Decisional Balancing: Exercises and instruments that examine decisional balancing investigate the positive and negative aspects of a particular behavior. The general benefits of the behavior—and also of changing it—are weighed against the costs, allowing clients to appraise the impact of their behavior and make more informed choices regarding changing it. The scale reproduced in this section can be used to accentuate the costs of the client’s substance use, lessen its perceived rewards, make the benefits of recovery more apparent, and identify possible obstacles to change.
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