Why is it so hard to ask for help, especially when we need it the most? There are a variety of reasons why individuals resist treatment, harming themselves and their loved ones in the process. In Choosing Help, psychologist Tracy Stecker, PhD, provides an in-depth exploration of these barriers to betterment, and the mindsets that produce them, and most importantly, how to break them down. While past strategies have focused on the family or community to help engage the individual toward treatment, Choosing Help draws on decades of research data to create an evidence-based intervention system for changing an individual's thought process to one which can embrace the choice to ask for help. With concise analysis and illuminating case studies, each chapter highlights a particular reason to resist treatment, like: 'Treatment won't work.' 'I'm not ready.' 'I don't need help.' 'I can handle it on my own.' 'I don't want 'that' type of treatment.' 'It's too hard to open up.' Whether you're wrestling with your own resistance or struggling to support someone who is, this is a vital resource for understanding why help is hard to choose - and how to make it easier.
