Self-determination Theory informed practice Self-determination theory (SDT) is arguably the most well-evidenced framework for understanding how to improve well-being and motivation. SDT has over 350,000 Google Scholar citations to date from multiple academic teams around the world. At Noise Solution, we use SDT to inform how we encourage the right feelings that SDT tells us are vital for well-being to
ourish. Our approach avoids medicalising or
problematising people. We allow the participant to drive their own change. We stay clear of trying to nd a 'magic-bullet' activity or procedure that we ‘do to' people to try and ' x them’. It’s these ingrained values and practices that go some way to explaining our success.
Autonomy
Relatedness
Competence
SDT states that we need to facilitate three key psychological needs: competence, autonomy and relatedness, and we've mapped this framework to a Noise Solution set of sessions. Participants experience autonomy from the outset when they are
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