For clients to move into the preparation phase, they require to pick from among these choices and devote to doing something about it in the foreseeable future. The sample treatment strategy in Table 3 revisits the case of Jason, the self declared "pothead" with the new job starting soon. Jason's written treatment strategy summarizes a fifteen minute discussion with his therapist in the session following his initial intake assessment, and illustrates the usage of goals and approaches talked about in this section to assist in shift from reflection to preparation for action towards behavior change.

Initial Treatment Prepare For Jason, Client Detected with Marijuana Usage Disorder and Assessed in the Consideration Stage of Preparedness for Modification, Working Towards Preparation for Action Problem: Jason has chosen he will not continue to smoke marijuana once he begins his brand-new job in a month, however he is uncertain about the most desirable and

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