Motivational Interviewing (M.I.) is a focused, goal-directed, and person-centered communication style. M.I. is a conversation about change M.I. is collaborative—a partnership that honors autonomy, not expert and recipient M.I. is evocative, calling forth a patient’s own motivation and commitment M.I. addresses the common problem of ambivalence about change Jonnae Tillman of J Tillman Training is a member of MINT, the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, an international organization of professionals committed to the research, training, and practice of Motivational Interviewing. Started in 1997, the organization has since grown to represent 33 countries and more than 20 languages. Jonnae Tillman is in her 17th year as a trainer, researcher, and M.I. consultant. Jonnae is the former Clinical Director of University of Washington’s Innovative Projects Research Group (IPRG), where she provided M.I. training, supervision and fidelity adherence for research with military personnel/adult/adolescent marijuana dependence and alcohol abuse. Jonnae has also written online CE courses for M.I. and Type 2 Diabetes Primary Care. Jonnae has degrees in psychology and addiction medicine from Seattle University. She has since trained and coached emergency department practitioners at NYU/Bellevue Hospital, Miami’s Jackson Memorial, and Massachusetts General in Boston. She also teaches M.I. as Adjunct Faculty for Seattle University’s graduate nurse practitioner program. She now designs trainings for Nurse Family Partnership, Washington State Department of Corrections, Migrant Head Start, and domestic violence prevention agencies. Jonnae regularly presents at national and international conferences, presenting on topics like "M.I. in 'e-Health' Interventions at the ICME research conference in Venice, Italy; and “M.I. in Healthcare: Brief Interventions” at the MINT conference in Sheffield, England.