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CTA offers continuing education and coaching in Motivational Interviewing for helping professionals
Motivational Interviewing
A collaborative and compassionate communication style to support engagement and build motivation for change. Informed by decades of research, Motivational Interviewing (MI) conversations hear opportunity in ambivalence and guide towards change.
Our Services
Introductory MI
Explore the foundations of Motivational Interviewing to support others in making changes. Gain both knowledge and practical skills to begin to integrate an MI approach into conversations immediately.
Advancing MI
Build confidence and competence in using an MI approach in practice through self-assessment, coaching and feedback. Deepen understanding of relational and technical components of MI and continue to learn how to learn MI.
MI Skills Coaching
Refine your MI skills and build on what is already working with specific feedback from an MI Coach.
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Cristine Urquhart
Cristine Urquhart, MSW, RSW, co-founder of Change Talk Associates and member of the international Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (2007), has trained thousands of helping professionals across Canada in an MI style of communication. She has presented at numerous provincial, national and international conferences. Cristine is published in the areas of MI Communities of Practice, MI and trauma-informed practice and women and substance use.
Training Inquiry
Contact us to discuss hosting a training for your organization
What Our Clients Say
It was a great course. I felt safe and supported in the environment. Appreciated the piece about self compassion being included.
This experience has been very transformative and inspiring. Thank you for the way that you teach!
It was an excellent training and has created a change in me from providing “well meaning” conversations to “meaningful conversations” that support positive change in both personal and professional life.
Cristine, I’ve never had such a profound seminar leader. Great Job.
You bring calmness and grounding to your teachings. So nice. Thanks for creating a safe space to learn.
Amazing workshop! So glad I attended. I would definitely recommend to colleagues. This helped me developed skills that will help me be a better counsellor.
An excellent introduction to a tool that should be in every clinician’s toolbox. I wish I had found out about this sooner.
Excellent resource to any healthcare professional, and from a personal development standpoint. Will be recommending to colleagues.
Awesome presenter! Very skilled at managing group dynamics and encouraging the energy of the group.
Thanks for a great experience – Cristine is a fantastic facilitator. Very warm, knowledgeable, and flexible to the needs of the group. She also did a great job adjusting the material to fit with the online format and keep people engaged.
This was a fantastic training. I loved how you modelled MI through your skilled facilitation and created a safe space for learning even via Zoom. Thank you so much.
The course took MI concepts from conceptual to practical and implementable for me – I feel I walked away with a few quick changes I can make in my day-to-day practice to counsel patients more effectively.