Posted by gardenergirl on February 18, 2006, at 6:28:35
In reply to Re: Habits and Vision » 64bowtie, posted by Dinah on February 17, 2006, at 12:50:41
Or perhaps they are not in the active stage of the stages of change (Prochaska and DiClemente's Transtheoretical Model of Change). Interventions aimed at action, when the client is not in the action stage, usually are not effective.
Perhaps the client is still contemplating change, a stage evidenced by ambivalent feelings and a lack of committment to change. Or if they are in the preparation stage, they are committed, but are still seeking out the best way, and are still not ready to act.
I've found that when my interventions due not match the stage my client is in, we both get frustrated in a hurry.
gg
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