Question

TECHNIQUES TEMPLATE TECHNIQUE OR INTERVENTION: Activating Client Expectations, Hope, and Motivation

THEORY OF WHY IT WORKS? - How does Activating Client Expectations, Hope, and Motivation IN therapy work?

BARRIERS TO SUCCESS (WHAT COULD PREVENT SUCCESS when using Activating Client Expectations, Hope, and Motivation?

SPECIFIC MECHANISM (The “HOW”) OF CHANGE: How can therapy change when using Activating Client Expectations, Hope, and Motivation?

GOALS/OUTCOME - what are the goals when using Activating Client Expectations, Hope, and Motivation?

EXAMPLE- what is an example when using Activating Client Expectations, Hope, and Motivation?

Answer 1

Motivation can be understood not as something that one has but rather as something one does. It involves recognizing a problem, searching for a way to change, and then beginning and sticking with that change strategy. There are, it turns out, many ways to help people move toward such recognition and action. Miller, 1995

Why do people change? What is motivation? Can individuals' motivation to change their substance-using behavior be modified? Do clinicians have a role in enhancing substance-using clients' motivation for recovery?

Over the past 15 years, considerable research and clinical attention have focused on ways to better motivate substance users to consider, initiate, and continue substance abuse treatment, as well as to stop or reduce their excessive use of alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs, either on their own or with the help of a formal program. A related focus has been on sustaining change and avoiding a recurrence of problem behavior following treatment discharge. This research represents a paradigmatic shift in the addiction field's understanding of the nature of client motivation and the clinician's role in shaping it to promote and maintain positive behavioral change. This shift parallels other recent developments in the addiction field, and the new motivational strategies incorporate or reflect many of these developments. Coupling a new therapeutic style--motivational interviewing--with a