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Build your own client
Name them, set the scene, pick the themes. Your persona, your practice case.
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Tough Talk Trainer (beta)
The MI practice gym after the course ends.
You learned the model. Now you need the reps.
Tough Talk Trainer is a web-based rehearsal room for Motivational Interviewing: talk with a dynamic AI client, get a nudge when you freeze, then unpack what happened — turn by turn — so the next session feels sharper.
Built for people who already care about MI and want deliberate practice without the weight of using someone’s real story as training material.
Fictional clients only. For skill practice, not clinical care.
Inside the build
Everything in the rehearsal room
Six pieces we’re wiring together for early access — from the client you create to the debrief you revisit.
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Live conversation
An AI client that pushes back, minimizes, and surprises you the way real people do.
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Coach Me
Real-time prompts when you’re stuck: what to reflect, what to ask, when to hold back on advice.
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Session debrief
Transcripts, core MI move counts, and narrative feedback you can actually use — not generic “great job” praise.
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Your practice archive
Revisit sessions, track patterns, and watch your R:Q and reflection quality improve over time.
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Values-based MI insights
Skill nuggets woven into debriefs — for people who speak the language.
Why we’re excited to ship it
Practice before the stakes are real Reflective listening and evocation are muscle memory skills. Tough Talk Trainer gives you a place to stumble, recover, and try again — before you’re sitting across from someone whose heart is actually in the room.
See what you actually did Every session leaves a trail: the transcript, counts on reflections and questions, and analysis grounded in MI practice — not vibes. You’ll know where you leaned into advice, where change talk showed up, and what to try differently next time.
The gym after graduation You don’t need another slide deck. You need conversations — messy, imperfect, repeatable ones. This is for practitioners, students, and trainers who finished “the course” and want a place to keep sharpening.
How a session works
Build or pick a persona A fictional adult client with a presenting concern and a point of view.
Run the conversation Chat live. The client responds dynamically; Coach Me helps when you need it.
End and review Transcript, MI move counts, and debrief notes land in your library automatically.
Come back tomorrow Track hours, streaks, and the patterns that keep showing up in your practice.