Question: READING: Identify print or web-based resources that you are using or may incorporate into the strategies for sequencing interventions. The aim is primarily to reflect on one's own practice. Be sure to cite your source(s) in your posts to the discussion.

Discussion Topics for All Practicum Students: (CHOOSE ONE)

Find two articles (one from a refereed journal and one from the web) related to Prochaska and Diclemente's Stages of Change Model. Offer your personal reflections on this model and its usefulness or potential usefulness in your practice

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Working with clients can be like unlocking a combination lock. We may have to turn one way and then another trying to discover what combination of strategies and interventions finally "opens the door" and allows the client to make progress. Building a connection or trust with a client is often the first "intervention". Describe the "sequence" you use, citing the empirical or other resources that have helped you build a useful strategy? How do you work? Some people start with "What's up?" and others start more formally, loosening up later. How about you?