For clients to move into the preparation phase, they need to pick from among these options and dedicate to doing something about it in the foreseeable future. The sample treatment strategy in Table 3 reviews the case of Jason, the self proclaimed "pothead" with the new job starting quickly. Jason's written treatment plan summarizes a fifteen minute discussion with his therapist in the session following his preliminary consumption evaluation, and shows the utilization of objectives and methods discussed in this area to help with shift from consideration to preparation for action toward habits modification.

Preliminary Treatment Plan for Jason, Client Detected with Cannabis Usage Condition and Assessed in the Consideration Phase of Readiness for Change, Working Toward Preparation for Action Issue: Jason has chosen he will not continue to smoke cannabis once he starts his brand-new task in a month, but he is unclear about the most desirable and efficient

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