Motivational Interviewing Training
August 10, 2026 2026-09-25 22:15Motivational Interviewing Training
Motivational Interviewing Training for Practitioners, Teams and Organisations
Develop practical Motivational Interviewing skills through experiential training designed for people working across health, social care, mental health, substance use, education, criminal justice and related services.
Training is available online and face to face across the UK and Ireland, from introductory workshops through to advanced skills development, mentoring and organisational programmes.
What to Expect from Motivational Interviewing Training
Motivational Interviewing is not learned simply by reading about techniques. Training works best when participants have opportunities to hear MI demonstrated, practise skills, reflect on their own conversations and receive constructive feedback.
My workshops combine concise theory with demonstration, guided practice, discussion and real-play activities based on participants’ own professional contexts.
Experiential
Participants practise core MI skills rather than spending the day listening to presentations.
Relevant to Practice
Activities and conversations are linked to the real challenges participants encounter in their work.
Focused on Skill Development
Training supports movement from understanding MI concepts towards using them with increasing confidence and flexibility.
Introduction and Advanced Motivational Interviewing Training
Different learners need different levels of support. Training can provide an introduction to MI or help experienced practitioners deepen and refine their skills.
Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
Introductory workshops explore the relational foundations and core skills of MI, including engagement, reflective listening, responding to ambivalence, recognising change talk and guiding conversations about change.
Explore Introduction to MI training →Advanced Motivational Interviewing
Advanced programmes help practitioners move beyond understanding MI towards increasing proficiency through deliberate practice, structured feedback, mentoring and refinement of relational and technical skills.
Explore Advanced MI training →PHA-Funded MI Training
\nPublic Health Agency-funded Introduction and Advanced MI programmes are available for eligible practitioners in Northern Ireland, with separate application arrangements for general and organisation-reserved cohorts.
\nExplore PHA-Funded MI training →
What Participants Explore
The precise content depends on the level and purpose of the workshop, but training commonly explores:
- The spirit and relational foundations of Motivational Interviewing
- Partnership, acceptance, compassion and empowerment
- OARS + I: open questions, affirmations, reflections, summaries and information exchange
- Recognising and strengthening change talk
- Responding skilfully to sustain talk
- Understanding the Fixing Reflex
- Engaging, focusing, evoking and planning
- Working with ambivalence
Motivational Interviewing Training Across Professional Practice
MI is useful wherever practitioners have conversations with people about change, particularly where ambivalence, uncertainty or competing priorities are present.
Health & Mental Health
Healthcare, primary care, mental health, rehabilitation, smoking cessation and behaviour change services.
Social Care & Community Services
Social work, substance use, housing, youth work, family support and community-based services.
Education, Justice & Leadership
Education, criminal justice, coaching, management, supervision and leadership conversations.
Online, Face-to-Face and Organisational MI Training
Motivational Interviewing training can be delivered in different formats depending on the learning aims, workforce and time available.
Open Workshops
Join scheduled workshops with practitioners from a range of professional backgrounds.
Organisational Training
Bespoke programmes shaped around your team’s context, service users and organisational priorities.
Mentoring & Practice Development
Follow-up mentoring, coaching and deliberate practice can support continued development beyond the initial workshop.
Learning Motivational Interviewing with Glenn Hinds
I have been learning, practising and teaching Motivational Interviewing for more than two decades and have worked with practitioners and organisations across health, social care, mental health, substance use, education and criminal justice.
My emphasis is on helping people move beyond knowing about MI towards developing the confidence and skill to use it in real conversations.
Motivational Interviewing Training Grounded in Practice
Develop Your Motivational Interviewing Practice
Choose the training route that best matches how you want to develop your Motivational Interviewing practice.
