Rehabilitation of patients with long‐term illnesses of ten includes recommendations for modification or change of behavior. Force field analysis is a method of promoting behavioral change that is systematic, patient‐centered, and comprehensive. The process of change includes unfreezing behavioral movement and refreezing behavior at the new level. A patient situation is described in which the behavior to be changed was smoking. Force field analysis is particularly helpful as a way of giving hope and assisting patients whose past efforts to change were unsuccessful. It may be useful for collecting data on decision‐making and behavioral change strategies among specific patient popula