What Is Motivational Interviewing?
Motivational Interviewing, while originally developed as an addiction treatment, is a collaborative way of having conversations about change, so it’s used in fields like teaching, medicine, personnel management, personal training/coaching, and many others. If you are trying to help people make changes, MI training will help you do it.
What Will The Course Be Like?
We’ll meet for eight weekly, 90-minute classes. The first week will be an academic overview of MI, and the remaining seven focus entirely on practicing MI, getting feedback, and providing feedback to other students. To maintain a high amount of student-teacher contact, enrollment is limited to ten people.
When Will It Meet?
The course will run for 8 weekly 90-minute sessions on Wednesdays, beginning on March 4, 2026. The class will meet at 5PM in San Francisco, which is 8PM in New York, and noon Thursday in Sydney (Because of DST, it’ll then be 11 in Sydney, and then 10!).
If you’re in Europe/Africa/Middle East, this time won’t work very well for you. There will be another class in September that will work for your time zone.
Is There Homework?
Yes, but not a lot. You’ll need to read a portion of the Motivational Interviewing textbook (either the third or fourth edition) before the first class, there will be a few videos to watch after the second class, and you’ll do two hour-long MI sessions after classes 4 and 6.
What’s the teacher’s background in MI?
Dr. Tucker Peck is a fulltime clinical psychologist, and MI is one of the main techniques he has used throughout his career. He did his postdoc in Motivational Interviewing with the late Dr. Hal Arkowitz, one of the MI creators (Hal was PhD advisor to Dr. William Miller, first author of the MI textbook). Tucker has taught this eight-week course numerous times.
How Do I Register?
Contact Tucker to let him know you’re interested. If he lets you know there’s still space in the class, Venmo the registration fee of $450 to tucker-peck (or contact him if your money isn’t in USD or you don’t have Venmo). If you would like to join and the cost is an obstacle, please let Tucker know, as some scholarships are available. The registration fee is nonrefundable unless the class sells out and your spot is taken by someone on the waitlist, in which case it is 80% refundable.