Question 1

How does the AI evaluate my Motivational Interviewing skills?

Accepted Answer

After each session, the transcript is analysed utterance by utterance against MI criteria: open versus closed questions, simple versus complex reflections, affirmations, your reflection-to-question ratio, MI-inconsistent moments, and the four dimensions of MI Spirit (Partnership, Acceptance, Compassion, Evocation). Every quoted line in your feedback is checked against your actual transcript before it is shown, so the coaching cannot cite something you never said. It is a practice and coaching tool — it is not a certification, and it does not replace supervision.

Question 2

Are the patients scripted, or different every time?

Accepted Answer

Different every time. Each session generates a new person — occupation, household, what the behaviour does for them, and what brought them in — then plays them at the stage of change and personality you chose. Patients hold their real reasons back until you earn them, which is what makes reflective listening worth practising rather than performing.

Question 3

What does the app tell me to work on next?

Accepted Answer

Every session ends with one recommendation and the reason behind it, drawn from your own history rather than a generic syllabus. It rotates focus so one skill cannot dominate for weeks, eases difficulty when a skill stalls, and reports movement across your recent sessions. It never grades or ranks you — the goal is a mentor, not an examiner.

Question 4

Is my data private, and can I use this with real patient information?

Accepted Answer

Practise with simulated patients only — never enter real patient information. The app is a training tool, not a clinical record system: it is not a HIPAA-covered entity and does not offer a Business Associate Agreement. Your session transcripts are stored under your account and encrypted in transit and at rest. To generate the patient’s replies and your feedback, the text you type — and in voice mode, your audio — is processed by Google Gemini without your name or email attached; the audio itself is never stored, only the transcript. You can delete your account and all your sessions yourself at any time from Settings — it takes effect immediately — or by emailing support, which we complete within 30 days.

Question 5

What's included free, and what does Premium add?

Accepted Answer

Free gives you three 90-second text practice sessions a month with the AI patient and your session debrief, plus one 3-minute live voice conversation a month so you can hear how the patient responds to you. Premium removes the session limit, extends each session to five minutes, makes every session a voice conversation, and adds longitudinal coaching reports across your history, scenario filtering, and a printable practice summary you can bring to a supervisor.

Question 6

Can I use it on my phone?

Accepted Answer

Yes. It is a progressive web app: open it in your mobile browser and add it to your home screen for a full-screen, app-like experience, including access to your past sessions when you are offline.

Question 7

How can I practice Motivational Interviewing without a real patient?

Accepted Answer

Role-play with a simulated one. MI Mastery generates a realistic patient — with their own occupation, history, and reasons for ambivalence — and you conduct the conversation by voice or text, at whichever stage of change you want to practise. Because the patient is simulated, you can take risks, try a different opening, or replay a hard moment without any consequence to a real person, and every session ends with feedback grounded in your actual transcript.

Question 8

What are the OARS skills in Motivational Interviewing?

Accepted Answer

OARS stands for the four core MI micro-skills: Open questions that invite the patient to explore rather than answer yes or no; Affirmations that recognise the patient’s strengths and efforts; Reflections that show you heard the meaning behind their words; and Summaries that gather what they have said and hand it back. MI Mastery counts each of these in your transcript after every session, so you can watch your reflection-to-question ratio and other OARS habits change over time.

Question 9

How much does MI Mastery cost?

Accepted Answer

The free plan includes three 90-second text practice sessions per month with an AI patient, one 3-minute live voice conversation per month, and a full session debrief, no credit card required. Premium is $9.99 per month, or $99.99 per year, and removes the session limit, extends sessions to five minutes, makes every session a voice conversation, and adds longitudinal coaching reports, scenario filtering, and a printable practice summary.

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