This brief clip is a sample of a video demonstration of MI that Paul provided in the context of working with alcohol use and trauma in a great new learning resource (produced by MINT member Dr. Jennifer Hettema). You can obtain a copy of this helpful new DVD learning resource (and written transcripts of each interview) from http://www.mitrainingvideo.com/. (This brief clip of that interview (above) is used with permission of the Producer).
WELCOME! PLEASE PRESS THE "PLAY" BUTTON IN THE 1st VIDEO SCREEN ABOVE FOR AN INTRODUCTORY MESSAGE FROM PAUL ...
WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST TRAINER!
Dr. Marc Steinberg is a physician who specializes in the treatment of Diabetes and in the training of health professionals who work with patients who have chronic health conditions. Dr. Steinberg is lead trainer and curriculum advisor on our new MI program in Diabetes Education/Intervention and Chronic Disease Management. He is a MINT Trainer and is now co-facilitating workshops with Paul Burke on the specific application of MI to Diabetes Education and Treatment, and to Chronic Disease Management. Call us about our newest curriculum - and see below for more bio information on out newest MINT trainer!
Paul Burke Training & Consulting Group is a 100% Canadian owned and operated group of professionals who specialize in providing state-of-the-science training to helping professionals in the field of CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT (including mental health and addictions) JUSTICE, and BEHAVIOURAL HEALTH CHANGE. Beyond training, we are "sustainability specialists". We help organizations implement knowledge transfer approaches that are cost-effective and that assist in the evolution of real "Learning Organizations". We're a growing team of highly 
experienced clinicians, adult-educators, curriculum design professionals and organizational learning consultants who support each other in the pursuit of excellence in how we work as MI Trainers. We help others to establish Communities Of Practice where people learn to practice MI by helping others learn to practice MI! Together, we're a collective of trainers and consultants who provide an easy-access touchstone in Canada for "whatever-it-takes support" for the learning of Motivational Interviewing. We work to embrace the spirit of MI and to model and translate it for learners. The way we work helps learners to hold the essence of MI - even while they are learning it! We develop and provide customized training approaches for MI applications in concurrent disorders treatment (mental health and addicitions), corrections, tobacco cessation, problem gambling treatment, health interventions and patient education, and chronic condition self-management. And - training is just the "front-end" of what we offer!
We Help Organizations Learn-How-To-Learn MI!
If you want to talk about ways to help your staff develop skill in M.I., we'd be happy to give you a darned good listening to! In addition to a comprehensive line-up of introductory, intermediate and advanced courses in M.I., we specialize in helping larger organizations develop cost-effective, self-sustaining and self-perpetuating "learning systems" for the promotion and practice of Motivational Interviewing. Helping organizations "learn how to learn" MI is all about what we do – and it is all about how we do it. A key function of our multidisciplinary team involves helping organizations develop practical approaches to coach for ongoing MI practice. We know that helping people learn MI requires planning well "beyond training". Our emphasis is helping launch "communities of learning" where the emphasis becomes, after training, workplace-based practice and follow up. In this way, we go beyond training, to approach learning in a whole new light. That is not just our slogan - it is our mission.
Motivational Interviewing is a way of communicating with people and guiding them as they construct and strengthen their motivation for positive change: It's all about what we do; It's all about how we do it.
Motivational Interviewing is a way of communicating. We not only teach the skill, but we employ it in our training methods. In addition, our trainers are noted for their interactive, entertaining, humorous and creative approaches to facilitating learning.
We offer a highly regarded series of introductory and advanced level MI courses for counsellors, social workers, nurses, rehabilitation therapists, occupational therapists, adult and youth justice personnel, health educators, addictions professionals, psychologists and clergy.
The course lineup includes the full range of MI learning, from an introduction to foundation concepts to advanced level practice and skills enhancement workshops that include coaching and feedback to improve MI fidelity.
Beyond Training
Attending workshops and being trained are not the same thing. We know that people get some solid exposure to MI through participating in workshops. After that, they need to develop a plan for how they will integrate that new learning into skills training and practice.
There are three interacting dimensions of competency development:
1) initial concept/practice expsoure (workshops)
2) skills rehearsal and training via regular workplace-based practice (training)
3) coaching and feedback on practice performance (supervision and peer coaching).
Thus, in addition to our regular 
series of courses, we specialize designing cost-effective sustainable learning systems for agencies wishing to implement the practice and ongoing training of Motivational interviewing within their own organizations.
These custom-designed systems enable learner agencies to become effective "learning organizations" by using the organization itself as a part of the process of learning M.I. Not only is it the most effective way to get great outcomes in staff development, it is the most cost-effective way to go about it as well!
Helping Helpers Help in these times of tough economic challenges can cause major frustrations for cash-strapped human-services organizations in Canada. Supporting staff in their needs for continuing education and growth can be more than some agencies can manage. We have a strong value for "paying it forward" whenever possible. We also believe that no organization should be prevented from learning ways to improve client service just because money is tight. So, for charitable organizatons and for agencies that are not funded by government, Paul Burke Training Group is sometimes able to waive instructional fees for our 1 day "Overview Of MI" workshop. If your organization would like to host one of these sessions that outline core concepts in MI, please give us a call - or e-mail us anytime!
TRAINER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN ONTARIO
(Right to left in photo) Paul Burke (BC) and Tim Godden (Ontario) co-facilitated a TNT event (Training for New Trainers) in Toronto with Denise Ernst (Oregon) and Carolina Yahne (New Mexico). The event was sponsored by CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health).If you are interested in learning more about our trainers mentorship program, please contact us.
New Publication On: Relevance of MI with Survivors of Partner Violence: 
Paul recently co-authored a journal article ("Guiding as Practice: Motivational Interviewing and Trauma-Informed Work With Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence") with 8 MI colleagues from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). You can download a pdf copy for free from the journal "Partner Violence" at http://www.springerpub.com/default.aspx?pid=130&issn=1946-6560 Feel free to call or e-mail us with questions or comments on the article. 
Paul Burke Training & Consulting Group released our new "Practice Pieces" interview entitled "Getting The Ball Rolling" at the 2011 Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) national conference: "Issues of Substance" in Vancouver, B.C. Call or e-mail us to get this latest addition to the Practice Pieces Video Series!
If you work in tobacco cessation with hard-to-reach male smokers you may be interested in our article "The Development of a Smoking Cessation Intervention for Hard-to-Reach Multiple Substance Abusing Males: A Comic Book as the Central Component" (Gordon Munro, Brenda Munro & Paul Burke). You can obtain it from the International Journal of Diversity, Organisations, Communities and Nations at ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.586
