Motivational Interviewing

why Visionary Leaders Choose Evidence-Based training

You recognize what others miss:

Many clinicians feel unprepared to address questions and resistance, leading to frustration and missed opportunities. By investing in structured communication skills, you're empowering your team to achieve better patient outcomes—a decision that separates high-performing organizations from the rest.

You understand the real challenges:

With patients overwhelmed by conflicting messages and staff burnout making productive conversations harder, you know your team needs proven tools that cut through confusion and restore confidence. It takes strategic leadership to address root causes rather than symptoms.

You've learned from experience:

Traditional messaging or persuasion tactics often backfire. Your decision to adopt evidence-based approaches ensures conversations are collaborative, respectful, and effective across large teams—a choice that demonstrates your commitment to what actually works.

You're investing in measurable results:

Motivational Interviewing equips staff with actionable techniques to explore patient concerns, foster autonomy, and increase acceptance—driving measurable improvements in engagement and follow-through. Smart leaders prioritize interventions with proven ROI.

Strategic Applications for Your Organization

Health Systems & Clinics

Pharmacists & Pharma Teams

Public Health Departments

Train clinicians and support staff to navigate patient hesitancy with confidence

Public Health Departments

Pharmacists & Pharma Teams

Public Health Departments

Improve community outreach, engagement, and trust with evidence-based communication

Pharmacists & Pharma Teams

Strengthen patient counseling, counter misinformation, and build rapport

Your Partnership with Expert Training

Strategic Assessment

Expert-Led Implementation

We assess your team's needs and design a tailored program with the ideal format and focus areas—customized to your organization's unique context.

Expert-Led Implementation

Our MINT-certified trainers lead interactive sessions featuring role-plays, real-world scenarios, and practical, actionable tools your team will use immediately.

Sustained Excellence

Expert-Led Implementation

Demonstrate Your Impact

Optional coaching and booster sessions ensure skills are applied effectively and retained long-term—maximizing your training investment.

Demonstrate Your Impact

Expert-Led Implementation

Demonstrate Your Impact

Pre/post assessments and feedback track outcomes, giving you the data to showcase measurable improvements in conversations and engagement to stakeholders.

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING TRAINING WORKSHOPS

BUILDING VACCINE CONFIDENCE IN THE CLINIC

1 Hour | Virtual

This workshop for healthcare providers introduces Motivational Interviewing to build rapport and guide vaccine conversations, with practical strategies and real case examples.

ADDRESSING VACCINE HESITANCY: LESSONS FROM MI

1 Hour | Virtual

Designed to introduce participants to Motivational Interviewing for vaccine conversations, including open questions, affirmations, reflective listening, honoring autonomy, and the Ask–Offer–Ask framework.

VACCINE CONVERSATIONS ACROSS CULTURES

1 Hour | Virtual

One-hour virtual session on culture-linked vaccine hesitancy (historical trauma, religion, politics), showing how to recognize it and hold conversations with empathy using Motivational Interviewing.

FOUNDATIONS OF MI

INTRODUCTORY TO MI

VACCINE CONVERSATIONS ACROSS CULTURES

6 Hours | In-Person

An hands-on course covering MI philosophy and key components, with guided practice of open questions, reflections, affirmations, and summaries to support behavior change and address vaccine hesitancy.

INTRODUCTORY TO MI

4 Hours | In-Person or Virtual

A four hour interactive course on MI’s spirit and key components, practicing core skills, spotting change language, and applying MI through hands-on exercises.

our trainers

Carrie Bader, MPH, MOTR/L, CHES

Boost Oregon's Training Director, Carrie Bader (she/her/hers), first attended an MI training in 2007 and has been a dedicated student of MI ever since. She is a health educator and occupational therapist, and is a certified MI trainer through the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT).

Heather Lynch, MA, CRC, OPMA

Carrie Bader, MPH, MOTR/L, CHES

Heather Lynch (she/her/hers) has been mentoring and guiding MI skills practice with a wide variety of humans in service working with other humans on growth and change, since 2007. Heather is a certified rehabilitation counselor and member of MINT.

Ryan Hassan, MD, MPH, FAAP

Carrie Bader, MPH, MOTR/L, CHES

Ryan Hassan, MD, MPH, FAAP

Boost Oregon’s Medical Director Ryan Hassan (he/him) is a board‑certified pediatrician in Tigard who advances children’s health through preventive care, healthy‑lifestyle promotion, and physician advocacy.

Evidence-based training for healthcare teams.

Build Trust with Motivational Interviewing

why Visionary Leaders Choose Evidence-Based training

You recognize what others miss:

You understand the real challenges:

You've learned from experience:

You're investing in measurable results:

what participants are saying

Strategic Applications for Your Organization

Health Systems & Clinics

Pharmacists & Pharma Teams

Public Health Departments

Public Health Departments

Pharmacists & Pharma Teams

Public Health Departments

Pharmacists & Pharma Teams

Pharmacists & Pharma Teams

Pharmacists & Pharma Teams

Your Partnership with Expert Training

Strategic Assessment

Expert-Led Implementation

Expert-Led Implementation

Expert-Led Implementation

Expert-Led Implementation

Expert-Led Implementation

Sustained Excellence

Expert-Led Implementation

Demonstrate Your Impact

Demonstrate Your Impact

Expert-Led Implementation

Demonstrate Your Impact

Boost Oregon: Empowering Providers Through MI Training