5 Tips for working with the Precontemplative Client - MI Center for Change

The Precontemplative Conundrum!

If you are like, “Precontem…what?” check out my blog post on Stages of Change here (link to last weeks’ post).

In short, “precontemplation” refers to the stage of change when clients aren’t wanting to think or talk about change. They might even be arguing against it.

Working with clients who are stuck in precontemplation may be the hardest thing we do as helping professionals.

It can be crazy-making to be sitting with someone who clearly needs to change, who may even be suffering a lot of the consequences of NOT changing, yet they aren’t willing to work with you to make a plan to change.

It can be like sitting with someone who has a nail in their head, complaining about headaches, but not willing to talk about the nail.

Check out the It’s Not About the Nail video on YouTube- it is one of my all time favorite videos related to precontemplation.

I squirm every time I see it. It makes me want to yank that nail out of her forehead already to get to the solutions. I love fixing, problem solving and providing solutions.

But I can’t yank a client out of precontemplation.... check out this video to learn more about what we CAN do!

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