When a patient presents a barrier, the instinct is to analyze it. But staying inside the problem story is often what causes the Conversation Gap. Here’s why focusing on exceptions — not obstacles — is the evidence-based path to follow-through.
When a client is stuck in a problem narrative, the trained instinct is to fix it. Dr. Deborah Teplow on the three small moves that work instead: acknowledge, ask coping questions, and look forward.
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Discover why traditional goal-setting often fails and how helping clients build a “preferred future” activates the neural pathways needed for lasting behavior change.
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Discover why traditional motivation-building can stall with reluctant or mandated clients — and how a Solution-Focused approach creates genuine engagement from the very first question.
When you paraphrase a client’s words, you’re making a choice — not just a communication decision. Research into the microanalysis of therapeutic conversations shows that how practitioners handle client contributions directly predicts follow-through. Here’s what the evidence says.
The check-in is scheduled for 15 minutes. Your client is struggling with a habit they’ve committed to multiple times. You can feel the clock ticking as you try to help them find the drive to stay on track. In health coaching, many practitioners rely on...
When a patient has already decided to change, Motivational Interviewing’s evocative structure can slow their momentum. Here is what the evidence shows about a different approach.
You explain the plan clearly. The person leaves seemingly committed — and yet the follow-through never happens. When this pattern repeats, the evidence suggests the problem may not be their motivation, but the structural starting point of the conversation itself.