Encouragement Helping generate alternatives. Stimulating movement in a new direction, away from life style. Clarifying new feelings about effort and results. Identifying what has been avoided. 6 Knowing Client fully aware of life style without help.
Individual knows and accepts what needs to be changed.
In spite of insight, client may feel emotionally blocked. When needed, promoting an emotional breakthrough. Offering corrective or missing developmental experiences. Creative use of role-playing, guided imagery, and narration. Fostering experiments, concrete steps based on abstract ideas.