Guiding Advanced Care Planning with Motivational Interviewing – Noncredit

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Guiding Advanced Care Planning with Motivational Interviewing

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Schedule

2 live sessions: Wednesdays, December 3 & December 10, 9 - 11 a.m.

Registration through: November 26, 2025

All times shown in central time.

Fee

$149

Cancellation Policy

If you withdraw three business days prior to the start date of the class, you'll receive a full refund of your tuition minus a $25 administrative fee. No refund is provided after the start date.

Summary

In these two, 2–hour online sessions you will leave with:
  • A solid grasp of what goes into advance care plans
  • A chance to watch a live mock Motivational Interviewing–based conversation about advance care planning
  • Plenty of practice time to get comfortable with these conversations
  • Practice using Ask-Offer-Ask to jumpstart your conversation
We will mix things up with lecture, group discussion, and practice in small groups -- because let's face it, the best way to learn is by doing! You will walk away feeling more confident about having these important (though sometimes tough) conversations with your clients.

Prerequisites:
  • Your experience with Motivational Interviewing (MI) is limited to a short workshop or self-study
  • You have general knowledge of MI fundamentals: OARS (open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries) and the Spirit of MI
  • You want to improve your technical MI skills guiding a client towards change and growth around end–of–life decision and conversation
  • You approach conversations with curiosity, empathy and compassion

Overview

At the end of this workshop participants will be able to:
  • Explain the components of an advanced care plan
  • Apply Motivational Interviewing skills to end of life conversations through observation and practice
  • Demonstrate using Ask–Offer–Ask skills to jumpstart end of life conversations
Level
Beginner to Intermediate

Earn Continuing Education Hours

By participating in this class you will earn:

Instructional Hours 4
University of Wisconsin Continuing Education Units .4
American Psychological Association - Continuing Education Credit 4
Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services - Substance Abuse Counselors - Continuing Education Credit Hours 4
Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services - Marriage and Family Therapists - Continuing Education Credit Hours 4
Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services - Social Workers - Continuing Education Credit Hours 4
Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services - Licensed Professional Counselors 4

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Meet your instructors

Yasyn Lee, MD

Yasyn is a psychiatrist with over 30 years of experience in office, nursing home and hospital consultation private practice in Dubuque, Iowa. After medical school at The Ohio State University and psychiatry residency training at the University of Minnesota, Motivational Interviewing transformed her care of patients in 2015 when she took courses with Laura Saunders, and better applied the spirit of collaboration, combined with the technical skills of OARS. In 2022, after more study with advanced MI classes, Dr. Lee was accepted to the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) Training of New Trainers. She has retired from medical practice and continues to share her passion for MI as a MINT trainer.

Sarah Cameron, MS, CTTS, NBC-HWC

Sarah Cameron was born and raised in Wisconsin and she’s the founder and owner of Igniting Change Collaborative – a motivational interviewing training academy. With over 13 years of experience in motivational interviewing, a member of the esteemed Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), a Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist Trainer, a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), and an advance care planning facilitation trainer, Sarah specializes in helping doctors, nurses, dentists, social workers, teachers, (and anybody who works with people on behavior change) to hone their motivational interviewing skills so that they can strategically guide conversations with their clients/patients to self-driven behavior change, coming from a spirit of compassion and partnership. Sarah leads workshops with radical candor, offering strengths-based feedback and challenging participants to stretch and grow and find alignment with their values.