Planning If ready help the person establish a change plan The Four Stages of Motivational Interviewing. Pre-contemplation. Support autonomy and obstruct motivation and change Taste of Motivational Interviewing: Experience the basic approach and “feel” of motivational interviewing. FOCUSING: Acknowledge and align agendas. Prochaska and DiClemente2 proposed readiness for change as a vital mediator of behavioural change. Person is not yet considering a change or is unwilling or unable to change. E