{"id":15185,"date":"2015-09-30T01:58:42","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T01:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartrecoverybc.com\/?page_id=15185"},"modified":"2015-09-30T04:59:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T04:59:49","slug":"enchancing-the-stages-of-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smartrecoverybc.com\/index.php\/resources\/addiction-articles-and-essays\/stages-of-change\/enchancing-the-stages-of-change.html","title":{"rendered":"Enchancing the Stages of Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Enhancing the Stages of Change<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Six Stages of Change are enhanced by the 9 Processes and Techniques.<br \/>\n<\/strong>From the book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/038072572X\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=srb06-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=038072572X\" target=\"_blank\">Changing for Good<\/a><\/em> by James Prochaska.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>9 Processes<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Processes&#8221; 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 &#8220;tools&#8221; in Changing for Good. They are:<\/p>\n<p>1. Consciousness-raising: Increasing knowledge about yourself and your problem.<\/p>\n<p>2. Social liberation: Considerations in the external environment that can contribute to helping change, i.e.: no smoking areas, lo-cal menu items, advocacy groups.<\/p>\n<p>3. Emotional arousal: Increased awareness through depth of feeling from natural events or dramatic intervention, psychodrama.<\/p>\n<p>4, Self-re-evaluation: A thoughtful and emotional reappraisal of yourself as regards your problem, weighing the pros and cons of changing.<\/p>\n<p>5. Commitment: Acknowledging that you are the only one who can respond, speak and act for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>6. Countering: Planning for and substituting healthy responses for unhealthy ones, action oriented.<\/p>\n<p>7. Environmental control: Restructuring your personal environment so that the probability of a problem-causing event is reduced.<\/p>\n<p>8. Rewards: Affirmation of desirable behaviour by self or others as contrasted with and better than any type of punishment for problem behavior.<\/p>\n<p>9. Helping relationships: Receiving care, support and assistance from significant people in your life.<\/p>\n<h2>Techniques<\/h2>\n<p>The 9 Processes are broad areas which are applied during different stages of change.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartrecoverybc.com\/toolbox\/Enhancing_the_stages_of_change.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smartrecoverybc.com\/images\/pdf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" align=\"absmiddle\" border=\"0\" \/> Printer-friendly version<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enhancing the Stages of Change &nbsp; The Six Stages of Change are enhanced by the 9 Processes and Techniques. From the book Changing for Good by James Prochaska. &nbsp; 9 Processes &#8220;Processes&#8221; are selected activities that are regularly initiated to effect change. 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