Foundations in Motivational Interviewing helps you to improve the way you have conversations about behaviour change with clients.

Click, read, watch, and reflect as you immerse yourself in a learning experience designed to be informative and fun.
Through our easy-to-follow lessons and activities, you will cover the information you need to master difficult conversations.
Learn practical tools and techniques for planning, having, and following-up your next difficult conversation.
Lesson by lesson, you will build knowledge, skills, and confidence to move beyond avoidance and towards having more constructive conversations.
Welcome on board! In this lesson we will cover basic housekeeping items, orient you to the course, and provide a brief introduction to difficult conversations.
Next up, we start unpacking the topic by looking at what makes conversations difficult and exploring the reasons many people choose avoidance. We will make our case for moving beyond avoidance and convince you it’s time to have those tough conversations!
In this lesson we start breaking the process down and you’ll learn various tips and techniques for preparing to have difficult conversations. We will explore the practicalities of having conversations and show you how to recognise and control your emotional reactions. You will learn that “failing to prepare, is preparing to fail” (Benjamin Franklin).
This lesson unpacks common communication concepts and provides important information and tips to support you in communicating more clearly, authentically, and compassionately.
The focus of this lesson is on the actual conversation and amongst other useful tips, you will discover our conversation blueprint. By the end of this lesson, you will have a clear process to follow, knowledge of common communication traps, and tips for addressing overdue conversations and heightened emotions. You will learn to take control and improve your conversation outcomes!
In this lesson you will learn a clear and useful process for completing your post conversation tasks, including documenting, debriefing, and following-up.
Here we will review key learnings and wrap up our time together. We will also ask you for feedback and provide you with a personalised course certificate to download.
Receive access to online learning course plus private student forum.
No Coaching Sessions Included
Receive access to online learning course plus private student forum.
Included: 1 Coaching Session
Receive access to online learning course plus private student forum.
Included: 3 Coaching Sessions
This course helped me understand why my approach to difficult conversations wasn’t working. Like many others, I’ve avoided these conversations or stumbled my way through. Thanks to this course, I can now break the process down and use the step-by-step blueprint to keep me on track. It’s been great for my self-confidence. Thanks!
Last year I moved into a leadership role for the first time and have struggled with talking about difficult issues. Doing this course gave me insight into how I think about difficult conversations and the motivation to stop avoiding them. As you say in your course – avoidance only delays and amplifies issues. Thanks to the tips I learned, I feel more confident in having these conversations and managing my emotions while I do it. I’m glad to have learned these skills so early in my leadership career.
The flexibility of online learning really worked for me, it meant I could complete this course around my other responsibilities. Having difficult conversations is part of my work and now I feel better prepared to have them. The handouts were also useful, and the activities really helped me to reflect and become a better manager.
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