Stages of change in therapy Ed Deci and Richard Ryan have developed a theory on how change happens. The coach can share this theory with the client to help them progress. The stages are: Precontemplation Contemplation Preparation Action Maintenance Letâs … Continue reading →
Attributions in therapy Clients may attribute success or failure to ability, effort, task difficulty or luck. The hypnotherapist or psychotherapist can ascertain their patterns of attribution and may well find areas which can be utilised for the specific goals the … Continue reading →
Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in therapy Intrinsic motivation is being motivated by the process itself, typically for interest, challenge or enjoyment. There are also three needs that may be met by intrinsic motivation: ·        relatedness ·        competence ·       autonomy The more the … Continue reading →
Goal setting in therapy A statement of the obvious: In order to get what you want, you must know what you want Ok, so itâs not always true: I didnât know I wanted a digital camera until I won one … Continue reading →
What is Motivation? Welcome to the return of my regular blog. This is a project which is designed to assist practitioners with additional information to help them be better at their work as well as for clients to learn more … Continue reading →
The Importance of Values in Therapy Values are often looked upon as being very complex. However, values can be best described as what is important to us. In NLP six key areas have been identified. Values relating to career, relationships, family, … Continue reading →
Truth is a tenant of coaching Truth is a tenant of coaching. Clients need to be able to rely on a coach to be absolutely truthful. This needs to be explicit as to ensure that clients know to expect this. … Continue reading →
Tenets of coaching: Responsibility Many of my coaching clients will start from a place of taking inadequate and/or inappropriate responsibility. They may take not enough responsibility, or too much. Here are examples of things they may say to indicate this … Continue reading →
