Выражение встречается в следующем контексте:
But caution is required since not all posturing against change is true resistance.
Change is difficult, and the patient can give voice to this without
being resistant. In this case we speak of “sustain-talk”: the patient is merely
evoking one of the dimensions of his or her ambivalence (the advantages
of the status quo and the disadvantages of change), which is normal and
even necessary to the construction of solid motivation. (MOTIVATIONAL COMMUNICATION)

Некоторые фразы из Сети:
*Sustain talk and change talk as opposite sides of the same coin (ambivalence)
*Sustain talk (ambivalence) as normal
*Examples of sustain talk: DARN-C Desire for status quo, inability to change, reasons to sustain status quo, need to sustain status quo, commitment to status quo

Это что-то вроде "разговор противостояния/поддержания"?

Заранее спасибо
С уважением, Юрий

MI sessions where client doesn't want to take psychiatric meds because of side effects. When Sustain Talk is heard, the therapist uses strategic questions and reflections, and lets the viewer hear when the Change Talk is coming from the patient. Excuse us for having fun. We cannot help ourselves.

http://showbiznes-krupnim-planom.ru/video/U32rGyGrd90&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Может обойти как-то? Отрицательная реакция на возможные изменения?7 Положительная реакция на возможные изменения = change talk??