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An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing

Center City, MN

Objectives

• Discern appropriate opportunities for using MI
• Utilize MI CORE Interviewing Skills to capture the spirit of MI
• Apply basic MI skills: Open Questions, Affirmations, Reflections, Summaries (OARS)
• Elicit “change talk” and think strategically about the MI planning process

Hazelden Betty Ford has been at the forefront of treating addiction and other mental health disorders for 75 years. Our industry-leading outcomes are driven by early adoption and adherence to the most current and effective models for clinical treatment and recovery across the continuum of care.

Presenters

Travis Vanderbilt, MA, LPCC, LADC Mental health professional at Hazelden Betty Ford Vanderbilt serves as a mental health professional at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation in Chaska, focusing in outpatient care. He has over 13 years of experience in the behavioral health field providing direct clinical care in various positions and is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). Vanderbilt has also provided trainings for different Hazelden Betty Ford location sites as well as outside organizations and EAP groups. He earned his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Boston University and completed his master’s degree in Addiction Studies at the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School. His professional areas of interest include Motivational Interviewing, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Positive Psychology.

Erin Fitterer, LADC Mental health professional at Hazelden Betty Ford Fitterer has over 15 years of experience in the substance use disorder treatment field, spending 12 of those years with Hazelden Betty Ford. She is currently a substance use disorder counselor for a Minnesota Outpatient female-identifying group. Fitterer is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and is a MI Champion at the Hazelden Betty Ford outpatient facilities in Minnesota Outpatient. Above all, she is passionate for helping patients, families and communities impacted by Substance use disorder.

 

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The Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School, provider #1487, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period:11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive 6 continuing education credits.

Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0529.  The Graduate School is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Graduate School maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. The Graduate School is an NBCC approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP # 6547, and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program.  The Graduate School is approved to provide continuing education by CAADE Provider # CP20 975 C 0325, CCAPP Provider Number 1N-88-160-1125, CADTP provider # 125, and CA BRN CEP 16722. 

Participants are required to keep their certificate for a minimum of six years. For information about this continuing education program, please contact the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School, P.O. Box 11 CO9, Center City, Minnesota 55012

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