How to Coach Yourself and Others Empowering Coaching And Crisis Interventions | Page 115

This book is in B&W, not color - Print page in Grayscale for Correct view! Exercises 1. Consider areas in your life where change is possible, is necessary, or has already occurred. Classify your stage of change with each issue, based on the stages of change model: precontemplative, contemplative, preparation, action, maintenance. What could potentially “move” you from one stage to another? 2. Suggest questions you might ask clients to assess their stage of change. 3. Identify which stage of change best describes each of the following clients: a. “I hardly know anyone who smokes anymore. I’ll get there too one day.” b. “What’s the point of looking for work? Since the big stock market crash there aren’t any jobs out there anyway.” c. “It’s been almost six months since my last drink. I don’t even crave it like I used to.” 4. Working with a colleague, take turns exploring a time in your life when you were unmotivated. What feelings were associated with this period? What helped you get unstuck? 5. Start a log that chronicles your automatic thinking, for example, when you meet someone new, before asking a question in class, when you want to ask for help, etc. 6. Identify errors in thinking for each of the following client statements. a. “I’ll never get a job.” b. “She didn’t even say hello when she saw me at the store. I guess she doesn’t like me.” c. “I have to be number one.” 7. Suggest reframed responses for each of the following client statements. a. I can’t do it. b. (A student counsellor.) I feel so unnatural and phony expressing empathy all the time. c. I really want my kids to avoid making the same mistakes I did. I don’t know why they don’t listen to me. d. If he really loved me, he’d send me flowers. e. My life is a mess. f. I’m tired of being depressed all the time. 8. Name at least ten different ways to motivate clients. 9. Evaluate how effectively the following statements meet the criteria for effective goals: a. to be a better person b. to get my boss to stop hassling me c. to drink less d. to be able to disagree with someone without dismissing them or their ideas e. to improve my fitness by next year to the point where I can run 1 kilometre in 15 minutes 10. Practise brainstorming techniques. Identify different action strategies for a client who wishes to quit drinking. 11. Use the concepts from this chapter to practise goal setting and action planning for yourself. Pick one or more target areas (behaviour, feelings, thoughts, skills, or relationship). For [email protected] Property of Bookemon, do NOT distribute 115