Motivational interviewing and harm reduction with youth
Event date: -
Event location: Online
Event Link: https://cvent.me/nyQ8Gg
Event type: Single day (a day or less)
Live webinar details Date: October 15, 2025 | Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET
Facilitators: Adina Hauser, MSW, RSW and Joanna Seel, MSW.
CE hours: 6
This training is suitable for:
Mental Health Professionals: psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists, social workers
Medical Professionals: nurses, psychiatrists, pediatricians, family doctors
Direct Service Workers: drop in workers, shelter and hostel workers, child and youth workers, youth justice workers
Level of training: Introductory/Intermediate
Client age category: For professionals who work with clients aged 12 to adulthood.
Description: This training will focus on evidence-based interventions geared towards youth who use substances. It will provide background and instruction on therapeutic techniques for increasing youth engagement and strategies for addressing substance use concerns - in particular motivational interviewing, harm reduction, and the transtheoretical model. Participants will engage in self-reflection and will provide the space for live role plays, as well as live discussion opportunities.
Learning objectives:
- Identify the unique needs of youth who use substances.
- Gain familiarity with the stages of change model and how it pertains to intervention with youth.
- Acquire harm reduction strategies to engage youth more effectively.
- Leave with case formulation and motivational interviewing strategies that will assist them in their clinical work with young people.
Registration fees: General $300 | Student and group rates are available
Learn more and register at: https://cvent.me/nyQ8Gg