A Toolkit of Motivational Skills: Encouraging and Supporting Change in Individuals

A Toolkit of Motivational Skills......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
About the Authors......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 12
1. What is a Motivational Approach?......Page 15
2. How Effective is the Motivational Approach?......Page 35
3. How to Use the Toolkit to Meet Individual Requirements......Page 43
4. Establishing Rapport and Making Contracts......Page 59
5. Exploring Current Motivation......Page 77
6. The Cycle of Change......Page 85
7. Listening Skills......Page 117
8. Summarising and Reflective Listening......Page 133
9. Asking Open Questions......Page 149
10. Working with Resistance......Page 163
11. Exploring Ambivalence......Page 187
12. Developing the Desire to Change......Page 201
13. Affirmation and Confidence to Change......Page 221
14. Motivational Action Planning......Page 241
15. Supporting Change......Page 257
16. Putting it All Together; Cultivating your Skills......Page 271
References......Page 301
Index of Worksheets......Page 305
Subject Index......Page 307