Specializing in Motivational Interviewing Health Coaching

Motivational Interviewing (MI) has been used in successfully in the psychology and social work communities for years. Nearly ten years of research and training experience with some of the largest health care organizations in the US has allowed HealthSciences to develop specialized training programs and tools for professionals and teams in health care and health management settings. We've grown to the largest provider of MI-based chronic care and health coaching programs in the US, because we continously assess and improve the impact of all of our programs using standardized, externally validated measures and learning and development best practices. We understand health care and our faculty include NIH-funded health coaching experts, MINT clinician trainers and health psychologists. 

Motivational Interviewing Skill-Building Programs and Resources

MI Health Coaching Skill-Building Workshop

Our popular two-day, hands-on workshop is specifically designed for clinician and nonclinician members of the health care team, as well as specialists in phone or face-to-face wellness, disease management or care management programs. Workshops are facilitated by by a MINT team of health care specialists. Each incorporates the latest MI and health behavior change research and interventions, with an advanced action learning design to support competency development. Our MI workshops build on the MI content and resources from the national Chronic Care Professional (CCP) program, strengthening proficiency in MI, and targeting skills for better patient engagement, self-care, adherence and lifestyle management. All participants receive a comprehensive learning manual updated in 2012. This program has been delivered to teams of 50 to 250 or more. Training health coaches is a science and we've demonstrated the ROI of our training programs through pre/post training data using standardized, externally validated tools. We can also evalute the ROI of your internal MI training programs or training vendors for comparison purposes. Contact HealthSciences to inquire about an onsite or regional program for teams of 50 or more. Our national Motivational Interviewing Training Conferences are a great option for small teams and individuals.

MI Skill-Building Webinar Series

Our new MI Skill-Building Webinar Series is a excellent distance learning option for health care professionals and teams. The webinar series may be completed alone, or prior to, or following, the CCP program or the MI Skil-Building Workshop. Like the MI workshop, these webinars are designed specifically for clinicians and teams in direct care or health management settings. The webinar series includes five, one-hour skill-building sessions organized around the soon-to-be-released Miller and Rollnick MI behavior change facilitation model:

Session I: MI Spirit: Measurable and Linked to Outcomes

Session II: Engaging: Laying the Foundation

Session III: Focusing: Setting the Agenda

Session IV: Evoking: Change Talk Makes the Difference

Session V: Planning: Ensuring Follow-through

The webinar series is offered up to four times annually. Since this program is designed as a series, registration is only available for the entire series. In the event the registrant is unable to any all scheduled sessions, replays of all webinars will be available to registered applicants prior to the start date of the next webinar skill-building series. Please note: only registered individual attendees are eligible to attend. Any additional attendees must be registered. Please visit to register for the an upcoming webinar series. This program is also available to organization or regional groups of 50 or more. Contact HealthSciences Institute about group webinar delivery options.

Individual Proficiency or Program Quality Assessment

The Health Coaching Performance Assessment (HCPA) system and tool was developed by a research team at HealthSciences Institute and validated by an external health care services evaluation firm (Linden Consulting Group). The HCPA measures the proficiency of professionals in effective health coaching and has been validated with the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) tool. The HCPA has also been used by health plans and health systems to evaluate the quality of their wellness, disease management and care management programs. The HCPA is the first tool of it's type designed specifically for health care, providing detailed feedback reports and improvement recommendations to clinicians, leaders or customers. Improving clinican proficiency or program fidelity to effective health coaching, like any evidence-based health care supports better results. Since MI has been demonstrated effective in 300+ clinical studies, results require proficiency in MI and fidelity to MI. Learn more >

Individual professionals and organizations of all sizes can now take advantage of the HCPA.

1. Individual Proficiency Report, Feedback & Coaching Session

Individuals may submit patient de-identified samples of health coaching sessions or sessions with a colleague, friend or family member to HealthSciences to receive an assessment of proficiency in evidence-based health coaching. The sample is evaluated by a MINT, HCPA-certified health care specialist using the HCPA, and a PDF report is provided within two weeks of submission. A feedback and coaching session is then scheduled to review the report, provide feedback and offer skill development coaching.

2. Team Quality Assessment & Reporting

Teams and organizations may also submit samples for individual proficiency or team-level reporting. Individual or group-level reports are available:

a.) Individual Staff Reports. Submit patient de-identified individual samples and receive individual HCPA reports. Individual reports are provided to individuals and leadership, with or without a 30 minute feedback and coaching session with a MINT, HCPA-certified health care specialist.

b.) Individual & Group Reports. Submit patient-de-identified individual samples and staff/leaders receive individual reports and group aggregate reports assessing and benchmarking the quality of the team, program or organization. Program improvement recommendations are provided. For programs of 50 or more,  20% sample evaluations are available. For example an organization of 250 staff could provide 50 samples and 50 individual reports would be provided, along with a group summary report and recommendations.