Core Motivational Interviewing Fall 2024

This training is IN PERSON at the Charles E. Shipman Center in Greenville. The address is 975 Foot Hills Rd. Greenville.

Presenter: Alan Lyme LISW, CS

Description: The goal of this two-day training will be to introduce the most current information on MI that supports its efficacy as an evidenced based practice. Grounded in the underlying spirit of MI, the four processes introduced in 2013 will be reviewed and their utility will be explored. Participants will have an opportunity to learn the basic skill-set needed for MI, the underlying spirit and basic building blocks, and how it may be utilized in a variety of settings. Role play and practice are a large part of this experience. Participants will be encouraged to actively engage with the material and complete various exercises designed to strengthen awareness and hone skills.

Objectives: At the end of this training participants will be able to:

1. Describe the four processes utilized in Motivational Interviewing

2. Illustrate the four foci of the MI spirit

3. Explain the contrast of sustain and change talk

4. Discuss concrete strategies for addressing discord in the conversation.

5. Demonstrate through role-play the ability to provide empathic reflective statements.

Alan Lyme, LISW, CS, brings respected and innovative clinical and program management skills as the Training Director for the Phoenix Center in Greenville, South Carolina. Alan is concurrently the Clinical Supervisor for the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) grant initiative for the State of South Carolina. Alan has provided trainings nationally on Motivational Interviewing, Clinical Supervision, and Skills on Working with Men. He is a co-author on the book “Game Plan” (2007) with Dr. David Powell. He received a BSW from Florida Atlantic University in 1998 and a MSW from Barry University in 1999. Alan is a certified MINT Motivational Interviewing trainer, a Certified Clinical Supervisor, a Master Addictions Counselor, and a Certified Master of Leadership Challenge Workshops.

Credit: 12 Hours (Two day attendance – 6 each day)

Audience:  Private Practitioners, Counselors, Social Workers, Medical Professionals and Prevention Specialists.

Fee: Please purchase a Standard $250 Ticket

Employees of Region 1 301 Agencies: Please purchase a Standard $250 Ticket

Payment options:

         Offline payment (Preferred): 

 Checks made out to BHSA Region 1 and mailed to:

                                      Attn. Mandy Hadsell PO Box 1948 Greenville, SC 29602. 

          Pay online with credit card

 (refunds subject to 2.9% + 0.30 processing fee and will be refunded via check)