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Podcast Examines How to Help Clients Change Unhealthy Behaviors
In the latest episode of Mind Dive, Menninger's podcast for mental health professionals, Carlo C. DiClemente, PhD, codeveloper of the transtheoretical model of behavior change, discusses bringing a human touch to the fabric of therapeutic intervention.
Dr. DiClemente’s work emphasizes the importance of creating an environment where patients feel comfortable expressing their hesitation about change and tying a patient’s personal values to their therapeutic goals. Given his years of experience, Dr. DiClemente has concluded that a straightforward path to recovery is a misconception and, for clinicians, ensuring that a patient’s intrinsic motivation stays consistent is crucial for long-term recovery success.
“Change is an internal decisional balance that they’re got to come to see and part of the challenge is helping tip that balance but in a way that doesn’t pressure them to move backwards,” he says. “It’s important for me to find the values that a patient cherishes and connect those ideals with the act of changing.”
Dr. DiClemente is an emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. In developing the transtheoretical model of behavior change, he published the second edition in 2018 of Addiction and Change: How Addictions Develop and Addicted People Recover and a self-help book, Changing for Good.