Jim and Janice Prochaska on Changing to Thrive

This week my guests on the AA Podcast are James and Janice Prochaska. James O. Prochaska is Director of Cancer Prevention Research Center and Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Rhode Island. He is the author of over 400 publications, including four books, Changing to Thrive, Changing for Good, Systems of Psychotherapy, and The Transtheoretical Approach. He is internationally recognised for his work as a developer of the stage model of behaviour change. He is the principal investigator on over 80 million dollars in research grants for the prevention of cancer and other chronic diseases. He is the founder of Pro-Change Behavior Systems. One of the most published authors in the field of social work, Dr Janice M. Prochaska has led research and development teams for health behaviour and organisational change programs as the CEO at Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. from 1997 – 2015. Her collaborations include applying the Model to cutting edge issues like simultaneously reducing multiple risk behaviours and enhancing multiple domains of well-being, healthy weight management in children and adults, preventing bullying, keeping individuals out of trouble with the law, and advancing careers with populations like women scientists. In this episode we talk about the Six Stages of Change and how they apply to alcohol addiction, the important difference between ‘Mental” and ‘Action’ models of change, and much more. You can find their work at www.Jprochaska.com, or reach out to them at janiceprochaska@gmail.com. The Truth About Alcohol We Are Not Alcoholics, And we Refuse to be Anonymous Join Us & Our Community TTAA Taster: http://www.thetruthaboutalcohol.co.uk/p/TTAA%20Taster TTAA Intensive: https://www.thetruthaboutalcohol.co.uk/p/TTAAIntensive Strive Community: https://strive.thetruthaboutalcohol.co.uk/