Motivational interviewing (MI) is a collaborative, goal-oriented way of talking with a person about change. The practitioner listens for how the person speaks about change and helps them voice their own reasons for it, without unsolicited advice, confronting or warnings.
Primary sources: MINT: Understanding Motivational Interviewing, MINT: About MINT, MI Cardiff Workshops: about the trainers
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MINT, international
The network’s calendar of online MI trainings run by its member trainers, marked introductory, intermediate, advanced or coding, with some free practice sessions. MINT states that it does not screen, moderate or evaluate the trainings listed.
MI Cardiff Workshops, Wales
A two-day in-person workshop in Cardiff led by Stephen Rollnick, a co-founder of MI, and Orla Adams. It covers an overview of MI, the core skills, the four processes, MI-consistent advice-giving and practice with feedback. A second two-day workshop, Advancing Practice, builds on it.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, Continuing Education
A noncredit certificate for people who are new to MI or want to relearn it: 12 hours of live online sessions, self-study on an online course site, two recorded practice sessions with simulated clients and individual feedback. The page says the two instructors are MINT members.
MINT, international
The network’s public list of member trainers, searchable by country, practice area and service: introductory, intermediate or advanced training, supervision, coaching, coding. MINT says membership does not certify competence; trainers who passed its voluntary assessment are on a separate Certified Trainers list.
Channel: YaleCourses · Checked: November 1, 2026
A short lecture by Ellen Edens, associate professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, on patient-centered conversations and the basics of MI. The clip comes from a Coursera course on addiction treatment.
Open on YouTube ↗Channel: Motivational Interviewing & Beyond · Checked: November 1, 2026
A webinar recording from the MI and Beyond series on where MI and person-centered counselling converge and diverge, with Allan Zuckoff and Chris Wagner as guests.
Open on YouTube ↗Channel: Motivational Interviewing & Beyond · Checked: November 1, 2026
A webinar recording on how MI has been taught over the years: what has changed, virtual versus face-to-face training, and whether everyone needs to be proficient in MI to be helpful.
Open on YouTube ↗Channel: Motivational Interviewing & Beyond · Checked: November 1, 2026
A webinar recording of a conversation with Steve about what to expect in the fourth edition of the MI book, with questions from the participants.
Open on YouTube ↗Practitioner registries, training standards, conferences. The links go to official sites; the descriptions are ours.
international
An international non-profit network of MI trainers, started in 1997. Membership requires a MINT-approved training of new trainers. It keeps trainer lists, a separate list of certified trainers, a calendar of trainings and a library of MI resources.
USA
A research centre on alcohol, substance use and addictions. Its Tools section hosts MI coding instruments such as the MISC, with manuals and further downloads, and the MITI has its own page; they are used for structured feedback in training and for fidelity checks.
MINT membership shows that a trainer completed a MINT-approved training of new trainers; MINT says it is not a certificate of competence, and a separate voluntary Certified Trainer list exists. MINT advises checking the trainer’s background, asking for sample materials and checking references.
MINT’s guidance: a day or less gives an overview but is unlikely to build skill; an introductory workshop of 2-3 days (16-24 hours) aims to teach participants how to keep learning MI from practice. Feedback on recorded practice and ongoing coaching help most, while reading and videos alone were not effective in research by Miller and colleagues.
MINT places MI between following (good listening) and directing (giving information and advice): the practitioner listens, and also attends to change talk and strengthens motivation toward a specific goal the person has chosen. Miller and Moyers (2017) write about MI and the clinical science of Carl Rogers.
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