“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” 
(W. Edwards Deming) 

Change is a certainty in everyone’s life. Through learning and life experience, individuals develop varied levels of flexibility towards transition, and these levels commonly dictate the person’s ability to productively cope with life’s challenges. Thus, readiness and ability to change are popular topics in therapeutic contexts such as counselling, life coaching and mentoring.

Essentially, change takes center stage in the counselling relationship – a governing factor by which all effort is contingent upon. What dictates a clients’ readiness to change, and how does that affect the process of goal achievement in counselling? How to evoke change in someone’s life, and at the same time, make sure the process is self-directed and not imposed? What are the strategies and techniques which enable counsellors to motivate their clients towards change?

Edition 47 of the Institute InBrief eZine discussed change and its implications in the counsellor-client relationship. What are your thoughts on change – and how to make it as positive and conducive to progress as possible?

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