Highlighting Change and Sustain Talk

Bob's Second Visit

Under each statement, identify whether Bob is using change talk, sustain talk, both change talk and sustain talk or neutral speech.

Red Text = Sustain Talk
Green Text = Change Talk
Black = Neutral Speech

Bob: I haven’t had an attack in the past week. I think the walking around my apartment helped a bit. I haven’t gone anywhere else. I’m looking for more strategies online.








 

Bob: Well, I’ve been looking into some stretching exercises and I’ve also found a lot of information about COPD and breathing exercises, and they don’t seem to take a lot of time so I was thinking about adding 5-10 minutes of stretching to my walking routine and maybe trying some breathing exercises. Not sure where these would fit into my day. I come to these appointments don’t I?
 








 

Bob: I’ve been inside all week but keeping pretty busy doing my own research. And just because I haven’t had an attack, and a little feel better doesn’t mean that I’m ready to hop on a bus and travel across town to a program that teaches me the same things I can teach myself watching YouTube. So you can keep your referral for now.








 

Bob: I’ll make a follow up appointment