Intervention Strategies for Changing Health Behavior

<p>Changing habits particularly habits that are self-destructive and unhealthy is among the most challenging goals of therapists and coaches who work with clients in promoting a healthier lifestyle. The purpose of this book is to help the helper that is to assist the person whose professional mission it is to provide a service that enables clients or patients to acknowledge their unhealthy habits and to replace them with more desirable healthier routines. It focuses on the power of helping clients identify: (1) the inconsistency between their core values – what they consider most important in life – with one or more unhealthy habits (2) the costs and long-term consequences of this inconsistency called a disconnect in the model and (3) their willingness to conclude that the consequences of this inconsistency is unacceptable. At that stage (4) clients should be prepared to work with a coach in developing and carrying out an action plan that aims to remove the disconnect between the client’s values and at least one of their unhealthy habits. </p>