Motivational Interviewing & Beyond

Joel Porter & Steve Rollnick

Joel Porter and Steve Rollnick host Motivational Interviewing & Beyond (MIB) a free monthly webinar. The MIB podcast it is the uncut and full webinar for easy listening. The conversations we facilitate are about all things and more related to Motivational Interviewing. Our aim to is ask more questions and stimulate thinking rather than provide answers and solutions The invited guests, spontaneous panelists and questions from the audience take the conversation into deep and unplanned directions.

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33 episodes
Updated Sep 23, 2025

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Feb 6, 2022 · 1 min
Collateral Damage From Good Intentions: When Attempts at Helping Cause Harm
In this third part of the Inside The Conversation of Change, Joel, Steve, Ange, Denise Ernst, Molly Magill, Shaun Shelly, Patrick Berthiaume and friends discuss the idea of harmful conversation, exploring when attempts at helping accidentally cause harm and how to prevent it.
Nov 8, 2021 · 1 hr 51 min
Motivational Interviewing and Addictive Behaviours: What have we learned in 35 years?
In this episode, Steve, Ange & Joel are joined by Denise Ernst (USA), Simon Adamson (New Zealand), Shaun Shelly (South Africa) and surprise guest Molly Magill (USA) to explore how MI has changed the way we think about and work with addictions and addictive behaviours. The conversation meandered into a range of areas from about how we hold people in mind and in heart to do we need the word "treatment" anymore.
Nov 8, 2021 · 2 hr
MI Across Cultures: What Makes MI Appealing to People Around the World?
In this episode of MIB, we explore the appeal and helpfulness of MI across cultures, languages and borders. Joel, Ange and Steve are joined by friends and colleagues from Brazil, South Africa and Aotearoa/New Zealand to share ideas and stories from training and practicing MI to get a better understanding of international and cross cultural adoption of MI.
Aug 20, 2021 · 1 hr 33 min
Does Listening Save Time?
In this MIB episode David Rosengren, Margo Bristow and Onna Brewer join in and try to answer Steve's question: Does Listening Save Time? We spent a lot of time talking about listening.
Jul 20, 2021 · 1 hr 52 min
Behaviour Change: Is That All That Matters?
Welcome. In this episode Steve, Joel and guests have a well rounded conversation about change. We explore the limitations and unearth question about focusing only behaviour change as an acceptable outcome. Heather Flynn, Kathy Goumas and others join in the conversation to help connect some of the dots and deepen our understanding of what it means to help others. Steve also does some foreshadowing of the fourth edition of the Motivational Interviewing.
Jun 28, 2021 · 1 hr 49 min
Compassion Fatigue: What's Going On Here?
In the episode Steve, Joel and guests Stan, Brendan and others explore the upper limits of caring for others. We talk about Compassion Focused Therapy, self-compassion, compassion vs. empathy, therapist shame, vicarious trauma and more. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we enjoyed having it!
Apr 27, 2021 · 1 hr 44 min
Virtual Training and Learning In The Time of COVID: Where To From Here?
In this episode we explored the universe of virtual learning and training with Susan Dopart (USA) and Ken McMaster (New Zealand) . How has COVID fast tracked and required us to adapt to a new teaching, training and learning environment? We were also joined by Pip Mason, Steve Berg-Smith and Onna Brewer to further explore the personal challenges of moving from training in the room to training in cyberspace.
Apr 10, 2021 · 1 hr 33 min
Supporting Autonomy: How Long is a Piece of String?
In this episode Joel and Steve are joined by Russell Calderwood (Wales), Fredrik Eliasson (Sweden), Margo Bristow (USA) and Brendan Murphy (Ireland) to take deep dive in role of supporting autonomy while helping people change.
Apr 8, 2021 · 1 hr 33 min
Giving Advice & Feedback: Sport, School and Beyond
This episode starts with Madtv 's clip Stop It with Bob Newhart and Mo Collins. Afterwards, Joel and Steve are joined by colleagues Andrew Brownhill, Orla Adams and Judith Carpenter to explore what advice and feedback actually are. Is it a task to be done, a skill to learn or art form? Steve provides a live demonstration of he offers advice and feedback. There are questions and comments from the audience
Apr 8, 2021 · 1 hr 43 min
Sport and Empathy
This Episode focuses in on the role of empathy in sport. We had three guests that are involved with working with professional athletes who are trying to change the culture of who athletes both young and old are treated by coaches. Does empathy have a place in sport? How can empathy support optimal performance? Is coaching about more than just winning?
Apr 8, 2021 · 2 hr 12 min
Listening in a Time of Uncertainty
Our flagship episode of Motivational Interviewing & Beyond (MIB) was focused on the importance of listening in this time of uncertainty. As we found our way into learning how to do a webinar and inviting people to join, we covered a lot conversational ground.
Apr 5, 2021 · 2 hr 6 min
Hesitating? COVID Vaccination and How to Approach Ambivalence
Steve and Joel have a robust conversations with experts in vaccinology, diabetes, motivational interviewing and general medicine on vaccinations, ambivalence and hesitancy. There is a MI demonstration of how to approach the topic and questions from the audience in this episode.
Apr 4, 2021 · 2 hr 1 min
The Therapeutic Cocktail: Can Blending Approaches Lead to Better Outcomes?
Joel and Steve along with Allan Zuckoff, Terri Moyers, Chris Wagner and Kathy Goumas explore the topic of psychotherapy integration. This lively conversation covers a lot ground from the history of therapy integration to what makes an effective therapist. There are spontaneous appearances and questions from the audience.

Motivational Interviewing & Beyond

Collateral Damage From Good Intentions: When Attempts at Helping Cause Harm

Motivational Interviewing and Addictive Behaviours: What have we learned in 35 years?

MI Across Cultures: What Makes MI Appealing to People Around the World?

Does Listening Save Time?

Behaviour Change: Is That All That Matters?

Compassion Fatigue: What's Going On Here?

Virtual Training and Learning In The Time of COVID: Where To From Here?

Supporting Autonomy: How Long is a Piece of String?

Giving Advice & Feedback: Sport, School and Beyond

Sport and Empathy

Listening in a Time of Uncertainty

Hesitating? COVID Vaccination and How to Approach Ambivalence

The Therapeutic Cocktail: Can Blending Approaches Lead to Better Outcomes?