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STARS Recovery Specialists Motivational Matrix

Myers Briggs & Meta Programs

Mb1. When its time to recharge you batteries after a long day, do you prefer to be alone or with people? ... Introvert [] Extravert [

Mb2. If you were going to study a certain subject, would you be more interested only in the facts, the nuts and bolts, .. Sensor [

and how to use them now, or would you be more interested in the big picture for the future? Intuitor [

Mb3. Can you remember troubling situation, a specific one-time event, where you had to make a decision? ...... Thinker [

When you make a decision do you rely more on reason and logic, or more on what you gut tells you? Feeler [

Mb4. Do you keep track of your appointments on a calendar? Do you do it regularly? Do you like it? ..... Judger []

-or- Why did you buy your last car? Perceiver [

M1. DIRECTION SORT: What do you want out of STARS? . Toward [

-or- What do you want from your CPS worker? T/A [

-or- What do you want to get out of treatment? Both [

-or- What do you want to do with your life? A/T [(If problems, elicit complex equivalence, on back page.) Away From [

M2. REASON SORT: ....Possibility [

Why are you choosing to do what youre doing? Necessity [

M3. FRAME OF REFERENCE: . Internal [

How do you know when youre doing a good job? External [

(Do you just know inside or does someone have to tell you?) I/Check [

M4. CONVINCER(Representational): .... See [] Hear [

How do you know when someone else is good at what they do? Do [] Read []

M5. CONVINCER(Demonstrational): . Automatic [

How often does someone have to demonstrate competence to you ____ Time(s) []

before youre convinced? Consistent [

M6. MANAGEMENT DIRECTION FILTER: Self & Others [

(a) Do you know what you need to do to be a success here at STARS? Self Only [

(b) Do you know what someone else needs to do to be successful? Others Only [(c) Do you find it easy or not so easy to tell them? Self but not Others []

M7. ACTION LEVEL SORT: Active [

When you come into a situation do you usually act quickly after sizing it up, Reflective [

or do you do a complete study of all the consequences and then act? Both [

Inactive [

M8,9. Tell me about a time when you were AFFILIATION FILTER....... Independent [

very happy. (A specific event). Management [

Team [

WORK PREFERENCE FILTER.. Things [

People [Systems [

M10. Tell me about your favorite restaurant. PRIMARY INTEREST FILTER... People [

Why is it your favorite restaurant? Places [] Things [

Activity [] Information []

M11. CHUNK SIZE FILTER.Global > Specific []

If we were going to do a project together, would you want to know Specific > Global []

ALL the details first or the big picture first? Global [

Would you really need to know the (ask the opposite) big picture/details? Specific [

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M12. RELATIONSHIP SORT: (Use the boxes below)

What is the relationship between these three boxes? .... Sameness [

Sameness with exception [

Sameness and differences equally []

Differences with exception []

Differences [

M13. EMOTIONAL STRESS RESPONSE: ...Dissociated [

Tell me about a situation that gave you trouble, a one-time event. Associate [

Choice [

M14. TIME STORAGE: We store time in relation to our body either front to back or left to right. .... In Time: F/B [

If I were to ask you to point to your past, which direction would you point? Through Time: L/R [

M15. MODAL OPERATOR SEQUENCE

How did you get up this morning? What did you say to yourself? ______________________________________________

(Can, must, have to, want to, got to, should, etc.) WORDS

M16. ATTENTION DIRECTION: (no questions just observe) ..... Self [] Others [] Both [

M17. INFORMATION PROCESSING STYLE: When you need to work through a problem

or a challenge in your life, is it absolutely necessary for you to: Talk about it with someone else, .... External [

or think about it by yourself only? Internal [

M18. LISTENING STYLE: If someone you knew quite well said to you, I'm thirsty, would you:

Find the comment interesting, but probably do nothing about it, ... Literal [

or would you feel really compelled to do something about it? Inferential [

M19. SPEAKING STYLE: If you felt that someone around you was not performing as well as they should, would you:

Come to the point and tell them directly, .... Literal [

or would you hint, imply and give them clues? Inferential [

Also ask: DECISION MAKING STRATEGY: DYou seem to enjoy your job. How did you decide this was the job for you?

VALUES (Listen for Values. If desired, Elicit and put in a Hierarchy.)ELICITATION: In the context of sobriety and being drug and alcohol free, whats important to you about Recovery?

Values as elicited:

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Values arranged in order of importance:

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Will you please rank them in order of importance? (To Check: Assuming you have ___, is ___ or ___ more important to you?)

COMPLEX EQUIVALENCE: How do you know when youre _______ ? or What does that mean to you?

What is your evidence procedure for _______ ? or What causes you to feel _______ ?