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Conversations about Change: From Evoking to Planning: Readiness

March 2, 2023
If you feel like a client is ready to move from evoking to planning, the best approach is to ask. We have talked about several ways to get to this point, and then it is time to see where the client would like to go. You will likely have a...

Conversations about Change: From Evoking to Planning: Pausing after Key Question

January 28, 2023
If you remember from the last blog, an approach was discussed where the clinician provides a summary of all the change talk the client has expressed. The clinician shares back with the client all the motivations they have verbalized. Then, the clinician asks the key question to the client about...

Conversations about Change: From Evoking to Planning: Summary and Key Question

December 24, 2022
As we continue to explore the numerous ways a client may move from evoking to planning, an approach that can be beneficial is for the clinician to provide a summary of all the change talk the client has expressed. The clinician is sharing back to the client all the motivations...

Conversations about Change: From Evoking to Planning: Testing the Water

November 28, 2022
In this blog series, we have been discussing the movement from evoking to planning. We have looked at numerous approaches to facilitate the client exploring possible change. Hopefully, there are some good discussions about where the client is at in the moment, and where they would like to be in...

Conversations about Change: From Evoking to Planning: Questions

October 25, 2022
As we have been exploring, there are numerous signs that a client may be ready to make a change in their lives. We know that most clients will have some ambivalence about a possible change. It may be because they want to keep things the way that they are, the...

Conversations about Change: From Evoking to Planning: Envisioning

September 29, 2022
There are many indications that a client may be ready to make a change. We have been discussing signs and language that tell us a client is leaning in that direction. Another statement we may hear from a client is when they are thinking about what it may look and...

Conversations about Change: From Evoking to Planning: Taking Steps

August 18, 2022
When a client begins to lean towards making a change, they may also begin to take a small step in that direction. It may be a 鈥渂aby step鈥 but it is still a step towards change. It is important to acknowledge any movement towards change in a positive way to...

Conversations about Change: From Evoking to Planning: Readiness

July 25, 2022
When we have a sense that a client may be ready to transition from evoking to planning, what language do we want to hear that indicates this readiness? In most cases, it is language that describes their desire, ability, reasons, and need to change.  The more that we hear this...

Conversations about Change: From Evoking to Planning

June 29, 2022
When do we know when a client is ready to move from evoking to planning? After we have discussed and understand why the client is considering changing a behavior, how do we know when they are ready to explore how they are planning to integrate this change into their life?...

Conversations about Change: Dubious Change Talk and Focusing on Specifics

March 30, 2020
In the last few blogs, we have been discussing the balance between change talk and sustain talk and how a skillful clinician can find the change talk to focus on. However, in the case where the client is offering 鈥渄ubious鈥 change talk, where it does not appear that they really...

Conversations about Change: Balance of Change Talk and Sustain Talk

February 27, 2020
In the last few blogs, we have talked about how the more change talk expressed by the client in a session, results in more desired change in their life. And in a skillful MI session, the sustain talk does not go away, but it becomes less frequent. There are some...

Conversations about Change: Additional strategies for change

February 4, 2020
It is always the hope that when we meet with our clients, that they will be motivated to create the needed changes in their lives. However, as we all know, this is not always the case. Many clients would prefer to maintain the status quo and keeps things the way...