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While most therapists understand that empowering others to change themselves is the key to great therapy, this is easier said than done. There are many reasons why it is challenging to help others reach their therapy goals. The Change Framework was developed as a model to help therapists determine their clients’ true barriers to change and offers a structure that allows therapists to ensure that no stone is left unturned in the search to help clients reach their full potential.  The framework is also used as a powerful communication tool between therapists and clients to help identify and overcome these barriers.  The goal of this course is for participants to learn how to effectively use the Change Framework to understand, diagnose, and facilitating change.

Lydia Phillips is the founder and CEO of Meridian Rehabilitation Consulting; a Canadian rehabilitation company that employs a team of more 60 rehabilitation professionals including occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, kinesiologists and vocational specialists.  She has spent the last 25 years reflecting on how change occurs and the barriers to change; both through her work as an occupational therapist and, more recently, as a business leader.  She developed the Change Framework, and this  workshop, for her Meridian Rehab team as a tool for therapists who felt that clients were “stuck” and were not sure how to help them move forward in their programs. The workshop has since become a mandatory course for all Meridian therapists and the Change Framework model is now used with all Meridian clients. Therapists find that using this model helps to set clients up for success, and also helps to quickly define, prevent and/or overcome barriers to change as they arise.