MI Training – 2026
Partnership between BHSA and BHDD OSUS
All Sessions will be held at the National Safety Council Training Center located at 421 Mission Court in Irmo, SC.
Seating is limited to 60 participants at each training.
Dates:
September 17-18 – MI Basic
October 19-20 – MI Advanced
December 11 – MI Coding
Trainer: Theresa Wheeler MS, LPC/S, LAC/S, MAC, CS, LCPC
Theresa Wheeler is a therapist and owner of Beyond Now Counseling LLC, as well as a Clinical Supervisor at the Phoenix Center. Theresa brings over 25 years of experience working in the Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders fields into her work as a Therapist, Clinical Supervisor, Presenter, and Consultant. She provides clinicians with growth-producing opportunities to explore how they view their clinical work, striving to find the meaning behind behavior as part of helping clinicians learn to identify and address unmet needs.
Theresa received her Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Motivational Interviewing has been a key component of Theresa’s clinical work for over 20 years. She has had the pleasure of working with multiple MINT trainers who encouraged her to continue her learning and love of Motivational Interviewing. After attending MINT training in 2025, she is more excited than ever to share her love for Motivational Interviewing with others. Theresa is also trained in multiple treatment modalities, including CBT, narrative trauma treatment (TF-CBT and CPT), EMDR, and Brainspotting.
CE Certificates will be issued at the close of the event.
Training Objectives: Core
- Increase foundational understanding of Motivational Interviewing and importance of MI Spirit.
- Strengthen core MI communication skills – OARS (Open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries).
- Increase ability to recognize and respond to Change Talk and Sustain Talk.
- Practice use of MI within real play scenarios.
- Identify benefits of working collaboratively and building the client’s own motivation for change.
Training Objectives: Booster
Review foundations of Motivational Interviewing.
- Strengthen proficiency of core MI communication skills – OARS (Open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries).
- Increase understanding and use of complex reflections.
- Enhance ability to spot change talk.
- Learn techniques to elicit a client’s own motivations for change and build commitment towards behavior change.
- Increase understanding of MI response to relational friction.
- Practice use of MI within Real Plays.
Training Objectives: Coding
- Review the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) coding manual.
- Gain understanding of global scores (relational and technical skills) and behavior counts (utterance made by clinician).
- Learn to complete MITI fidelity metrics.
- Practice delivering MI consistent feedback (written and verbal) that displays an understanding of the Spirit and Principles of MI
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