Assignment: Using Targeted Questions to Evoke Change Talk

As in Chapters 5 and 8, this is an opportunity to practice forming good questions, but this time targeting clients in evok­ ing. Once again, you will read aclient statement and then form two different questions. Because change talk requires a specific target behavior, and this information is not presented in these statements, you will have to infer. You may also have to use a reflection to get into your question. This is always good practice, so feel free to do so. You can use all the different types of question you learned in this chapter and in the prior one ("Recognizing Change and Sustain Talk"). Feel free to thumb back through the chapters to refresh your memory.

Later, we will return to these prompts as we discuss developing other sorts of questions for the planning phase.

1. I think the child needs to understand that you're the parent, and that he or she needs to mind you. Too often I see kids acting sassy, and I won't put up with that disrespect.

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2. I don't get what we are supposed to be doing here.

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3. I love my kids, but sometimes they push me to the edge, and then I do things I shouldn't.

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4. I am really tired of dealing with all of this crap. I just can't do it anymore. Something has to change.

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5. My problem is my wife and her constant complaints.

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**BONUS**

6. Here we go again: same old stuff, just a new version.

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