A. INTRODUCTION
The principal task is often learning to deal with fear-based resistance to change and resolving whatever motivational conflicts emerge. Resistance and conflict are often mistakenly perceived as standing in the way of change, when in fact the process of working them through is indispensable to the process. Resistance serves the purpose of slowing us down, so we can think about change possibilities more thoroughly. Conflict, whether it is internal or between people, raises opposing possibilities and facilitates the creation of new ways of thinking and doing things. Most of the difficulties we encounter within and between people or social units, as well as the many troubles we create in our environments, are not the result of conflict or resistance, but of our failure to effectively resolve them.
The FL change process helps people arrive at behavior change decisions. The behaviors targeted for change are then fed back, interpreted, and discussed when they manifest in interaction. The behaviors selected to replace the problematic ones are also fed back and discussed as they begin to emerge.
| TABLE OF CONTENTS OF FL THEORY OF CHANGE | |
| A. Issues of change and control | |
| B. Non-volitional physical changes | |
| C. Non-volitional behavioral changes | |
| D. The FL theory of volitional change options | |
| E. The FL Change Process | |
| F. Motivation and resistance to change | |
| G. Conflict and conflict resolution are requirements
for volitional change |
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