MI Training Today Motivational Interviewing Training & Consultation

Katie Slack, MSW

MINT Member

 

Katie Slack was trained by Bill Miller, co-creator of Motivational Interviewing. She holds a BA in Psychology and a Master of Social Work degree. Ms. Slack is an Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP) Certified Crisis Intervention Counselor and a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). She has trained hundreds of therapists, case managers, social workers and advocates to us Motivational Interviewing with their clients to help elicit behavior change.

Katie Slack has over 12 years of experience in the Social Services field. She has worked as a counselor providing therapy for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. She also has experience working with adolescents aging out of foster care, persistently mentally ill adults, and adults and adolescents struggling with alcohol and drug misuse. Ms. Slack was part of the teams for three projects focused specifically on evaluating the use of Motivational Interviewing with different populations: the CASBIRT Project, providing brief alcohol and drug treatment for adults; the USC TND Project, providing drug and alcohol prevention/early intervention services for adolescents; and Project Support at Rady Children's Hospital, providing therapy to survivors of Domestic Violence who have an open Child Welfare Services case.

Katie Slack provides Training & Consultation nationally and internationally on Introduction Level and Advanced Motivational Interviewing, the use of Motivational Interviewing with Domestic Violence survivors and the use of Motivational Interviewing with adolescents.

PUBLICATIONS:
Motivational Interviewing and IPV Workgroup. (2009). Guiding as practice: Motivational interviewing and trauma-informed work with survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. Partner Abuse, 1(1), p. 92-104.
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Beers, T., Hohman, M., Slack, K., Sisneros, D., & Woodruff, S. Brief telephone-based interventions for clients with alcohol and other drug abuse problems. In A. Browne-Miller (Ed.). The Praeger International Collection on Addictions. Praeger-Greenwood. 2009.
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Slack, K., Hohman, M., & Stout, Dee-Dee. (2009). Motivational Interviewing and Trauma-Informed Work: A Perfect Fit?
San Diego: 14th International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma.

Owen (maiden name), K. & Hohman, M. (2008). The Use of Motivational Interviewing with Survivors of Domestic Violence.
San Diego: 13th International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma.

 

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