Motivation to Create Change Theory

1. Jo Sherring

2. • Occupational Therapist
• Mental Health Clinician
• Managing Director of
The Maya Academy

3. The strength of a desire
(cognitive)

4. Enacting the desire
(behavioural)

5. Motivation
(cognitive)
We only see
Motivated
behaviour
(behavioural)

6. Interest
Discomfort
Hope Vision
Belief in
Values
Control
Intuition capacity

7. Seems obvious!
interested

8. High or low interest?
Introjected interest?
(expectations, pressure, societal
norms)
Compliance?
Complacency (people going along
with things because they can’t be
bothered)

9. hope
How sophisticated is our
understanding of hope?

10. Narrative
Resigned to circumstances
Contextual barriers eg. discrimination,
stigma, race, poverty, war, disability,
culture etc.
Hopelessness if often totally rational

11. vision

12. Can visualise life once the change
is implemented
Process not an outcome
Can visualise the steps they will
take

13. capacity

14. Skills
Strengths
Resources – emotional energy
Supports – you, family, friends

15. value

16. How is the change going to make
their life better and how much to
do they value that?
Is the change congruent with
their values?
Is it a deeply held personal
value?

17. intuition

18. Gut feelings are important
The person may not be very in
tune with it
May indicate a process needs
to happen before they are ready

19. control

20. *Autonomy is one of the MOST
important concepts in motivation
*Read up on Self Determination
Theory (Ryan & Deci)
*Extrinsic motivators DECREASE
intrinsic motivation

21. tolerate the discomfort

22. *Relates back to values
*Anxiety, grief, loss

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