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From the book, Changing for Good
The SIX STAGES of CHANGE
Are enhanced by . . . .
Nine PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES
"Processes" are selected activities that are regularly initiated to effect
change. There are nine important ones chosen by the authors as distinct
areas of consideration and useful "tools" in Changing for Good. They are:
Consciousness-raising: Increasing knowledge about yourself and your
problem.
Social liberation: Considerations in the external environment that can
contribute to helping change, ie: no smoking areas, lo-cal menu items,
advocacy groups.
Emotional arousal: Increased awareness through depth of feeling from
natural events or dramatic intervention, psychodrama.
Self-reevaluation: A thoughtful and emotional reappraisal of yourself as
regards your problem, weighing the pros and cons of changing.
Commitment: Acknowledging that you are the only one who can respond, speak
and act for yourself.
Countering: Planning for and substituting healthy responses for unhealthy
ones, action oriented.
Environmental control: Restructuring your personal environment so that the
probability of a problem-causing event is reduced.
Rewards: Affirmation of desirable behavior by self or others as contrasted
with and better than any type of punishment for problem behavior.
Helping relationships: Receiving care, support and assistance from
significant people in your life.
These Processes are broad areas which are applied during different stages
of change. Within each process there are usually a number of Techniques
that can be applied to further the effect. The few examples given with
Social liberation above are examples of techniques. Another illustration
of this would be in Countering urges. One person might substitute chewing
gum as an alternative to having a cigarette, while another might distract
himself by running around the block.
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