Helping people to imagine a different future is another approach for eliciting self-motivational statements. Some questions that you could use for this strategy are: do you think things might be different for you once you leave hospital?” “How you were to become a parent, how might your drug use fit in with that role?” “If would be the best possible result that you could imagine, if you were to make a change?” “What Query Extremes It can be useful to ask people to consider case’ and case’ scenarios in response to ‘worst ‘best change. Some questions that you could use for this strategy are: you were to stop smoking, what do you imagine be the worst things that could possibly “If happen?” you were to take medications, what do you imagine would be the best things that could “If possibly happen?” These questions could be varied to include the case’ and case’ imaginings around ‘worst ‘best change and staying the same. Use Change Rulers Ask open questions about where the person sees themselves on a scale from 1 10. – On a where one is not at all important, and ten is extremely important, how important is it to you to change _______ Follow up: Explain why are you at a ___ and not (lower number)? What might happen that could move you from ____ to a _____[higher number]? How much you want (desire)? How confident you are that you could (ability)? How committed are you to ____ (commitment)? Explore Goals and Values Ask what the person's guiding values are. What do they want in life? What is most important to you? a values card sort can be helpful here). How does this behaviour fit into your value system? In what way does ________ (the behaviour) conflict with the things you value?
Helping people to imagine a different future is another approach for eliciting self-motivational statements. Some questions that you could use for this strategy are: “How do you think things might be different for you once you leave hospital?” “If you were to become a parent, how might your drug use fit in with that role?” “What would be the best possible result that you could imagine, if you were to make a change?” Query Extremes It can be useful to ask people to consider ‘worst case’ and ‘best case’ scenarios in response to change. Some questions that you could use for this strategy are: “If you were to stop smoking, what do you imagine be the worst things that could possibly happen?” “If you were to take medications, what do you imagine would be the best things that could possibly happen?” These questions could be varied to include the ‘worst case’ and ‘best case’ imaginings around change and staying the same. Use Change Rulers Ask open questions about where the person sees themselves on a scale from 1 – 10. On a where one is not at all important, and ten is extremely important, how important is it to you to change _______ Follow up: Explain why are you at a ___ and not (lower number)? What might happen that could move you from ____ to a _____[higher number]? How much you want (desire)? How confident you are that you could (ability)? How committed are you to ____ (commitment)? Explore Goals and Values Ask what the person's guiding values are. What do they want in life? What is most important to you? a values card sort can be helpful here). How does this behaviour fit into your value system? In what way does ________ (the behaviour) conflict with the things you value?
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