Motivational Interviewing for Leaders in the Helping Professions Facilitating Change in Organizations

Colleen Marshall, MA, LMFT, has extensive experience in clinical practice, leadership, and management, and has held executive and senior-level positions in large behavioral health organizations. She is currently Director of Behavioral Health Operations for Well, a health technology and services company, and serves as a consultant and trainer for start-up, nonprofit, and health care organizations. Ms. Marshall is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), for which she has served as Chair, Treasurer, board member, and trainer of new trainers. She has helped to consult and lead large-scale MI implementation and has been invited to speak at regional, national, and international conferences.

Anette Sgaard Nielsen, PhD, is Professor at the Institute of Clinical Research at the University of Southern Denmark. She has extensive experience in leadership and management, primarily as the leader of one of Denmark's largest treatment institutions for alcohol use disorders, and as the head of smaller research teams. Dr. Nielsen has been a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 1997, for which she has served as a board member and trainer of new trainers. She is the author or coauthor of numerous peer-reviewed articles, chapters, books, and other publications, with a focus on evidence-based treatment of alcohol use disorders.