Motivational Interviewing & Beyond

The Craft of Motivational Interviewing

This episode of MIB explores MI as a craft, moving beyond a set of skills to a nuanced conversational art form. We aim to explore what it takes to become a practitioner f

The International Motivational Interviewing Summit: Debrief

The 2025 Motivational Interviewing Summit was a gathering of colleagues from around the world to explore the future of MI practice, and research. Sponsored by the Florida

How Much Expertise Do You Need To Be Helpful?

In the episode of MIB, Steve and Joel are joined by Terri Moyers, Chris Wagner and Densie Ernst to explore how skillful do you need to be at MI to be hopeful. This conver

Harmology: How Helping Can Cause Unintended Harm

In this episode Joel, Steve and friends explore how attempting to help people can sometimes cause harm. Steve lays out four types of people that cause harm. We explore th

What would Carl Rogers think about MI?

In this episode Steve, Joel and Ange are joined by our good friends Allan Zuckoff and Chris Wagner to explore MI and Person Centered Counselling. Where do these approache

The Future of MI

In this episode, Steve, Kendelle and Joel are live from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers annual Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark.  The conversation was with

MI & AI: What is Happening and What Does the Future Hold?

In this episode of MIB, Joel, Kendelle, Steve, Ange and some wonderful guests explore two questions: What exactly is Artificial Intelligence? and What is happening with A

Motivational Interviewing, 4th Edition: What's in-store? What's changed?

In this episode, Joel, Kendell, Ange, Molly Magill and the participants will have a conversation with Steve about what to expect to find in the upcoming 4th edition of th

updated - Psychedelic Assisted Therapy: Does MI Have a Place?

In this episode, Joel, Steve and Ange take a long look at psychedelic assisted therapy (PAT) and how MI may or may not fit. We are joined by Joshua Bringle, PhD, Joji Suz

Hope and MI: Is hope a verb? A noun? How does hope feel? What does it look like? How important is it?

In this episode of MIB, Kendelle, Joel, Angela and guests explore the place of hope in helping people grow and make changes. We take a look at how hope fits with the spir

MI With More Than One Person: What Does That Look Like?

In this episode we introduce Kendall Bond as part of the MIB team. We are joined by Karen Ingersoll, Tyrel Starks and Chris Wagner to explore how MI can be adapted to wor

Motivational Interviewing in the Political Sphere: Is There a Case for It?

In this episode,  Steve, Joel, Kendelle Bond and friends from around the world explore if, where and how MI fits into the broader conversations about change. What can MI

Motivational Interviewing as a Catalyst for Building Skills: How Practicing MI Cultivates Good Practice

In this Oceanic episode of MI & Beyond we have Helen Mentha, Tipene Pickett, Kyle McKenzie and Ken McMaster in a conversation to explore how learning and practicing MI im

Is There a Theory Behind MI? Part II

 In this episode of MIB, Joel, Ange, Steve, Bill Miller, Molly Magill, Chris Wagner, Paul Earnshaw, Allan Zuckoff will continue the discussion to try to discover if an un

Is There A Theory Behind MI? If So, What Is It?

In this episode of MIB, Joel, Ange, Terri Moyers, Bill Neto, Kathy Goumas, Allan Zuckoff and other guests will try to discover if an underlying theory of MI exists (or if

Training People in Motivational Interviewing: What have we learned over the decades?

Motivational Interviewing has been disseminated to an untold number of people around the world. In this episode Joel, Ange, Steve and guests from around the world take a

Motivational Interviewing and a Restorative Approach

Best friends with the potential for making an impact at home, school, and in sport? Join Joel, Ange, and Steve with special guests Andy Williams, Orla Adams, Steve Berg-S

MI Behind Bars: Motivational Interviewing in the World of Corrections

Steve, Ange and Joel along with Jennifer Luther  (USA), Michael Clark (USA), Ken McMaster (Aotearoa/New Zealand) and Fredrik Eliasson (Sweden) take a look at the past, pr

No Such Thing As A Dumb Question: Ask Us Anything About MI

Joel, Steve, Ange, Cristiana Fortini, Ken McMaster and Tipene Pickett were curious to know what questions are about MI are out there.  We may not have had all the answers

Inside the conversation about change: What is helpful? Where does hope come in? What is harmful?

In this episode of MIB, Joel, Steve, Ange along with Molly Magill, Denise Ernst, Colin O'Driscoll and Rick Cotgreave take a look into what happens in our conversatio