Do you want to communicate in a way that?

• Empowers those around you
• Engages other people
• Creates productive/effective conversations
• Helps others align their values with their behaviors
• Reduces resistance

What you’ll learn in Training

IFIOC teaches Motivational Interviewing (an evidence based practice) to fidelity. Meaning we teach it in a way that helps our attendee’s to get the evidence based outcomes from this practice.

Skills you can use right away

We train Motivational Interviewing by starting with your current communication skills, and focus on how do we built upon your skillset to help you utilize these new concepts immediately.

Understanding the change process

The stages of change is a critical part of understanding how change happens and how to effectively help others resolve their own ambivalence about change.

Communication Roadblocks

Unknowingly we all can run into communication roadblocks that inhibit effective communication. But when learning Motivational Interviewing, we can use strategies to prevent roadblocks and miscommunications.

Casey Jackson

IFIOC Executive Director, Consultant & Trainer

Casey has worked in Behavioral health for over 30 years and is a member of the international Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). He is the lead author of the Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment (MICA), and has presented at many conferences in a wide-variety of professional fields for line-level staff as well as administrators and other leadership. He has provided over 2000 trainings on Motivational Interviewing and system change to organizations

John Gilbert

IFIOC Trainer & Consultant

John has been working in the world of Motivational Interviewing for over a decade and is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). He is a co-author of the Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment (MICA) and has himself coded over 3000 sessions and provided coaching/feedback using this fidelity tool. John has presented at a variety of healthcare conferences and provided hundreds of trainings on Motivational Interviewing 

Active Learning whether in person or online using:

• Small groups/breakout rooms
• Polling
• Videos
• Real play practice
• Worksheets