“People are the undisputed experts on themselves. No one has been with them longer, or knows them better than they do themselves.”
Training for Organizations
What we say and how we are with one another is crucial to fostering a strong community within an organization and meaningful working relationships.
Motivational Interviewing
A collaborative conversation style for having meaningful conversations about change. It also minimizes the likelihood of triggering defensiveness or resistance, and helps you provide information in a collaborative way that fosters client engagement and self-efficacy.
How We Work Together
Training shouldn't feel like a lecture, and implementation shouldn't feel forced. My approach to facilitation is grounded in a few core practices:
Interactive and Customizable Workshops: Learning is tailored to fit the actual context and needs of your organization, rather than relying on a rigid, one-size-fits-all curriculum.
A Safe and Compassionate Climate: I focus heavily on cultivating a safe, equitable, and compassionate learning space where your team feels completely comfortable exploring new concepts, sitting with the spirit of MI, and trying out new skills.
Real-Time Coaching and Practice: We learn by doing. There will be plenty of opportunities for intentional skill practice, with on-the-spot coaching and feedback using the real scenarios and daily challenges your team actually navigates.
Collaborative Frameworks for Implementation: Training is just the beginning. We will work together to build practical, meaningful frameworks that support your team in sustaining this way of being long after the workshops end.
Individual Motivational Interviewing Coaching & Feedback
Bring the Spirit and Skill of MI Into Your Everyday Conversations
Whether you are looking to deepen your practice or integrate Motivational Interviewing (MI) into your daily professional and personal interactions, individual coaching offers a dedicated space to refine your skills. Together, we will move past the theory and focus on the practical, real-world application of MI, aligning your communication with your core values.
How We Work Together
An Accepting & Compassionate Space: I strive to create an environment where you feel fully heard, safe, and understood.
A Collaborative Partnership: I offer a warm, curious, and collaborative approach. We work as equals to support you in making the shifts and growth you are hoping for.
Evocative & Strengths-Based: I engage in deep listening and ask evocative questions to tap into your own inner wisdom and strengths.
Permission-Based Guidance: When challenges arise, I offer tailored feedback and practical suggestions—always with your permission—to help you navigate complex conversations
I am a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP), Restorative Practices Trainer and Trainer and Coach of Motivational Interviewing. I have ten years of experience working alongside school administrators, teachers, learning consultants and parents to cultivate inclusive, loving and accepting environments.
I deeply enjoy having genuine, empathic conversations with individual students and groups of students to help them navigate their lives and support them in recognizing their inherent worth. I also have an extensive background consulting with school based mental health, school climate and crisis response teams.
I maintain the mantra that the “wisdom is in the room.” My approach is to walk alongside individuals and or organizations in order to evoke their own strengths, resilience, clarity and wisdom to move forward in ways that make the most sense for them.
I am a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) which is globally recognized as the gold standard for motivational interviewing (MI) excellence. I am devoted to providing high quality training on a variety of topics including Motivational Interviewing, Restorative Practices, well-being, consultation, conflict resolution, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and more.
What People Are Saying
“It was clear that Mr. Ross considered this specific audience when creating the content and learning objectives. His presentation style was engaging and Mr. Ross has an obvious passion for the work he does. There was ample opportunity for interacting with the material and with fellow attendees, which allowed for deeper understanding of the content. These opportunities also provided the chance to practice the skills and begin to envision how to integrate them into my current practice in a meaningful way. Mr. Ross and this training exceeded all expectations and I look forward to attending more of his offerings in the future.”
–Katie S. School Psychologist, Clark County School District