
  • Cook Inlet Tribal Council
  • Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc.
  • Cool Aid Society
  • Correctional Alternatives Inc.
  • Correctional Management Inc.
  • County of Marin Probation Department
  • County of Orange
  • County of Orange Health Care Agency
  • County of Plumas
  • Court Svces & Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA)
  • Cowlitz Tribal Treatment
  • Crawford County Juvenile Court
  • Crestwood Behavioral Health
  • Crider Health Center
  • Criminal Justice Coordinating Council of GA
  • Crook County Juvenile Justice Services Division
  • Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry
  • Dale County Juvenile Court
  • Day by Day Family Services, LLC
  • DC Dept. of Corrections
  • DC Department Of Health
  • DCCA / Division of Youth Services
  • Del Norte County Dept. of HHS
  • Delaware County Adult Court
  • Denver City and County Office of Community Corrections
  • Department of Court Services
  • Department of Social Services - San Luis Obispo
  • Department of Veteran Affairs
  • Department of Veteran Affairs Errera Community Care Center
  • Dept. of Health Adult Mental Health Division
  • Dismass Charities
  • District of Columbia Government
  • Diverse Family Services, LLC
  • East Central Illinois Humanistics, Inc.
  • Eastern Ohio Correction Center
  • Echelon Care
  • Edmonton John Howard Society
  • El Paso County Department of Human Services
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  • Environmental Alternatives
  • EOC of Suffolk
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  • Fairbanks Native Association
  • Family & Children's Services
  • Family Centered Services of CT
  • Family Counseling Center, Inc.
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  • Family Home Care Services
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  • Ford Street Project
  • Fort Belknap Indian Community Juvenile Youth Court
  • Franklin County Office of Homeland Security & Justice Programs
  • Fresh Start Counseling Services
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  • Fresno County Sheriff's Office
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  • Gang Alternative
  • Garden City Family Resource Center
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  • Gibraltar Prison Service
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  • Goodwill Industries of KY
  • Goodwill Industries of South Florida
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  • Grayson County Juvenile Services
  • Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare
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  • Greenlee County Courts Probation Dept.
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  • Gulf Coast Teaching Family Services
  • Hackley Community Care Center
  • Health Care & Economic Security Staff Development Center
  • Heartland Health Outreach, Inc.
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  • Heritage Behavioral Health Center
  • Hispanic Unity of FL
  • Homeless Empowerment Program
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  • Imperial Valley Regional Occupational Program
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  • Iowa State Patrol
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  • Imperial Valley Regional Occupational Program - THRIVE
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  • Jackson Behavioral Health System
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  • Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Juvenile Diversion Division
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  • Leading Into New Communities, Inc.
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  • Lummi Indian Business Council-Probation Dept
  • MacArthur Foundation
  • Malaysia Prison Service
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  • Marion County Community Corrections
  • Mayo Clinic
  • MBI Health Services, LLC
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  • Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office
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  • Memphis Area Legal Services
  • Mental Health Association Oklahoma
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  • Mercer Family Resource Center
  • Mescalero Drug Court
  • Metropolitan Ministries
  • MHMR of Harris County
  • Miami-Dade Community Action and Human Services Dept.
  • Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Dept.
  • Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
  • Mid South Health Systems
  • Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
  • Miller HR Solutions
  • Ministry Of Interior
  • Miracles Outreach
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  • MO Office of State Courts Administrator
  • Monroe Circuit Court Probation
  • More Than A Home
  • Morgan County Juvenile Probation
  • Mountain Comprehensive Care Center
  • Multnomah County DCJ
  • Multnomah County Sheriff's Dept.
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  • NECCO
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  • Nevada Department of Corrections
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  • New Hope Family & Youth Services, Inc.
  • New London Homeless Hospitality Center
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  • New York City Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene
  • New York City Mission Society
  • Ninth Circuit Court, Family Division
  • No Bounds Care
  • Non-Profit Partnership "ESVERO", Russian Federation
  • Norfolk Juvenile Detention Center
  • North Carolina Department of Public Safety
  • North Portland Area Indian Health Board
  • Northwest Indian OIC
  • NYE Community Coalition
  • Oglala Sioux Tribe
  • OIC of South Florida
  • Oklahoma City County Health Department
  • Open Society Foundation of South Africa
  • Options for Recovery
  • Orange County Corrections Dept.
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  • Orange County/HCA
  • Partners Reentry Center
  • Pathstone Corporation
  • Peer Assistance Services, Inc.
  • PG County Circuit Court
  • Philadelphia Real Estate Corporation
  • Pioneer Human Services
  • Plumas County District Attorney's Office
  • Plumas County Probation
  • PMHCC-CTT
  • Poarch Creek Indians
  • Polk County Health Services
  • Polk County Sheriff's Office
  • Positive Outlook Services
  • Premier Behavioral Services
  • Pretrial Services Agency of DC
  • Puerto Rican Family Institute
  • Pribilof Islands Aleut Community of St. Paul Island
  • Primo Center for Women and Children
  • Prince George's County Circuit Court
  • Prison Department of Lithuania
  • ProCure Therapeutic Agency
  • Providence Crisis Recovery Center
  • Puerto Rico Human Services
  • Puerto Rico Probation Dept.
