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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.

Format

Live online

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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Contact Ashley Kuehl at [email protected] or 608-265-4267

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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. Dr. Lee has trained healthcare students and practitioners across disciplines including physicians, physical therapy, psychiatry, substance use disorder, and nursing in Motivational Interviewing, and has co-trained intraprofessional MI. 

Sarah Cameron, MS, CTTS, NBC-HWC

Sarah Cameron grew up in Wisconsin and last year founded Igniting Change Collaborative – a motivational interviewing training academy. She’s been obsessed with and immersed in motivational interviewing for over 13 years and is a member of the prestigious Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). She’s also a Tobacco Treatment Specialist Trainer, a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), and a co-author of a handful of motivational interviewing books. Sarah specializes in helping healthcare professionals, social workers, interventionists, and anyone else who works with people on behavior change to sharpen their motivational interviewing skills. Her goal is to help them guide conversations that lead to genuine, self-driven change rooted in compassion and partnership. As an experienced online classroom facilitator, she’s led two-weeks-long onboarding trainings and continually crafts short workshops on everything from positive psychology to imposter syndrome to the spirit of MI. Sarah brings radical candor to her workshops, offering strengths-based feedback that challenges participants to stretch, grow, and find alignment with their values.