Lassiter and Culbreth. Theory and Practice of Addiction Counseling. by Pamela S. Lassiter & John R. Culbreth

Author:Pamela S. Lassiter & John R. Culbreth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-03-18T13:34:05.800493+00:00

10 Transtheoretical Model for Change

Daniel Gutierrez

Astra B. Czerny

It is hard to imagine that any form of addiction counseling could be successful without the client experiencing some kind of transformational change. Change is essential to the recovery process, but what exactly contributes to a client's ability to change? Whereas it is true that life involves a certain amount of change whether it is wanted or not, it is also true that there is much in our clients' lives that is beyond their ability to change or control. Harnessing the ability to engender change in our clients is ultimately what counseling and therapy is all about.

The question of what exactly contributes to the intentional process of change is one that researchers Prochaska, Norcross, and DiClemente (1994) have spent much of their lives examining. Their six-stage theory of change, often referred to as the stages of change model, is more widely known as the transtheoretical model (TTM), aptly named because the model is not theoretically dependent. Rather, addictions counselors can use it across a broad spectrum of theoretical orientations. The premise of the model is that the right kind of change can happen when an individual is socially, psychologically, and behaviorally ready for it. As such, a counselor's ability to gauge appropriately the level of readiness for change that a particular client might demonstrate is an important part of this theory.

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