Motivational Interviewing Behavioral Plan for Change
MOTIVATION PAPER 2 – MI BEHAVIORAL PLAN FOR CHANGE
Students will develop a plan for behavior change using the Motivational Interviewing Framework. Double-spaced, font size 12, 7-10 pages.
Students will develop a plan for behavior change using the Motivational Interviewing Framework.
In your written work, you will:
Using Motivational Interviewing, develop a plan for change.
Identify your client (employee, client, customer, student etc.)
The person you are going to develop the plan for is my "younger brother who is smart, but belives that we are moving into a "post reading/liturature world" my goal is to get him to read books and using the MI framework devolp a plan using point/tenents of neurology to show him reading is very important and physically reading is important
State the goal of MI and why it is the goal (be specific)
Example goal: The goal of MI for Mr. Yada Yada is smoking cessation due to his recent heart attack and increased risk for negative health factors…..
Example of why: Smoking has been shown to decrease mortality and increase poor quality of life….. (cite research here in APA-format). If you need help with APA-format, use this link, or check out the book in the suggested reading above, or email the Writing Center - they are great! https://owl(dot)purdue(dot)edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html (Links to an external site.)
State the mode of delivery (p.337 in MI book)?
Example: 1:1 Motivational Interviewing in a Counseling Setting is the mode of delivery for about ___ amount of time.
o State where your client is in their readiness for change (use Procashka’s model)
o What would you ask your client? Write 1-3 questions/statements for each MI phase using OARS.
Engaging
Focusing
Evoking
Planning
Create and discuss Change Plan. Use this chart as a guide as you create and discuss the Change Plan in your paper: https://motivationalinterviewing(dot)org/sites/default/files/changeplan.pdf (Links to an external site.)
State potential obstacles you anticipate facing in this work. How will you handle them?
Introduction
Motivational interviewing is an interviewing in which one becomes a helper in the change process and accepts your client as he or she is. In this paper, we present a plan for changing the behavior of my "younger" brother, who is bright but believes that we are moving into a "post reading/literature world." This paper will use motivational interviewing to change both my brother's behavior towards physical reading. According to (Wilhel 2016), reading is helpful in the acquisition of knowledge; therefore, we hope to change my brother's attitude towards more physical tasks to enhance learning.
My Client’s Change Position vs. Procashka’s Model
My client is my brother, who doesn't like physical reading, but he is willing to change that behavior. The Procashka Model, also known as the Trans-theoretical Model or the stages Change Model that DiClemnte and Prochaska developed in the 1970s, evolved through research studies investigating the experiences of smokers that quit by themselves and those who need further treatment to understand why specific individuals can quit smoking by themselves (Proschaska & Veicer, 1997). Despite being used to help smokers cease smoking, this same model can change behavior from a non-reading culture to physical reading culture.
Prochaska's Model of behavior changes has six stages and is based on research that shows that people move from location to stage when changing or modifying behavior (Proschaska & Veicer, 1997). It has been applied to alter complicated problems like gambling and smoking, and we will use it to initiate a reading culture in my younger brother.
The first three stages of Prochaska's Model present an individual’s intentions to change. Our brother, who has a poor reading culture, has not shown any interest in changing from a non-reading culture to a reading culture. So the first thing will be to convince him of the benefits and importance of reading for one's intellectual and knowledgeable life (Proschaska & Veicer, 1997). Therefore, my brother is in the pre-contemplation stage, representing a stage in behavior change where one does not intend to change shortly, potentially because they do not know what problems the issues pose to them.
The second stage is contemplation, where the individual is aware or becomes aware of the problem that the behavior exposes him to. However, the victim does not have or show any signs of commitment towards solving the problem (Proschaska & Veicer, 1997). For our client, this is the stage where he acknowledges that the lack of reading is causing pain is causing effects in his quest for knowledge.
Next, we have the third stage, which is known as the preparation stage. It is when the person or victim is ready to start changing the unwanted behavior and making small changes. For my brother, this is the stage where he will begin to read short stories and magazine newspapers to gain knowledge. The first three stages all represent the post-action" stages and are the foundation for behavioral change (Proschaska & Veicer, 1997).
The fourth stage, or the action stage, is where most of the changes are witnessed, and the individual modifies their behavior to overcome their shortcomings. In this case, this is the stage where we will see my brother reading novels and other engaging publications consistently. However, those who are changing their behaviors are regarded to attain being in this segment once they have changed their behavior for one day to 6 months (Proschaska & Veicer, 1997).
The next stage is the maintenance stage, where a behavior change victim like my brother, who needs to change from a non-reading to reading culture, will have to work hard to avoid relapse to the non-reading habit. It is a crucial stage in behavioral change because if one relapses, he might go back to the unwanted pattern, and this can derail the progress and time taken to change the habit to a positive one (Proschaska & Veicer, 1997).
The sixth stage is the termination stage. When an individual going through behavioral change gets to this stage, they no longer feel the urge to revert to their previous habit and instead set more goals to achieve concerning behavior change. It is the stage where our behavior change victim will be a consistent reader of books and would even set goals to read a given amount of literature a month, a week, and a year. We hope that my brother reaches this stage, although according to Prochaska, claims that only 20% of behavior change victims hardly make it to this stage (Proschaska & Veicer, 1997).
The Four Processes of Motivational Interviewing
There are four processes of MI, and they usually help to integrate the essential skills of OARS into Motivational Interviewing (MI) (Hohman, 2021). This process will enable the use of OARS skills purposefully and strategically to change the conversation into the reading culture in a comfortable manner. It allows my poor reader brother to talk about issues, find the best change initiation strategies, and reinforce the motivation of the client to change their behavior or develop a behavior change spirit.
The four processes of MI include Engaging, Focusing, Evoking, and Planning. However, these processes are not stepped by step or linear guide to MI. But naturally comes first because you will need to engage with the client before you can make any conversations about change. It is difficult to find one's motivation for change before engagement and therefore needs to be done throughout the discussion. If the arrangement at any time is lost, we will have to stop moving forward in the behavior change process and instead go back to the engagement process and re-engage our client. We will use engagement to create engagements, establish rapport, and create a favorable environment for dialogue. We will use OARS to narrow the behavior change to adopting active and physical reading culture in focusing. In evoking, OARS will reinforce and illicit motivations for change to guide the clients towards resolving change ambivalences.
Engaging
The engagement process is also known as the "Hi" process in EPIC. It is the process that will help us as MI practitioners to create a good working relationship with the client and as well know their challenges. We will use more reflective listening in the process of engaging to understand the client's perception in regards to the behavior change and understand how it affects his life (Hohman, 2021). The conversation content will involve topics in line with the change process, developing rapport, reducing defensiveness and resistance. In this process, we will establish an environment that enables comfortable conversation about change.
In case of discord, we will encounter a clash with empathy. If engagement is lost, we will stop moving forward and instead move back to re-engage. It is because engaging helps to solve discord. And we will not ignore any faults in the exciting process because disagreement can happen at any time.