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James O. Prochaska, John C. Norcross
and Carlo C. Diclemente.
This book promises a lot. Even the National Cancer Institute endorses the authors' approach, claiming that people who use this approach are more than twice as likely to change smoking habits as people who do not follow this approach. That's encouraging. The six stages of change as described in the book include: • Precontemplation
The authors suggest that if readers simply move from one stage to another, they will have been helped enormously in taking action on the changes they want to make. The key is to know which stage of change you are currently experiencing. To make a self-diagnosis possible, the authors offer a simple test. Unfortunately, when I attempted to take the test on a change I personally am reinforcing, I found the test's categories didn't capture where I am. The rest of the book is sure to help anyone contemplating change, if for no other reason than the authors drill down in the subject of change. They explore many nooks and crannies of change that most of us would simply not consider, or at least not consider in one reading. The authors' analysis of change alone makes this book worth reading. The authors, all psychologists, use many examples from their client interviews which also make the book an interesting read. So, in addition to being a motivational tool for change, it is filled with heart-felt stories that are as instructive as they are compelling. Janelle Barlow, President
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