As the title suggests, this is the stage where the client has done the Weighing Pros and Cons that characterises the kind of work achievable in Contemplation stage, and has begun to be able to consider what needs doing. A risk in this stage is of rushing into action too quickly without considering the most effective strategy for implementing lasting change.

The CognitiveBehavioural for SUD-Rx lays out some of the key techniques that are helpful at this stage, particularly Breaking down tasks into steps .