Short video excerpt in which Amber Hollingsworth advises on how to respond to people (specifically addicts) who resist help: validate reasonable objections, avoid pushing, offer autonomy, and invite them gently with a low-commitment trial ('let's just give it a try — if it's terrible, you don't have to do it').
Everyone likes to have control and independence and autonomy. You don't want to push. You want to sort of gently open the door and invite them if they feel like it, because they have this, like, real hair trigger on, you can't make me. If you're dealing with that kind of person and they start throwing up objections at you, then just validate their reasonable objections. This is where you want to say, let's just give it a try, and if it's terrible, you don't have to do it. Want to always give them that exador.
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