Motivational interviewing in mental health and substance use treatment

Over the past four decades, motivational interviewing (MI) has developed a robust evidence base as a counseling technique to help individuals with substance use disorders facilitate behavioral change. Because MI emphasizes the partnership between the patient and the provider as a foundation of behavior change, there is a growing body of research showing MI to have the potential to assist patients who are poorly engaged in care with a range of mental health conditions.

Appropriate for masters-level clinicians, this program will cover the roots, principles, and core concepts of motivational int...Read moreerviewing with an emphasis on clinical intervention and application in mental health and substance use treatment. Participants will gain an understanding of how to utilize motivational interviewing, an evidence-based counseling approach, to complement other clinical interventions. Through didactic lectures, large group discussion, case vignettes, and experiential learning, participants will gain skills to effectively respond to a wide range of presenting symptoms and needs utilizing MI-consistent interventions to remain strengths-based, culturally responsive, and inclusive. The program covers the following NAADAC Counselor Skill Groups: Clinical Intake and Screening; Clinical Assessment; Treatment Plan; Counseling Services. Less...

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Learning Objectives

  • Summarize the working definition and principles of motivational interviewing (MI).
  • Apply the concepts of engaging and focusing as an MI intervention.
  • Apply the concepts of evoking and planning as an MI intervention.
  • Demonstrate effective use of person-centered core interviewing skills.
  • Recognize how the application of key MI concepts can be applied in a manner which responds to each patient’s individual strengths, needs, and goals.
  • Demonstrate application of MI skills to mental health and substance use treatment.

Learning Levels

  • Masters-Level Clinicians

Thursday, November 12, 2026

MATC West Allis Campus Lecture Hall/Classroom #161
1200 South 71st Street, West Allis, WI, 53214

07:30 AM CST - 04:00 PM CST

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$39.00
EARN 6.5 CE Credit Hours
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About the speakers

Page Feller, MA, NCSE, ICS, LPC, MAC, CSAC, LPCC, LCPC

Clinical Operations Supervisor
Page Feller serves as the clinical operations supervisor for multiple Rogers Behavioral Health location. In addition, Page provides clinical supervision for the Wisconsin-based Opioid Recovery Telehealth Immediate Treatment (WORTH-IT) program. She ensures staff have training and clinical support to provide high-quality patient care. Page has expertise in the development and implementation of trauma-informed care practices for clinical care, milieu and behavioral management, and co-occurring treatment operations. She is a dynamic speaker who has presented numerous trainings to clinicians working in the mental health and substance use disorder fields.

Carrie Laux, MSW, LCSW, CSAC, ICS

Inpatient SUD Clinical Supervisor, West Allis
Carrie Laux is the inpatient substance use disorder clinical supervisor at Rogers Behavioral Health’s West Allis hospital campus. She has been a practicing clinician since 2012, working primarily in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings. Carrie is skilled at using Motivational Interviewing (MI) to empower patient-driven behavior change.

Agenda

7:30 to 7:55 am Check-in at the registration desk
7:55 am Welcome announcements and speaker introductions 
8 am The foundation of MI
  • MI roots and working definition
  • Principles and spirit of MI
  • Cultural adaptations of MI to consider
9 am Break
9:15 am The four processes of MI – Part 1: Engaging and focusing
  • Promoting engagement and avoiding traps
  • Processes of communication, active listening, and empathy
  • Elaborating questions, affirmations, reflective listening, and summarizing
  • Styles of focusing; focusing scenarios and interventions
10:15 am Break
10:30 am The four processes of MI – Part 2: Evoking and planning
  • Addressing ambivalence 
  • Evoking and exploring change talk
  • Preparatory change talk
  • Mobilizing change talk
11:30 am Lunch break
12 pm Utilizing core interviewing skills in practice
  • Assessing readiness
  • Responding to sustain and change talk 
  • Planning and strengthening commitment
  • Counseling with neutrality, maintaining integrity, and developing discrepancy
1 pm Break
1:15 pm Review of key concepts and application of MI in treatment
  • Autonomy, integrity, and cultural humility
  • Evaluating and responding to patient strengths, needs, and goals
  • Tools, strategies, and resources to aid in application
2:15 pm Small group practice
  • Rotate roles as therapist, patient, and observer 
3:45 pm Closure
  • Questions and answers; final reflection
  • Instructions for completing the evaluation and receiving a CE certificate
4 pm Check out at the registration desk

CE Information - Earn 6.5 CE Credit Hours

CE Approvals

Association of Social Work Boards
Rogers Behavioral Health, provider number 1101, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory board have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Rogers Behavioral Health maintains responsibility for this course. Approval period: October 18, 2026 – October 18, 2029. Social workers completing this course receive 6.5 clinical continuing education credits.
National Board for Certified Counselors
Rogers Behavioral Health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6192. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Rogers Behavioral Health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 6.5 instructional clock hours will be awarded.
Other Professionals
Rogers Behavioral Health will issue a certificate of attendance for your participation in this activity.
NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals
This course has been approved by Rogers Memorial Hospital, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #268546, Rogers Memorial Hospital, is responsible for all aspects of their programming.

CE Process Info

Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by his/her licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal.

Participants must be in attendance for the entire program to be eligible to receive CE credit. Participants who complete the seminar will receive an email from support@ce-go.com with a link to their personal dashboard, where they may complete the evaluation form and download their CE certificate. 

Disclosure

The presenters have each declared that they do not, nor does their family have, any financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose products or services are discussed in the presentation. The presenters have each declared that they do not have any relevant non-financial relationships. Additionally, all planners involved do not have any financial relationships. Further, Rogers Behavioral Health does not accept commercial support for its CE programs.
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