What is MINT?
The Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) is an international collective of trainers in motivational interviewing and related methods (e.g., behavior change counseling, brief advice). The trainers come from diverse backgrounds, and their central interest is in improving the quality and effectiveness of counseling and consultations given to clients about behavior change. The organization emerged in 1997 among people trained as trainers by William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick.
The Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) is an international collective of trainers in motivational interviewing and related methods (e.g., behavior change counseling, brief advice). The trainers come from diverse backgrounds, and their central interest is in improving the quality and effectiveness of counseling and consultations given to clients about behavior change. The organization emerged in 1997 among people trained as trainers by William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick.
Who may join?
MINT members have completed a 3-day workshop designed to teach them the training methods, techniques and spirit of the MI approach. In order to encourage good practice standards, MINT membership is limited to trainers who have completed a training workshop for new MI trainers recognized by MINT Inc.
MINT members have completed a 3-day workshop designed to teach them the training methods, techniques and spirit of the MI approach. In order to encourage good practice standards, MINT membership is limited to trainers who have completed a training workshop for new MI trainers recognized by MINT Inc.
What guides MINT?
The organization is evolving and growing, but some general guiding principles have endured.
MINT:
· Encourages good practice in the use of MI, and in the training of practitioners and MI trainers.
· Supports the activities and skillfulness of its trainer members through meetings, communications and shared practice opportunities.
· Continues to evolve and so will its membership, methods and structure.
· Embraces the international flavor of the association as a key feature.
· Promotes MI through good practice and the sharing of knowledge. It does not seek to exert control over the practice of others, or to compete in any way with other individuals or organizations.
· Dues and proceeds from its activities are used to further promote good practice.
· Above all, wishes to foster communication and collaboration among trainers. It encourages members to cross the barriers of culture, language and setting to work constructively and self-critically respond to the evolving body of knowledge about behavior change.
The organization is evolving and growing, but some general guiding principles have endured.
MINT:
· Encourages good practice in the use of MI, and in the training of practitioners and MI trainers.
· Supports the activities and skillfulness of its trainer members through meetings, communications and shared practice opportunities.
· Continues to evolve and so will its membership, methods and structure.
· Embraces the international flavor of the association as a key feature.
· Promotes MI through good practice and the sharing of knowledge. It does not seek to exert control over the practice of others, or to compete in any way with other individuals or organizations.
· Dues and proceeds from its activities are used to further promote good practice.
· Above all, wishes to foster communication and collaboration among trainers. It encourages members to cross the barriers of culture, language and setting to work constructively and self-critically respond to the evolving body of knowledge about behavior change.
In Nederland
In Nederland zijn momenteel ruim 30 bij MINT Inc. aangesloten MI trainers actief. De meesten van hen ontmoeten elkaar regelmatig en zorgen voor onderlinge ondersteuning en optimalisering van de kwaliteit van hun werk.
Vanwege hun onderlinge nationale contact en samenwerking, en vanwege hun aansluiting bij het internationale netwerk, mag u van hen verwachten dat zij up to date zijn m.b.t. de recente ontwikkelingen in de methodiek, effectieve methoden van training en coaching, en uitkomsten van wetenschappelijk onderzoek.
Via deze link kunt u op de internationale website van MINT Inc. zien welke Nederlandse trainers bij het netwerk aangesloten zijn.
In Nederland zijn momenteel ruim 30 bij MINT Inc. aangesloten MI trainers actief. De meesten van hen ontmoeten elkaar regelmatig en zorgen voor onderlinge ondersteuning en optimalisering van de kwaliteit van hun werk.
Vanwege hun onderlinge nationale contact en samenwerking, en vanwege hun aansluiting bij het internationale netwerk, mag u van hen verwachten dat zij up to date zijn m.b.t. de recente ontwikkelingen in de methodiek, effectieve methoden van training en coaching, en uitkomsten van wetenschappelijk onderzoek.
Via deze link kunt u op de internationale website van MINT Inc. zien welke Nederlandse trainers bij het netwerk aangesloten zijn.
