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APC: Motivational Interviewing (MI): Brian Bosari, PhD
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Brian Borsari, PhD
, will be presenting this session on Motivational Interviewing (MI).


About the presenter: Brian Borsari received his PhD in clinical psychology from Syracuse University in 2003 following his completion of an internship at the Boston Consortium of Clinical Psychology. In 2005, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University, and joined the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in 2007. Since 2015, Dr. Borsari has been a Health Behavior Coordinator and Psychologist Clinician Investigator at the San Francisco VA and is also Professor in Residence in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. He has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, VA RR&D and other funding sources since 2001. He has published over 150 peer reviewed articles over the past 22 years on topics such as alcohol use in university settings, the assessment and treatment of addictive behaviors, in-session processes of motivational interviewing that are related to behavior change, the development and implementation of brief motivational interventions addressing a variety of target behaviors in a number of different populations, and the development and evaluation of motivational interventions using mobile technology. At the SFVA, Dr. Borsari has established the Research Placement/Scholarly Project program for the clinical psychology interns, and is the director of the SFVA Psychology Advanced Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. He also serves as a Field Editor at the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs and is on the editorial board of Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, learners should be able to:
  • 1. Describe Motivational Interviewing
  • 2. Describe the 4 processes of Motivational Interviewing
  • 3. List 2 MI-consistent therapist behaviors
  • 4. Describe change talk and sustain talk.
Summary
Availability: On-Demand
Expires on Dec 01, 2025
Cost: FREE
Credit Offered:
1.5 CME Credits
1.5 Other Professionals Credits
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