Training & Consulting for Organizations

Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing is a communication method proven effective for facilitating behavior change. It resolves a person's ambivalence about change by eliciting and strengthening their own motivation for it.

Trainings are delivered by Dr. Bukky Kolawole, PsyD, a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), for public cohorts and as tailored programs for organizations.

Discovering Motivational Interviewing: A 2-Day Introduction

For professionals and professionals-in-training with no prior or some exposure to MI. Covers the underlying theory and principles of MI through presentations, videos, highly interactive exercises and demonstrations. Ample opportunity to practice MI skills using "real plays", with individualized coaching on the OARS skills.

Especially for Clinicians, counselors, coaches, physicians, nurses, case workers, dietitians, clergy, trainers

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Intermediate Motivational Interviewing Workshop

16 hours, for professionals and graduate students who have completed 12–16 hours of introductory MI. Highly experiential, focused on comfort and confidence using OARS within all four processes — Engage, Focus, Evoke, Plan — and on recognizing, evoking and responding to change talk.

Especially for Professionals & graduate students with introductory MI

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MI Training for Friends and Family of Mental and Behavioral Health Providers

Equips friends and families of mental health providers with basic MI skills to support the people in their lives — the theory and principles of MI, delivered through presentations, videos, interactive exercises and demonstrations.

Especially for Friends & families of providers

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All Motivational Interviewing trainings

Consulting for teams and organizations

We work with teams and organizations when relationship dynamics are getting in the way of the work. Sometimes the work is preventive; sometimes we are brought in because something important has already broken down.

Team cohesion issues
Breakdowns in trust, communication or collaboration across a team
A leadership team avoiding conversations it needs to have
Conflict or organizational change beginning to affect collaboration and performance
Helping teams repair after difficult events, transitions or ruptures

Our role is to help people understand what is happening beneath the conflict, have the conversations that have been difficult to have, repair what is repairable, and create a healthier and more effective way of working together.

Program catalog

Every program below is offered publicly. To book any of them, or to scope a tailored version for your organization, contact us.

Navigating Race and Racism in Interracial Relationships

Designed to help partners and families name the often complicated dynamics related to race in their relationships. Built on holding and honoring the lived experience of people of color, in an environment that relies on vulnerability, openness, understanding and trust. Includes recognizing the impact of oppressive systems on identity, insight into each person's racial identity development, and the intersection of non-racial identities — gender, class, sexual orientation — with racial identity and lived experience.

Especially for Individuals · Couples, partners & families

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Becoming a Racially Conscious Therapist

For clinicians. Race is a social construct that serves as an organizing force in our society. Whether or not we acknowledge it, practitioners are racial beings, and racial identity influences how we show up in practice, what interventions we choose, and how we are seen by those we serve. This workshop is an opportunity to look inward and tune yourself as the instrument, and introduces a foundational tool for building capacity to engage in conversations about race.

Especially for Clinicians

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Race, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (REDI)

A comprehensive program that helps organizations embed REDI as a core component of organizational priorities and business functions, including the RISC™ framework. See the REDI page for the full scope.

Especially for Organizations

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Masculine and Centered

A seven-session group course for men, run as a cohort. Practices active listening; explores beliefs that may not serve your goals for your life and relationships; works through activated emotions and your relationship to them; covers the conscious and unconscious factors that shape how you show up when listening to others — nervous system, dysregulation, window of tolerance, history of trauma — and how empathy, triggers and emotionally attuned responding fit together.

Especially for Men

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Custom Group Experience

Searching for a topic not listed here? The team designs and facilitates group experiences to a brief, rooted in a holistic and inclusive perspective, with expertise across mental health, stress, emotional wellness, change management, LGBTQ+ issues, racial equity and racial trauma. Highly experiential and engaging, so participants show up authentically while feeling supported and validated.

Especially for Organizations & teams

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Full topic list

Beyond the flagship programs above, these are the topics the team currently delivers. Each can be booked as a public cohort or scoped as a closed program for one organization.

Beyond the Session: Navigating Power and Privilege in Psychotherapy, Parts I and II
Beyond the Session: Unpacking and Navigating Fragility in Conversations About Race, Parts I and II
Beyond the Session: Looking Inward to Become a More Racially Conscious Clinician, Parts I and II
The Burden of Being "Strong" in Communities of Color
Building Bridges Beyond Diversity: Becoming a Co-conspirator in Disrupting Racism
Building Bridges: Emotionally Attuned Conversations About Race
Speak Your Truth: Exploring Tools for Disrupting Racism with Love and Authenticity
Using an MI Informed Approach to Navigate Conversations About Race
Foundational 2 Day Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
Foundational 3 Day Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
Intermediate Motivational Interviewing
Advancing the Practice of Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing for Supervisors
Introductory 2 Day Motivational Interviewing (MI) for Substance Use in Teens
Coaching and Feedback for Leadership/Performance and Change Management
Coaching and Feedback for Implementation Support and Supervision
Developing Reflective Capacity in Adolescents
Exploring the Value and Consequences of a "Color Blind" Approach to Student Health Delivery

Booking and procurement

Trainings are delivered in person and virtually, for public cohorts and as closed programs for a single organization. For procurement documentation, scheduling or a tailored scope, contact us and we will respond with availability and terms.

Who you would see

Bukky Kolawole, PsyD

Founder · Psychologist · Executive Coach · Relationship Coach

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples · Race-based stress and racial trauma · LGBTQ+ topics · Intensive work · Motivational Interviewing (MINT member) · Relationship and executive coaching

Accepting new clients

Questions

What people ask

Are these trainings open to the public?

Yes. Every program listed here is publicly offered and can be booked by individuals or organizations.

Can a training be delivered for our staff only?

Yes. Most organizational engagements are closed cohorts scoped to the team.

Do you provide CE documentation?

Ask when you inquire — requirements differ by profession and by program.

How long does a consulting engagement run?

It is scoped to the situation. Some are a short, focused intervention; others run alongside a broader change or leadership development program.

Start with a consultation

Tell us what is going on. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right practice for it, and match you with the practitioner who fits — or point you to someone better placed.

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