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title: Motivational Interviewing as a Brief Intervention | SMART Recovery Australia
description: Motivational interviewing is foundational to facilitating SMART groups. Join National Program Manager Dan Raffell and Dr Monica Moore in discussing motivational interviewing as a brief intervention within a SMART Recovery group setting.
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# [Motivational Interviewing as a Brief Intervention | SMART Recovery Australia](https://smartrecoveryaustralia.com.au/blog/motivational-interviewing-as-a-brief-intervention)

 Written by [smart recovery](https://smartrecoveryaustralia.com.au/blog/author/smart-recovery) | Jun 19, 2019

##### #OverdoseAware2021

## Motivational Interviewing as a Brief Intervention

 Staff

 SMART Recovery Australia

- [**  June 19, 2019 ](https://smartrecoveryaustralia.com.au/2019/06/19/)
- **  10:55 pm

Motivational interviewing is foundational to facilitating SMART groups. Join National Program Manager Dan Raffell and Dr Monica Moore in discussing motivational interviewing as a brief intervention within a SMART Recovery group setting.

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