The most important element of my work is it’s compulsory character. Many of my clients have been in contact with me, because they are ordered to do so by the Justice department. In many cases the only reason that people come and participate is because they have to. Therefore it is a huge challenge to achieve the point where they can motivate themselves to work at their addiction behavior and/or criminality (from extrinsic motivation to intrinsic motivation). For example:
I offer individual support to young people who are obliged to do so by court. Most of the times they don’t see the point in working with me at the beginning of our contact. To be more specific, I have worked with a young man for whom the main issue was to arrive in time at appointments. At a certain moment he arrived earlier than I did. He managed to control his use of alcohol and drugs much better. Currently he started an education for physiotherapy. By making a good connection with this young man, it is also possible to reach his possibilities
Every person has his own strenght, quality and wishdom!
