Discussion
In a minimum of 250 words, post to the Discussion Area your responses to the following:
• Choose a specific problem or behavior (possibly what you would be addressing in the abstinence exercise) that is causing negative consequences in your life. The behavior for this assignment will be nail biting.
• Identify the specific stage of change you currently believe you are in.
• Elaborate this specific stage of change in your personal change process and the reason you are in this stage. Be sure to discuss issues of ambivalence (confusion about the change process or lack of a clear understanding of the need to change) and resistance (denial of the existence of the problem or refusal to change).
Support your rationale and analysis by using at least two resources from professional literature in your response. Professional literature may include the online library resources, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (websites ending in .edu or .gov).
Your discussion posts and all written assignments should reflect graduate-level writing skills and appropriate use of APA style, including in-text citations and references.
Here is a pretty odd, but good YouTube clip This gives you a base for understanding the stages of change in a way that will be hard to forget.
Youtube video: "The Stages of Change Model"
The stages of change are commonly used by clinicians who employ Motivational Interviewing (MI). Here is a clip of a therapist modeling MI with a client who is moving into the Contemplative Stage of Change.
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.