[Learning resources](https://intrinsicchange.com/resources/) # Motivational Interviewing New to MI? Start with [Motivational Interviewing Key Concepts](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/mi-key-concepts.pdf) (PDF, 1 page, 67 KB). **Activities, 10 with a partner or group** - [Discord Dodgeball (PDF, 2 pages, 81 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/discord-dodgeball.pdf)30 min · 6 or more, in two teams - [Sustain Talk and Change Talk (PDF, 2 pages, 75 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/sustain-talk-and-change-talk.pdf)20 min · threes - [Cocktail Hour with MI (PDF, 2 pages, 109 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/cocktail-hour-with-mi.pdf)20 to 30 min · whole room, in pairs - [MI Concept Review (PDF, 2 pages, 103 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/mi-concept-review.pdf)30 to 45 min · table groups - [Traps to Engagement Skits (PDF, 1 page, 71 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/traps-to-engagement-skits.pdf)30 to 40 min · table groups - [Cards to Help Humanity (PDF, 1 page, 70 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/cards-to-help-humanity.pdf)20 to 30 min · table groups - [Catch the Change (PDF, 1 page, 76 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/catch-the-change.pdf)20 to 30 min · threes, rotating - [The Columbo Approach (PDF, 2 pages, 79 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/columbo-activity.pdf)20 min · groups of four - [Intrinsic Airlines (PDF, 2 pages, 69 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/intrinsic-airlines.pdf)20 min · whole room - [Negotiating Boundaries (PDF, 2 pages, 73 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/negotiating-boundaries.pdf)45 to 60 min · pairs **Worksheets & reflections, 8 on your own** - [Reflection Breakdown (PDF, 1 page, 61 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/reflection-breakdown.pdf)From what they said, to what they meant, to what you say back - [Change Talk Tracker (PDF, 1 page, 59 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/change-talk-tracker.pdf)Tally what you hear, one mark at a time - [Spirit of MI Reflection (PDF, 1 page, 60 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/spirit-of-mi-reflection.pdf)Looking back on a conversation through CAPE - [Applying MI Skills to Conversation (PDF, 1 page, 60 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/applying-mi-skills.pdf)A small-group brainstorm - [Conversation Style Inventory (PDF, 3 pages, 88 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/conversation-style-inventory.pdf)Following, guiding, directing: where do I tend to land? - [Clinical Skills Inventory (PDF, 1 page, 74 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/clinical-skills-inventory.pdf)Take stock of the approaches you draw on - [MI Shadowing Summary (PDF, 2 pages, 68 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/mi-shadowing-summary.pdf)A structured, friendly feedback form for observed sessions - [Supervision Planner (PDF, 1 page, 58 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/supervision-planner.pdf)Sort what to bring, by how urgent and how important **Quick guides, 15 to keep handy** - [Motivational Interviewing Key Concepts (PDF, 1 page, 67 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/mi-key-concepts.pdf)The spirit, the skills and the four processes on one page - [Anatomy of a Complex Reflection (PDF, 1 page, 74 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/anatomy-of-a-reflection.pdf)What goes into a reflection that adds meaning - [Double-Sided Reflections (PDF, 1 page, 79 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/double-sided-reflections.pdf)Both sides of the story, ending on change - [Agenda Mapping (PDF, 2 pages, 83 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/agenda-mapping.pdf)Building the agenda together - [Giving Information with E-P-E (PDF, 1 page, 67 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/giving-information-epe.pdf)Elicit, Provide, Elicit - [Traps to Engagement (PDF, 1 page, 68 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/traps-to-engagement.pdf)Six easy ways to lose a conversation, and how to step out - [MI During Brief Phone Calls (PDF, 1 page, 65 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/mi-over-the-phone.pdf)Ten tips for when you can’t see each other - [MI Recording Preparation (PDF, 2 pages, 83 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/mi-tape-preparation.pdf)What a coder listens for, and how to evoke change talk - [Coding and Coaching in MI (PDF, 1 page, 66 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/coding-and-coaching.pdf)What happens when you submit a recording for feedback - [MI and Trauma-Informed Care (PDF, 1 page, 68 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/mi-and-trauma-informed-care.pdf)How MI skills support SAMHSA’s six principles - [CLARA 2.0 (PDF, 2 pages, 85 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/clara-2.pdf)Bringing compassion, mindfulness and MI into hard conversations - [The Validation Flower (PDF, 1 page, 78 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/validation-flower.pdf)Six petals of validation around the skills that convey empathy - [Validation, Affirmation and Appreciation (PDF, 2 pages, 72 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/validation-affirmation-appreciation.pdf)Three related ideas, side by side - [MI with Adolescents and Young Adults (PDF, 4 pages, 88 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/mi-with-young-people-notes.pdf)Study notes on Naar-King and Suarez (2011) - [Motivational Interviewing in Groups (PDF, 5 pages, 102 KB)](https://intrinsicchange.com/downloads/handouts/mi-in-groups-notes.pdf)Study notes on Wagner and Ingersoll (2013) ## More to explore **Videos, 5 talks and demonstrations** - [Motivational Interviewing: Facilitating Change](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EeCirPyq2w)William R. Miller, Columbia University - [Motivational Interviewing and Quantum Change](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yvuem-QYCo)William R. Miller, University of Chicago - [Motivational Interviewing: an MI learning resource](https://vimeo.com/56949751)MINT - [Motivational interviewing in brief consultations](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTRRNWrwRCo)BMJ Learning - [It’s Not About the Nail](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4EDhdAHrOg)Jason Headley (a two-minute comedy about listening) **Reading, 4 articles and glossaries** - [Glossary of Motivational Interviewing terms](https://www.motivationalinterviewing.org/sites/default/files/glossary_of_mi_terms-1.pdf)MINT - [Taking the lower place: MI and social dominance](https://www.motivationalinterviewing.org/sites/default/files/mi_and_social_dominance.pdf)MINT - [What if your doctor really listened instead of telling you what to do?](https://www.wbur.org/news/2015/07/03/motivational-interviewing-doctor-listen)WBUR CommonHealth - [The MINT blog](https://www.motivationalinterviewing.org/blogs)Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers Free to use. Please give credit. ## Bring this training to your team [Discuss training for your team](https://intrinsicchange.com/contact/) --- Intrinsic Change: Motivational Interviewing, trauma-informed care and other staff training for nonprofit and human service teams in Milwaukee and across Wisconsin, plus LCSW clinical supervision. Email hello@intrinsicchange.com · Phone 414-306-5068 · [Contact form](https://intrinsicchange.com/contact/) [Guide for AI agents (llms.txt)](https://intrinsicchange.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://intrinsicchange.com/sitemap.xml)