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Increasing Change Talk

Change talk is speech or language that reflects people's desire for or movement toward change. The more people talk about changing the more likely change will happen. The exercises below are designed to help people increase self-motivational statements.

List Any Disadvantages of a Current Problem

List Any Advantages of Change

Describe Your Intentions to Change

Describe Your Optimism About Change

(Miller and Rollnick, 2002)