Improv Live Event: Mastering Motivational Interviewing

Improv is often thought of as a form of comedy. Yes, and, it is a form of listening and responding authentically in the moment. Not only can improv be fun, it can also help strengthen skills that are valuable within Motivational Interviewing. So, how can we use improv to enhance technical skills like cultivating change talk, softening sustain talk and deepening commitment for change? We start by saying YES. This workshop will offer a highly interactive experience that focuses on applying the philosophy of improvisation for the use in conversations about change. This workshop is applicable to learners and trainers alike as we will all be considering how using “Yes, and…” will apply in our work with MI. Members of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) can use a 50% discount coupon code - email [email protected] to receive your discount code before registering. Professional contact hours will not be provided for this event. However, participants will receive a general certificate of attendance upon request. This program will be recorded.

Webinar on Zoom 25 April 2025: Applying 'Yes, and...' to Change: Improv-Driven Motivational Interviewing Skills

$50.00

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What you'll learn

Identify the Core and Therapeutic Principles of Improv

Demonstrate Improv Techniques in Motivational Interviewing (MI) Role-Playing Scenarios

Evaluate the Impact of Improv on MI Skill development

Develop Personalized Strategies for Implementation

Meet our speaker

Mallori DeSalle, MA, LMHC, NCC, CMHC, CHP

Facilitator and member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, Inc.

Mallori DeSalle is a licensed mental health counselor, nationally certified counselor, CliftonStrengths coach, certified humor professional and improv troupe member. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT, since 2014) is certified as a trainer by MINT (as of 2021). Over the last 20 years, she has worked in mental health, substance abuse, and prevention fields with people of all ages. Mallori owns her own training and consulting company and is faculty in the Department of Applied Health Science in the School of Public Health at Indiana University, Bloomington. She provides training and technical support on mental health related topics to multidisciplinary audiences across the world. Ms. DeSalle served on the Board of Directors for the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor from 2019-2022 and from 2021-2023 served as the President of the Cottey College Alumnae Association Board of Directors. Mallori is a mother, an Improv performer, and an obsessed Oreo hunter. Her credentials don’t impress her family, but occasionally her corny jokes do make them laugh.

Empowering Change, One Conversation at a Time.

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Applying “Yes, and…” With Change: Using Improv To Develop Motivational Interviewing Skills

What you'll learn

Meet our speaker

Mallori DeSalle, MA, LMHC, NCC, CMHC, CHP

Empowering Change, One Conversation at a Time.