Boosting Motivation with THIS WAY UP
Have you ever had trouble with motivation? I’m not just talking about your own motivation but also about motivating your patients.
We know that the biggest issues in eMH are engagement and adherence. Over and over again GPs say to me “I try, but my patients often don’t even look at the programs I recommend and if they do they don’t stick with them”
We think that skilled and enthusiastic GPs are in the best possible position to motivate patients to engage and persevere with eMH interventions.
This week, as a registered referrer to THIS WAY UP, I got an email containing a link to a great resource. Accessed via a blog post that includes tips for practitioners to increase patient’s adherence to the program, the “Boosting Motivation” booklet debunks a few common myths about motivation and provides some helpful strategies about boosting motivation generally.
Here’s the link to the blog post by Dr Jill Newby who authored THIS WAY UP’s Mixed Anxiety and Depression Course. You’ll find a link to “Boosting Motivation” at the bottom of the post.
Incidentally, if you’re haven’t registered to refer to THIS WAY UP yet read this Clinician Flyer to find out how to do so.
Gerhard is a full professor of Clinical Psychology at Linköping University, Sweden since 2003, an
d affiliated researcher at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden. Professor Andersson is an internationally recognized researcher in the field of CBT delivered through information and communication technology, as well as the author of the book “The Internet and CBT: a clinical guide”.
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