Motivational Interviewing (MI) Foundations & Integration in Coaching 

Seven narrated training video webinars on MI concepts and skills: You’ll have one year access to all seven training video webinars that are part of the course. Each webinar will be released weekly, which you’ll watch in preparation for the weekly live Zoom classes. 

Transcripts of the webinars: To foster learning, downloadable transcripts for each webinar will be available.

Seven weekly live Zoom meetings to review, explore, and apply the skills: This is where the real learning happens. You’ll join the weekly live Zoom meeting to review and explore the MI content, watch demos of how it can be applied in coaching, and then practice your skills in a supportive small group. You’ll receive feedback on your chosen goals for growth and improvement.  

Time: This course provides time to learn about MI and how to apply it in coaching. In addition to reading the accompanying book, watching the training webinars, and participating in group discussions, you’ll have time to practice in small groups.  

Feedback from two experienced MI-consistent coaches: We’re confessed MI-geeks! We believe coaching with MI is the foundation for effective coaching, regardless of the unique method or specialty you bring to your coaching practice. 

Your teachers:

• Patty is an IFS-Informed,  Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the ICF, is an NBC-HWC, and is a Master Wayfinder Life Coach.  She worked as a Senior Course Facilitator for Functional Medicine Coaching Academy for six years.  She is a certified QiGong instructor, an eRYT200 yoga instructor, and is a certified meditation instructor and teaches all of these classes online. 

• Cecilia is an NBC-HWC and is on-track to become credentialed as a PCC with the ICF. She brings experience as a retired, 25-year veteran teacher and coach for teachers and currently serves as faculty and course facilitator for Functional Medicine Coaching Academy. She has experience as a mentor and coach in private practice.  

• We are co-authors of the groundbreaking book to show how motivational interviewing (MI) can be infused into health/wellness and life coaching. (Motivational Interviewing in Life and Health Coaching: A Guide to Effective Practice) (See link below for ordering.)

Coaching community: We believe in the wisdom of the crowd (that’s you!), and we know the power that a truly collaborative and supportive community can have on your learning journey. The weekly live Zoom meetings foster this type of community.

Private Facebook community: We want to ensure you get the most out of this course. You’ll have a members-only community to encourage and support you, a place to receive support and connect with like-minded coaches. We will enter the conversation and moderate the community twice weekly.  

18 hours of Approved CE for NBC-HWCs!  This course is approved for 18 CE hours for the NBC-HWC. 

Dates / Times

• Start date:  Coming March 2025

• Live Zoom meetings: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Central

• Note: Each weekly training webinar will be released one week before the corresponding live Zoom meeting. 

Fees are $1,195.00.