Motivational Interviewing: A Practical Introduction

• • Presenter: Adam Rietveld, LCPC
  • Thursday, February 13, 11am – 2pm
  • In Person: Training Room at 1135 Skokie Boulevard, Northbrook, Il 60062
  • Free to Josselyn Staff
  • 3 CEUs will be offered
  • Registration Limit: 32 total: 6 external registrants and 26 Josselyn staff. Registration will close at 1 pm on Wednesday, February 12

Objectives At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Describe the core elements of the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing (Partnership, Acceptance, Compassion and Empowerment) and explain their role in fostering client engagement
• Identify the Four Tasks of MI (Engaging, Focusing, Evoking, and Planning) and summarize their importance in supporting clients’ movement toward change
• Apply foundational MI skills (OARS: Open-ended questions, Affirmations, Reflective listening, and Summarizing) through interactive exercises

Adam Rietveld, LCPC

Presenter Bio

Adam Rietveld, LCPC has worked as a professional counselor in a variety of behavioral health settings including a locked residential psychiatric nursing home, an inpatient behavioral health hospital, and at outpatient community mental health centers. He currently owns and operates a private counseling practice in Crystal Lake, is an adjunct faculty member at National Louis University teaching in their MS in Counseling program, and works as a MI trainer, coach, and mentor.

Adam has been facilitating Motivational Interviewing trainings since 2015 and was invited to join the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers in 2016. He has experience facilitating trainings for counselors, social workers, case workers, alcohol and other drug counselors, probation officers, graduate level students, and professors.

Adam received a Masters of Arts in Clinical Psychology from the University of Central Florida and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision from National Louis University.