TY - JOUR
AU1 - Prochaska, James O.
AU2 - DiClemente, Carlo C.
AB - Offers transtheoretical therapy as one alternative when seeking a synthesis for the increasing proliferation of therapeutic systems. From a comparative analysis of 18 leading systems, 5 basic processes of change were identified by the present 1st author (1979). They are consciousness raising (feedback, education), conditional stimuli (counterconditioning, stimulus control), catharsis (corrective emotional experiences, dramatic relief), choosing (self-liberation, social liberation), and contingency control (reevaluation, contingency management). Each process can be applied at the level of either the individual's experience or environment. The present authors have identified the following stages of change: contemplation, termination, action, and maintenance. The verbal processes of change––consciousness raising, catharsis, and choosing––are most important during the 1st 2 stages, while behavior therapies (conditional stimuli and contingency control) are needed once a commitment is made. It is suggested that in the transtheoretical model, cognitive restructuring is seen as the result of the individual effectively applying the appropriate processes of change during each of the appropriate stages of change. (27 ref)
TI - Transtheoretical therapy: Toward a more integrative model of change
JF - Psychotherapy
DO - 10.1037/h0088437
DA - 1982-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/transtheoretical-therapy-toward-a-more-integrative-model-of-change-pgJ08ZAAur
SP - 276
EP - 288
VL - 19
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -