As a health and wellness professional, empowering your clients or patients to take control of their health is essential. But, for many, it’s not easy to make beneficial changes. Masses of scientific papers have been published investigating dietary and lifestyle strategies to improve health and well-being.
And that can lead to any of these scenarios:
- Your clients are stuck in an analysis-paralysis loop, not reaching the desired goal
- You get ghosted by clients even after you’ve offered them all the solutions they need
- You waste your and your client’s time, which puts a dent in your credibility
That’s the story of thousands of professionals all over the world! So, how can you break out of this cycle?
By employing the THSA Contrast Method™ – a short and impactful framework developed by Alex Ruani, UCL Doctoral Researcher, Chief Science Educator at The Health Sciences Academy, and a certified health and wellness coach (and we’re giving you FREE exclusive access to it)!
Let’s dive into the THSA Contrast Method™
This powerful tool has been designed to help you master motivational interviewing – an evidence-based technique that can help an ambivalent client make positive behavioural and lifestyle changes.
The THSA Contract Method™ equips you with strategies to actively listen to your clients, ask the right questions, and inspire a change mindset – instead of imposing your suggestions on them.
Coaching isn’t just about asking questions. It’s about using proven techniques during a conversation to collaborate with a client or patient and empower them to uncover thoughts and emotions and drive them to change.
And the THSA Contrast Method helps you do just that!
Here’s how the Contrast Method can strengthen your coaching conversations:
- Listen actively: It’s the foundation of transformation! Instead of just hearing what your clients are saying, you need to actively listen to understand their concerns and goals. This creates an environment of trust and respect, helping them open up and share their thoughts more comfortably.
- Ask the right questions: Once you’ve captured your client’s motivations, it’s important to ask the right questions to steer them in the right direction. The THSA Contrast Method™ provides powerful questioning techniques that help you guide your clients towards new perspectives and potential scenarios.
- Create thought disparity: The THSA Contrast Method™ is all about creating thought disparity. By offering interpretations of client words and conducting thought experiments with hypothetical scenarios, you can help your clients see things in a different light. This creates a fertile ground for new ideas and solutions to emerge.
- Inspire a change mindset: This creates a sense of ownership and empowerment, which motivates clients to take action and make lasting changes. Because instead of imposing your suggestions on them, you guide them towards their own solutions that they are more willing to accept and follow.
- Build a database of coaching questions: As you use the THSA Contrast Method™, you can generate a set of coaching questions to use with your clients. This helps you tailor your coaching conversations to their specific needs and goals, empowering them to take charge of their well-being.
How to access the THSA Contrast Method™?
If you want to drive better connection and transformation with your clients and patients, check out the THSA Contrast Tool™ today (it’s FREE!)
With step-by-step coaching frameworks and thought-provoking exercises, the THSA Contrast Tool ™ will open doors to new thinking, options, scenarios, and opportunities for both your clients/patients and yourself.
