BECOMING MI · YOUR PRACTICE SPACE
Motivational Interviewing (MI), in the work you do.
Choose your field. Explore the conversations you can practice and create a home for your ongoing development.
Becoming MI connects daily practice with the person and professional you want to become. Try a response, consider feedback, and carry something useful into your next conversation.
Everyday conversations
Make room for what matters to someone, whether you are offering support, talking through a choice or finding a way forward together.
Explore this practice space →Child welfare
Bring the family's perspective into conversations about parenting, family connection and practical support, while being clear about your role.
Explore this practice space →Criminal justice / community corrections
Practice conversations that make responsibilities clear and create room for the person's priorities during supervision and reentry.
Explore this practice space →Substance use
Meet the person where the conversation begins: with their concerns, their experience and their questions about what they want next.
Explore this practice space →Crisis services
Practice making space for the person's priorities as you discuss support, contact and next steps after stabilization.
Explore this practice space →Community mental health
Build a shared conversation around the person's concerns, meaningful goals and experience of care.
Explore this practice space →Healthcare / FQHC / health coaching
Make the patient's questions and priorities part of conversations about health choices, care information and follow-through.
Explore this practice space →K–12 education
Invite students and caregivers into conversations about learning, daily routines and the support that could make a difference.
Explore this practice space →Higher education
Bring student voice into conversations about academic expectations, campus connection and finding useful support.
Explore this practice space →Leadership & supervision
Practice inviting a colleague's perspective while addressing commitments, capacity and the work you are responsible for together.
Explore this practice space →Peer & family support
Bring your lived experience into a shared conversation that makes room for the other person's perspective, choices and own way forward.
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WHY BECOMING MI
Becoming is personal and professional.
Becoming MI connects daily practice with the person and professional you want to become. Try a response, consider feedback, and carry something useful into your next conversation.
Your whole well-being belongs here.
Your values, responsibilities and well-being meet in your work. We make room for that whole experience, including the resources and support you need.
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