Motivational Interviewing Skills Workshop Series
Learn how to use readiness, importance, and confidence scaling tools to guide meaningful conversations about change. Participants will practice using scales to explore motivation, strengthen self-efficacy, and support collaborative next steps.
Objectives
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Explain how readiness, importance, and confidence scales can support motivation without pressuring change.
2. Use scaling questions to explore a person’s own reasons, strengths, values, and next steps.
3. Practice follow-up questions that evoke change talk and strengthen confidence.
4. Respond to low scale ratings with curiosity, empathy, and respect for autonomy.
5. Apply scaling tools within peer support conversations while staying person-centered.
You will learn
Recommended preparation
No specific prior competencies recommended.