In short, LEAP utilizes the following tools and principles from the three therapies: From Rogers’s Client-Centered Therapy: Reflective listening as the foundation for creating an alliance. Central to this technique is a complete lack of judgment—no opinion about what is being said is given unless it has been asked for (preferably many times over). From Cognitive Therapy: The collaborative stance, setting an agenda and cost benefit analyses. From MI: The patient remains the final arbiter of the change process. Ambivalence about change is explored. And perhaps most importantly, internal and
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