Financial Health Institute

In this course, we’ll discuss the process of building on your assets to cushion economic shocks and grow your financial health. Read more

In this course, we’ll examine digital money transactions, and uncover some digital assets you might not have considered. We’ll also take a look at the many, sometimes insidious, ways in which marketing (that is, people who are trying to get you to spend money) functions in the digital world. Read more

This series of six courses was created with Avani Dilger to reinforce your Motivational Interviewing skills and understanding of concepts through creative activities, videos, downloadable resources and opportunities to practice what you’ve learned in basic MI training. Courses include: The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing Building Your Skills with the Elements of MI MI for Short Moments Blending MI with Other Tasks MI for Self Care Asking Powerful Questions   Avani G. Dilger, MEd, MA, LPC, CACIII, ADS is a certified Addiction Counselor Supervisor, a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Somatic Psychotherapist and an Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist who works in substance abuse treatment with adults, teens-at-risk, and their families. She is the founder of the “Natural Highs – Healthy Alternatives for Drugs & Alcohol” nonprofit prevention/intervention program that teaches teens & adults to be leaders around healthy lifestyles and is a program built on Motivational Interviewing. She is passionate about effective ways of supporting people with issues of resistance and ambivalence and is a member of the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). Read more

This course will help you to recognize and understand the dynamic effects of economic trauma and abuse, and provide you with suggestions for how to work with financial health tools to help survivors stabilize and thrive. Read more

Learn about the cognitive processes of decision making that affect how we achieve our goals, and how distractions and feelings of scarcity interfere with that, plus gain some tools to help people improve their decision making even while experiencing distractions and scarcity. Read more

“Don’t discuss how much you make.” “Don’t let them see you struggle.” “It’s impolite to talk about money here.” We’re taught over and over again to keep our financial struggles to ourselves, leaving many of us ill-equipped to offer guidance to our clients. This course is designed to help case managers and other Human Services providers overcome social, cultural, and personal barriers in discussing financial matters. Key concepts: transparency, immediacy, communication competence  Read more