Dry therapy doesn't engage clients.
Especially when you're working with clients that present with multiple problems at once…
You need to meet them where they're at and have training skills and techniques to move them forward.
Give your therapy the boost it needs - gain skills to integrate CBT and DBT into the powerful approach of Motivational Interviewing.
Join Kristin Dempsey and Ali Hall and learn concrete skills you can use tomorrow in session to get more client engagement, less resistance, greater therapy compliancy and enhanced outcomes. You'll learn how to…
- Know when to use CBT or MI or both
- Use DBT as a guiding style for therapy
- Apply 8 clinical skills for change across all modalities
- Engage clients in conversation that instills hope for change
Plus, you'll get real-world case studies to help you apply concepts and strategies!
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
YOUR SPEAKERS
Ali Hall, JD, MINT Certified Trainer, is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), a MINT Certified Trainer, and an independent consultant and trainer. Ali currently serves on the MINT Board of Directors, focusing on professional skill development for MI practitioners and trainers. Ali has designed and facilitated more than 2500 Motivational Interviewing (MI) workshops for criminal justice, wraparound services, chronic disease and diabetes self-management educators, health care practitioners, health coaches, social services providers, behavioral health clinicians, social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists.
Ali is the co-developer of the Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment (MICA), a coding and coaching tool for MI skill improvement, and regularly provides workshops in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), applications of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and integration of MI and skill-building evidence-based practices.
Kristin Dempsey, EdD, LPCC, LMFT, MINT Certified Trainer, frequently trains diverse mental health and helping professionals in MI, trauma-informed care, crisis interventions, and various cognitive behavioural and behavioural therapy approaches. She specialized in working with individuals experiencing co-occurring mental health and substance use issues, trauma, and eating disorders, among other conditions. Kristin teaches from a strengths-based approach that explores values and meaning-building for clients, supervisees and clinicians alike.
We’re that confident you'll find this learning experience to be all that's promised and more than you expected.

