Effectively blend motivational interviewing and CBT to achieve better client outcomes

When: Thursday, 24 July 2025
Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Duration: 7 hours
Location: Online

Motivational interviewing and cognitive behaviour therapy are two key evidence based approaches for alcohol and other drug treatment. Being able to blend and move between them means that you can be more responsive to where your client is in the change process and drive positive change faster.

In this interactive one day workshop, we deep dive into frameworks and key elements of MI and CBT so you can easily combine them to boost your effectiveness. Learn what makes these two core approaches unique, where they align, and how to move seamlessly between them. Amplify your practice and maximise outcomes by ensuring that your work with your clients is always connected to what matters to them.

On average, participants of Integrating MI and CBT report a 73% increase in knowledge, 90% increase in skills, and 92% increase in confidence. Satisfaction is rated at 8.9/10 on average and 97% of participants would recommend this workshop to others.

Learning outcomes

• Understand motivation and why people change, and how this impacts treatment outcomes
• Describe how motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy can work in unison
• Seamlessly integrate cognitive behavioural therapy with motivational interviewing
• Apply motivational interviewing to improve outcomes from cognitive behavioural therapy

Who should attend

This is a specialist skills workshop suitable for experienced and advanced practitioners and assumes basic knowledge of MI and CBT. We recommend you attend our essential skills MI and CBT workshops before attending this workshop. This workshop is suitable for workers in clinical settings.

Facilitator: Paula Ross

“Really enjoyable training. Lots of skills I could apply straight away. Paula has a beautiful facilitation style and I appreciate the effort she has put into preparation.”

-Workshop participant, 2024