APPROACHES to BEHAVIOR
Changing the dynamic between patients and professionals in diabetes care and education
Janis Roszler, MS, RD, LD/N, CDE, FAND, and Wendy Satin Rapaport, PsyD, LCSW
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DOI: 10.2337/9781580405386
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Roszler, Janis, author.
Approaches to behavior : changing the dynamic between patients and professionals in diabetes care and education / Janis Roszler, Wendy Satin Rapaport.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-58040-538-6 (alk. paper)
I. Rapaport, Wendy Satin, 1947- author. II. American Diabetes Association, issuing body. III. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Attitude of Health Personnel. 2. Diabetes Mellitus--therapy. 3. Health Communication. 4. Professional-Family Relations. 5. Professional-Patient Relations. WK 815]
RC660
616.462--dc23
2014008450
eISBN: 978-1-58040-595-9
To the professors who inspired me as a student at UMass Bostons Marriage and Family Therapy program: Drs. Gonzalo Bacigalupe, Alisa Beaver, Esmaeil Mahdavi, MaryAnna Ham, Dawn Shelton, and Margarita Tarragona. Your insightful life lessons transformed how I interact with others. May you continue to inspire your students to learn, grow, and reach out to those in need.
Janis Roszler
To my wonderful husband Jim, my soul mate and inspiration, who makes me dig deep to be a better wife to a person who has diabetes.
Wendy Satin Rapaport
Contents
Everyone plays a role in communication
The environment matters
Ways to build communication pathways
Approaches to use with patients
More approaches to use with patients
How you and your patients may feel
Group communication
Workplace communication
Communication with patients and their families
Ways to emotionally transition from work to home
A s a health care professional you have a wealth of knowledge to share. So why dont some of your patients listen, participate, and follow through?
This book examines the emotional noise that makes it more difficult for patients to gain from interactions they have with you, their health care provider. Some of the interference comes from the patients themselves. Living with a chronic disease like diabetes can prompt such feelings as worry, anger, fear, guilt, frustration, and denial that make it harder for patients to learn, collaborate, and make behavioral decisions. Some of the noise may also come from youyour mood, energy level, frustration, and even patience level can accompany you in the conversations you have with patients. So, as you read, we not only will focus on your patients feelings and emotions, but also will discuss yours as well.
This book focuses on evidence-supported strength-based resiliency strategies from family therapy, cognitivebehavioral therapy, emotionally focused therapy, and positive psychology (Norcross, 2002, Hofmann, 2012, Johnson, 2012, Seear, 2013). Many strategies are based on two assumptions: 1) We affect our patients and others in our lives in a bidirectional or circular wayhow we feel and act affects how others respond and vice versa; and 2) it is not possible to fully understand another persons life experience; to gain information about another person, one must respectfully ask questions and not make assumptions.
The guidance we share within this book is not only for those who work with patients who have diabetes. It also is for health care providers who work with individuals who have any challenging medical issue. If you are just beginning your training, read through the entire book first and fill its margins with your personal thoughts. Take a careful look at your own behaviors, both in your work setting and outside of it. Many of the approaches we share can help you communicate more effectively with everyone in your life, not only with your patients and their families but also with loved ones, acquaintances, and colleagues, especially in this era of integrated care. Refer to this book often as you move through your program.