The Mid-America MHTTC will provide a four hour motivational interviewing (MI) workshop to practitioners in the Mental Health Region of Northwest Iowa Care Connections. The training is for new practitioners of MI and is part of a two year project to develop a self-sustaining MI program in the region. This training will include a lecture on the basic principles of the practice, discussion on how the practice fits with peer support work, and role-play activities on four essential motivational interviewing skills.