Analysis Paper 5- Motivation Ed Potter
Motivation is one of the primary obstacles in getting an individual to participate in treatment and engage in the recovery process. Having worked in both inpatient and outpatient treatment facilities, I have experienced both motivated clients and unmotivated clients. Motivated clients enter treatment because they want to change their lives. They have acknowledged that their lives are unmanageable and are looking to recover. By entering treatment they are seeking professional assistance to help them overcome their addiction and get their lives back on track. On the other hand, unmotivated clients may not necessarily be in denial about their problems, but quite frankly do not care about change, …show more content…
Motivated clients would communicate with staff to ensure certain community needs such as an available supply of tobacco, and making sure the newer members felt comfortable by addressing their specific needs. Clients often come to treatment with nothing but the clothes on their backs and lack any type of support system. The motivated clients would serve in a “big brother / big sister” role to ensure that they the new members adjusted smoothly to treatment, and to lessen the new-comers anxiety, make sure the staff is aware if they needed clean clothes or any cosmetic products. Not only will this ease the adjustment period to treatment, but having these responsibilities provides the client with a sense of purpose. Also, if a client entered treatment unmotivated, the goal is that they may become more open-minded to change by interactions with a peer who has a positive outlook and can share their experiences with …show more content…
Some of the negative behaviors unmotivated clients would display are sleeping in group, not attending group, engaging in rehab romances, and an overall negative attitude towards treatment. To counter this, staff would have to take a more proactive approach to these clients which could result in a give and take process. There are often unfortunate circumstances going on in a client’s life that staff may not be aware, as such, the client will appear unmotivated and present as resistant and defiant. Despite this, these behaviors should not be a held against the client. Instead, staff will engage in conversations with them and implement the treatment modalities of Motivational interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help explore what the underlying issues stem from. Additionally, assignments centered on the Stages of Change will be part of treatment to help clients better understand and process where they are in their own recovery. Moreover, by asking open ended questions and having clients express their reasons for change, hopefully they will better understand their addiction and underlying problems and become motivated for change. Furthermore, it is imperative for staff to remember that when dealing with unmotivated clients they cannot make them feel as though treatment is being
Motivation is one of the primary obstacles in getting an individual to participate in treatment and engage in the recovery process. Having worked in both inpatient and outpatient treatment facilities, I have experienced both motivated clients and unmotivated clients. Motivated clients enter treatment because they want to change their lives. They have acknowledged that their lives are unmanageable and are looking to recover. By entering treatment they are seeking professional assistance to help them overcome their addiction and get their lives back on track. On the other hand, unmotivated clients may not necessarily be in denial about their problems, but quite frankly do not care about change, …show more content…
Motivated clients would communicate with staff to ensure certain community needs such as an available supply of tobacco, and making sure the newer members felt comfortable by addressing their specific needs. Clients often come to treatment with nothing but the clothes on their backs and lack any type of support system. The motivated clients would serve in a “big brother / big sister” role to ensure that they the new members adjusted smoothly to treatment, and to lessen the new-comers anxiety, make sure the staff is aware if they needed clean clothes or any cosmetic products. Not only will this ease the adjustment period to treatment, but having these responsibilities provides the client with a sense of purpose. Also, if a client entered treatment unmotivated, the goal is that they may become more open-minded to change by interactions with a peer who has a positive outlook and can share their experiences with …show more content…
Some of the negative behaviors unmotivated clients would display are sleeping in group, not attending group, engaging in rehab romances, and an overall negative attitude towards treatment. To counter this, staff would have to take a more proactive approach to these clients which could result in a give and take process. There are often unfortunate circumstances going on in a client’s life that staff may not be aware, as such, the client will appear unmotivated and present as resistant and defiant. Despite this, these behaviors should not be a held against the client. Instead, staff will engage in conversations with them and implement the treatment modalities of Motivational interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help explore what the underlying issues stem from. Additionally, assignments centered on the Stages of Change will be part of treatment to help clients better understand and process where they are in their own recovery. Moreover, by asking open ended questions and having clients express their reasons for change, hopefully they will better understand their addiction and underlying problems and become motivated for change. Furthermore, it is imperative for staff to remember that when dealing with unmotivated clients they cannot make them feel as though treatment is being