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Motivational Interviewing 101 for Counseling Students and Interns

About the Course

In this webinar, Aaron Norton, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, and Certified Master’s-Level Addictions Professional, presents a lecture on the philosophy and basic strategies of Motivational Interviewing.

This course is based on the article, Motivational Interviewing 101 for Counseling Students and Interns created by Aaron Norton. LMHC, LMFT, MCAP in 2017.

Publication Date

2017

Course Material Author

Aaron Norton. LMHC, LMFT, MCAP

Aaron Norton is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, and Certified Master's-Level Addictions Professional. He provides individual, couples, and family therapy, clinical supervision, and forensic and clinical mental health evaluations in his private practice. For more information, please visit his website at: http://www.anorton.com/AboutMe.en.html

Aaron Norton. LMHC, LMFT, MCAP authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

Hana Kuc, LMHC, NCC, CASAC

Hana Kuc is a Licensed Mental Heath counselor and a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor who has been working in the field for 13 years. In that time she has worked as a counselor, therapist, educator and director. Hana has specialized in working with clients on medication assisted treatment, who are in recovery from opiates, and are also diagnosed with a mental health disorder.

Recommended For

This course is recommended for behavioral/mental health professionals and students/interns who are seeking knowledge about motivational interviewing. This course is appropriate for a beginner level (student/intern) and/or early-career professionals and/or other professionals at any level of experience who are interested in learning the basics of motivational interviewing.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. Define motivational interviewing and identify the principles of motivational interviewing.
  2. Describe and discuss the phases of motivational interviewing and the counselor's role in the process.
  3. Describe and discuss some of the techniques and methods of motivational interviewing, as well as the philosophical basis for these strategies.

Availability

This course is available starting Dec 30th, 2019 and expires Dec 30th, 2027

Disclosure to Learners

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity – including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests).

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Course Creator

Hana Kuc, LMHC, NCC, CASAC – No relevant financial relationships.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Course Number 102654
1.25 CE credit hour
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