Carla Marienfeld, MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
UCSD
University of California San Diego

Carla Marienfeld, MD, is a board-certified addiction psychiatrist and Associate Professor at the University of California, San Diego who supports recovery in a harm-reduction approach through therapy, motivational interviewing, and medication treatment. Her research looks at health outcomes for individuals with substance use disorders, and she published a book Motivational Interviewing for Clinical Practice. She has been highly involved in education of colleagues and trainees about addiction psychiatry and effective interventions including buprenorphine treatment and motivational interviewing, and she is the fellowship director for the UCSD Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship. Dr. Marienfeld completed a fellowship in addiction psychiatry and residency training in psychiatry at Yale. During her residency, she was chief resident of psychiatry and founded (and later led) the Yale Global Mental Health Program as junior faculty at Yale. She earned a medical degree with honors from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

Presentation(s):

• Welcome and Workshop Introduction

  Thursday, April 4
  8:00 AM – 8:35 AM

• Capturing the Spirit: An Introduction to MI

  Thursday, April 4
  8:35 AM – 9:20 AM

• Building the Foundation: The Four Processes

  Thursday, April 4
  9:20 AM – 10:15 AM

• It's all about Skills: Using OARS, Informing, and Advising

  Thursday, April 4
  10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

• It's all about Change: Recognizing and Reinforcing Change Talk

  Thursday, April 4
  1:30 PM – 3:35 PM

• Motivational Interviewing: Beyond the Foundation

  Friday, April 5
  10:30 AM – 12:00 PM