Task
1 - Clarify Issues about Change: Using A Decision Balance
Before watching this video, make a copy of the decision balance as shown
so you can write down what Crystal says and record her resistance and
motivation scores, based on how she thinks and feels.
Click here to download a script so you can follow the demonstration.
Decision
Balance: To Smoke Or To Quit
| Reasons
to smoke |
Reasons
to quit |
| 1. What are the benefits of smoking? | 2. What concerns do you have about smoking? |
| 3. What concerns do you have about quitting? | 4. What are the benefits of quitting? |
| Resistance
Score Think score = Feeling score = |
Motivation
Score Think score = Feeling score = |
Questions:
- How did this demonstration help you learn more about her perceptions about change?
- Looking over the items on her decision balance, what does it say about what she thinks and feels about her values?
