By the end of this activity module, participants will be able to: 

1. Summarize health behavior change theories, such as the health belief model, the social learning theory, and the transtheoretical model (TTM), and their application to lifestyle medicine practice 
2. Demonstrate key elements of conducting a patient assessment within the TTM and collaborate to develop stage-matched responses 
3. Apply the process of building effective and therapeutic alliances with patients that foster their personal growth 
4. Explain how to collaborate with your patients to promote health behavior changes 
5. Apply motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral, health coaching, and positive psychology techniques 
6. Summarize the evidence to support the use of behavior change techniques in clinical practice 
7. Use the skills of open inquiry, reflections, and empathy to develop and maintain a therapeutic alliance 
8. Describe the impact of positive emotions on the success of health behavior change 
9. Develop patient-centered, written action plans based on the appropriate stage of change of the TTM 
10. Summarize the process of follow-up for ongoing lifestyle change progress, including building patient self-efficacy and relapse prevention 
11. Describe the factors that support sustained behavior change 
12. Explain the role of family and other support to initiate and maintain health behavior change 
13. Manage disruptions to the therapeutic alliance 
14. Identify patient resources for sustainable behavior change in relation to the pillars of lifestyle medicine