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Date: 18 Oct 2012
Time: 07:28:02 -0500
Remote Name: 76.228.192.184
[[We may not be able to be the main cause of their motivation, but there are some ways we can zone in on helping with their motivation or lack of.]] Without doubt! By providing information that may lead to a more expansive self-view and world-view and by suggesting skill-building practices and activities to meet their stated goals and by relating to them with interest and kindness, we can help the client become open to possibilities for themselves that will lead them to be more as they wish. All that encourages their motivation for change. But, as you wrote, the motivation for their change comes from within themselves. We, as therapists, help them access and apply it. That may sound like parsing, but it is reality as I have known it personally and professionally. >>> Best wishes to you, Diana. Ellen-Marie Silverman