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Deciding to Change: Enhancing Client Motivation to Change Behaviour

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2012

David Ryder
David Ryder*
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Edith Cowan University
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*Address for correspondence: David Ryder, School of Nursing and Public Health, Edith Cowan University, 100 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup WA 6027, Australia. Email: david.ryder@cowan.edu.au
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Abstract

Cognitive behaviour therapy concentrates on strategies to assist clients in changing their thoughts and/or their behaviour. The aim of this paper is to discuss research findings from the addictions field indicating that an effective approach to therapy is to enhance motivation for change. Research into stages and processes of change, decision making, and motivational interviewing is reviewed. The paper concludes by suggesting ways in which this research can be used by therapists to increase the likelihood that clients will engage in change and maintain change over time.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , 01 September 1999 , pp. 165 - 174
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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