  • Pyramid Lake Tribal Health Center
  • Rady Children's Hospital
  • Ramsey County Corrections
  • Rappahannock Regional Jail
  • Redding Rancheria
  • Refined By Fire Ministries, Inc.
  • Reno-Sparks Indian Colony
  • Resourceful Solutions II
  • Reynolds and Associates, Inc.
  • RHA Behavioral Health
  • Riley County Community Corrections
  • Rockyboy Health Center
  • Sacramento County Probation Department
  • Saginaw County CMH Authority
  • San Bernadino County Workforce Development Dept.
  • San Bernardino County Dept. of Public Health
  • San Diego County Probation
  • San Diego County Probation Department
  • San Diego County Sheriff's Department
  • San Diego Juvenile Drug Court
  • San Luis Valley Mental Health Center
  • San Mateo County Dept. of Probation
  • San Mateo County Human Services
  • Sanford Health
  • Sankofa Safe Child Initiative
  • Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Svcs.
  • Santa Clara County Probation Department
  • South Carolina Department of Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Services
  • South Carolina Office of Family of Services
  • Scott County Government
  • Seasons Center for Behavioral Health
  • Seneca Family of Agencies
  • Serenity Counseling & Resource Center
  • Shelter Association of Washtenaw County
  • Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
  • Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Human Services Dept.
  • Siskiyou County Health & Human Services Agency
  • Sitka Tribe of Alaska
  • Smith Community Mental Health
  • Smithwright Services
  • SNAP
  • Sobriety House
  • Social Model Recovery Systems
  • South Africa Dept. of Correctional Services
  • Southern California Alcohol & Drug Programs, Inc.
  • South Carolina DAODAS
  • South Dakota Unified Judicial System
  • South Florida Behavioral Health Network, Inc.
  • South Texas Substance Abuse Recovery Services, Inc.
  • Southwest Housing Solutions
  • Southwest Key Programs
  • Southwest Louisiana AHEC
  • SPIRITT Family Services
  • St Barnabas Hospital Teen Health Center
  • St Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office
  • St. Francis Community Services
  • St. Johns County Sheriff's Office
  • Stanislaus BHRS Prevention
  • STAR Community Justice
  • State of Alaska Department of Corrections
  • State of Minnesota
  • Steps Toward Success
  • STOP Organization of Hampton Roads
  • Storefront
  • Suffolk County Sheriff's Office
  • Summit County Juvenile Court
  • Tanana Chiefs Conference
  • Terry Reilly Health Services
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  • The Community Partnership
  • The Dannon Project
  • The Fellowship House
  • The Lawson's House
  • The Recovery Place
  • The Right Way Agency
  • The Salvation Army Bell Shelter
  • The WorkPlace CA
  • This House Is A Home
  • Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation
  • Torres Martinez Tribal TANF
  • Towards Employment
  • Travis County Sheriff's Office
  • Triumph Cares
  • Tule River Tribe Youth Initiative
  • Tulsa Drug Court
  • Turning Point Homes, Inc.
  • Uintah County
  • Ultimate Medical Academy - UMA
  • Ultra Group Health
  • Umatilla Indian Reservation Tribal Courts
  • Unified Government
  • United Methodist Community Center
  • United States Probation and Pretrial
  • Universal Mental Health Services
  • University of Memphis
  • Upscale Residential Care
  • US Probation Office, Tampa
  • US Pretrial & Probation, Kansas City
  • US Probation - Central District of CA
  • US Probation - Western Dist. - New York
  • US Probation & Pretrial - Missouri
  • US Probation & Pretrial - WD/MO
  • US Probation & Pretrial Services
  • US Probation Department, Birmingham
  • US Probation Department, Central District of CA
  • US Probation Louisiana Eastern
  • US Probation Middle District of Florida
  • US Probation Northern Dist. of Texas
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  • US Probation Office, Northern District, OK
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  • US Probation, Alberquerque
  • US Probation, District of Puerto Rico
  • US Probation, East St. Louis
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  • US Probation, Middle Dist. of FL
  • Valley Healthcare System, Inc.
  • Ventura Public Defender's Office
  • Veterans Administration
  • Victor Communty Support Services
  • Village of Skokie
  • Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice
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  • W. Haywood Burns Institute
  • Washoe TANF
  • Washtenaw County CMH
  • Watts Healthcare Corp. - HOU
  • West Contra Costa Youth Services Bureau
  • West Sacramento Youth Resource Coalition
  • West Virginia Division of Justice & Community Services
  • Westcare California
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  • Westchester Putnam Workforce Investment Board
  • White Apache Tribe Social Services
  • White Earth Reservation
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  • White Mountain Apache Tribe
  • Williamette Family, Inc.
  • Wilmington VA Medical Center
  • Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
  • Workforce Essentials
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  • Wyandot Center for Community Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.
  • Wyandot Mental Health, Inc.
  • Wyandotte County Community Corrections
  • Wynona's House Child Advocacy Center
  • Wyoming Department of Health, Behavioral Health Division
  • Yavapai-Apache Nation Tribal Court
  • Yolo County Probation
  • Yolo Wayfarer Center
  • Youth Advocate Programs, Inc.
  • Youth Development Initiatives, Inc.
  • Youthzone
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