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Motivational Interviewing Training Certificate

Enroll in the Online Self-Study and complete the certification training on your schedule.
9.5 CE hours available for behavioral health clinicians

Ever feel stuck when a client says they’re “not ready” or “don’t see the problem”? Motivational Interviewing (MI) is the missing skillset that helps clinicians move beyond resistance, shift the dynamic, and guide clients toward meaningful, self-driven change. In today’s behavioral health landscape—where ambivalence, burnout, and stuck conversations are common—MI offers a proven, compassionate way forward.

This 9.5-hour online self-study certificate program equips behavioral health professionals with the tools and strategies to use MI effectively in practice. Whether you’re new to MI or want to deepen your skillset, this training will help you facilitate change conversations that are more compassionate, collaborative, and impactful.

Get certified in Motivational Interviewing—and turn stuck conversations into progress

9.5 CE hours · Certificate · $247

 

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Hillary Bolter, MSW, LCSW, LCAS, is a seasoned clinician and trainer with over 20 years of experience. A member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2011, Hillary has a gift for making complex concepts easy to understand and apply. Her clinical background spans wilderness therapy, community mental health, trauma, addiction, and veteran services, grounding her teaching in real-world relevance.

Hillary’s teaching approach combines practical tools with deep respect for client autonomy. She emphasizes the spirit of MI—compassion, acceptance, and evocation—while guiding you through MI’s core structure and skills. Through illustrative examples and guided exercises, you’ll build fluency in MI techniques and gain insight into how and when to use them most effectively.

Topics include the foundational theories behind MI, how to recognize and manage the Righting Reflex, strategies for working with precontemplative clients, core communication skills (OARS), recognizing and evoking change talk, and using the four processes of MI—Engaging, Focusing, Evoking, and Planning—to structure effective, person-centered conversations.

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Instructor

Hillary Bolter, MSW, LCSW, LCAS, has been a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2011. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker & Addiction Therapist, and absolutely delights in helping individuals, groups, and organizations learn the essential skills of Motivational Interviewing. Hillary has worked as a helping professional for 20 years, ranging from working in wilderness therapy to community mental health, providing in-home & school based services, and as a therapist with specialties including working with anxiety, trauma, addiction, and veterans.

You can find Hillary here and here.

Key Takeaways:

  • Master MI core skills: Learn to confidently use OARS (Open-ended questions, Affirmations, Reflections, and Summaries) to build connection and spark motivation.

  • Respond to resistance with confidence: Shift from persuasion to collaboration using MI-consistent responses that reduce discord and increase readiness.

  • Guide without pushing: Apply MI’s four processes to help clients clarify goals, resolve ambivalence, and develop sustainable change plans.

Why this certificate program?

  • Go beyond theory to practice: This training doesn’t just explain what MI is—it shows you how to do it, step by step, in your real clinical setting.

  • Support clients in meaningful ways: MI is especially effective with clients who are unsure, ambivalent, or resistant—exactly the kinds of situations that challenge most clinicians.

  • Train with a nationally recognized expert: Hillary Bolter delivers engaging, practical instruction backed by deep clinical experience and years of MI training.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify the theoretical basis, history, and research basis of MI

  • Apply the MI spirit with clients: compassion, autonomy, evoking, and collaboration

  • Identify the Righting Reflex & Roadblocks to communication, & apply methods for working with clients in Precontemplation stage

  • Demonstrate MI core communication skills (OARS: Open Ended questions, Affirmations, Reflections, Summaries)

  • Describe and apply skills in each of the 4 processes of MI: Engagement, Focusing, Evoking, and Planning

  • Identify Change Talk and 5 methods for evoking Change Talk

Join us to deepen your ability to create space for change in your clients’ lives. This course invites you to move from fixing and advising to truly partnering—offering a clinical approach that’s as respectful as it is effective.

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This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Instruction consists of 9.5 hours of video instruction and a post-test.

Enroll in the 9.5 CE Online Self-Study for $247

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Availability: From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.

Who Should Attend: This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.

Teaching Methods: This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.

How to attend: Directions for completing a course can be found by clicking here.

This program was recorded on May 26, 2023 & June 2, 2023

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