Motivational Interviewing Behavioral Plan for Change

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Introduction
Motivational interviewing is an interviewing in which one becomes a helper in the change process and accepts your client as he or she is. In this paper, we present a plan for changing the behavior of my "younger" brother, who is bright but believes that we are moving into a "post reading/literature world." This paper will use motivational interviewing to change both my brother's behavior towards physical reading. According to (Wilhel 2016), reading is helpful in the acquisition of knowledge; therefore, we hope to change my brother's attitude towards more physical tasks to enhance learning.
My Client’s Change Position vs. Procashka’s Model
My client is my brother, who doesn't like physical reading, but he is willing to change that behavior. The Procashka Model, also known as the Trans-theoretical Model or the stages Change Model that DiClemnte and Prochaska developed in the 1970s, evolved through research studies investigating the experiences of smokers that quit by themselves and those who need further treatment to understand why specific individuals can quit smoking by themselves (Proschaska & Veicer, 1997). Despite being used to help smokers cease smoking, this same model can change behavior from a non-reading culture to physical reading culture.
Prochaska's Model of behavior changes has six stages and is based on research that shows that people move from location to stage when changing or modifying behavior (Proschaska & Veicer, 1997). It has been applied to alter complicated problems like gambling and smoking, and we will use it to initiate a reading culture in my younger brother.
The first three stages of Prochaska's Model present an individual’s intentions to change. Our brother, who has a poor reading culture, has not shown any interest in changing from a non-reading culture to a reading culture. So the first thing will be to convince him of the benefits and importance of reading for one's intellectual and knowledgeable life (Proschaska & Veicer, 1997). Therefore, my brother is in the pre-contemplation stage, representing a stage in behavior change where one does not intend to change shortly, potentially because they do not know what problems the issues pose to them.
The second stage is contemplation, where the individual is aware or becomes aware of the problem that the behavior exposes him to. However, the victim does not have or show any signs of commitment towards solving the problem (Proschaska & Veicer, 1997). For our client, this is the stage where he acknowledges that the lack of reading is causing pain is causing effects in his quest for knowledge.
Next, we have the third stage, which is known as the preparation stage. It is when the person or victim is ready to start changing the unwanted behavior and making small changes. For my brother, this is the stage where he will begin to read short stories and magazine newspapers to gain knowledge. The first three stages all represent the post-action" stages and are the foundation for behavioral change (Proschaska & Veicer, 1997).
The fourth stage, or the action stage, is where most of the changes ar...