Motivational Interviewing - Foundational FAQs

No. This is a foundational course designed to help you learn Motivational Interviewing from the beginning. You’ll be guided through the core ideas and skills in a clear, practical way, with demonstrations that show MI in action. If you’ve had some exposure before, this course will help you refine your approach and use MI more naturally and effectively in conversation.

This six week course combines short, beautifully designed video lessons, therapy demonstrations, and interactive exercises to help you build skill step by step. New content is released each week and is self-paced - there's no specific time to be online!

You’ll also join a moderated forum where William Miller, Stephen Rollnick, or Theresa Moyers answer questions and share insights in a supportive learning environment.

Bonus materials, a digital library, and 12 months of access let you explore topics and revisit key ideas anytime.

You’ll learn how to guide collaborative, change focused conversations, especially when clients are unsure, stuck, or resistant. By the end of the course, you’ll know how to:

• Use questions, reflections, and summaries to draw out motivation

• Recognize and respond to change talk in real time

• Support clients in building confidence and autonomy

• Avoid common traps like persuading or lecturing

• Strengthen the therapeutic alliance through empathy and collaboration

This course is for anyone who helps people make changes, including psychologists, therapists, counselors, doctors, nurses, social workers, coaches, and others in helping roles.

Motivational Interviewing is a person centred approach with direction. It helps you guide conversations so clients explore their own motivations and move toward change. Whether you work in mental health, healthcare, or education, MI offers a flexible and evidence based way to engage people and support lasting change.

Yes. Many organizations use this course to help teams build a consistent, evidence based approach to client engagement and motivation. Group and enterprise options are available. Contact our team at support@psychwire.com or visit our organizations page.

10 CE / CME are available for Motivational Interviewing - Foundational. View the Learner Notification to see the boards and jurisdictions, learning objectives and speaker disclosures. 

If you need to pay the admin fee to add CE/CME credits for this course, click here.