stephenrollnick

Hi all!

Wondering if there are updates re: being certified in MI.  Last year I attended a web-cast in which Dr. Rollnick referred to this.  I am very interested!  FAQ states "Not yet, but very soon! I am not in a position to reveal details, but a small team of dedicated MI trainers are putting a certification process together, in which the submission of audiotapes will be rated using a reliable and valid assessment procedure. Details will be posted on this and other sites as soon as this process begins. It should be up and running by Summer 2010."  Any updates?
Thanks,
Brad

Dear Brad,

Apologies for the delay in getting back to you.

Practitioner certification in MI has grown exponentially in just the last few years.  There is no public or private record of who certifies people. The organization that unites MI trainers, MINT (see www.motivationalinterview.org) does not hold a record, let alone endorse any particular system of certification.  This state of affairs is unfortunate, we saw it coming years ago, but the MINT organisation is run by volunteers and has not been able to get on top of this issue before people started setting up systems of certification.

If you imagine a continuum from quick access certification to a much more thorough examination, one could place the systems out there on this line. The most thorough system is the only one I have been connected to, as an unpaid advisor, and this is MI-Campus (see www.mi-campus.com). It has just been launched. Check it out and see what suits you. I dont want to advise you which one to go for, only to inform you of what's out there.

if anyone knows the details of other systems, feel free to post them up here, not as an advertising device, but as a genuine description of exactly what the certification entails.

Get back to us here Brad if you have any further queries.  In due course, for better or worse (and its probably both!), being certified will have value - exactly to whom, why and with what effect is for another discussion, not an easy one to be clear about.

kind regards,

Steve

Brad, i forgot to mention, there is an exchange on accreditation in the list of postings in this forum...... see below, Steve