Presented by: Melinda Marasch, Aspire Consulting

Location: Denver Housing Authority Mulroy Center, 3550 West 13th Avenue, Denver, CO 80204

Sign in: 8:30am MT

Class: 9:00am to 4:00pm MT

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative, client-centered approach used frequently in professions that support clients to make positive behavioral changes. 

This in-person workshop will provide the foundations of MI including the “MI Spirit,” core processes, and micro-skills used to build rapport, explore ambivalence, and encourage change. 

Learners will be provided with opportunities to apply approaches to themselves and others, as well as to plan the use of the MI approaches in their roles.

After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:

• describe Motivational Interviewing and its components;
• recognize the power of engagement and demonstrated understanding;
• observe and practice fundamental skills such as listening, open-ended questions, affirmations, reflective listening, and summarization;
• define and recognize change talk, sustain talk, and discordance; and
• plan how to use MI in their work.

 Lunch will be provided for this daylong, in-person training.

Cost: $140 chfareach member; $165 nonmember

Participants of this workshop receive 10 percent off at registration when bundling with the Service Coordinator Conference on July 29, 2026! 

Please register for “Motivational Interviewing and Service Coordinator Conference, Denver 07.28.2026 and 07.29.2026” for your discounted rate.

Groups of five or more can receive an additional 10 percent discount. Please register groups directly with Tabby Cordova by emailing tcordova@chfainfo.com with the names and email addresses of your participants.