Table 1.

Processes of change and new terms for processes of change

Process of change	New term for process of change	Description of process
Five experiential processes of change
Consciousness raising (awareness)	Recognizing	Increasing awareness via information, education, and personal feedback about a problem behavior and potential solution
Dramatic relief	Reacting	Experiencing negative and positive emotions regarding the behavior/change; feeling emotional arousal (such as fear, anxiety, or worry) about failure to change or status quo, or feeling inspiration and hope about successful change
Environmental re‐evaluation	Re‐evaluating (other)	Assessing impact on others of your behavior and possible change
Self re‐evaluation	Re‐evaluating (self)	Realizing that the behavioral change is important to one's personal identity, happiness, success, and/or values
Social liberation	Realizing	Realizing that social norms are changing to support the new behavior and that there are resources available to make the change.
Five behavioral processes of change
Self‐liberation	Committing	Making a firm commitment to change; believing in one's ability to change and making commitments and recommitments to act
Helping relationships	Reaching out	Seeking and using social support to make and sustain change; interacting with people who are supportive of the change
Reinforcement management	Replacing	Substituting prochange ways of acting and thinking for old behaviors
Counter conditioning	Rewarding	Increasing rewards for new behaviors and decreasing rewards for old behaviors
Stimulus control	Restructuring	Restructuring the environment by removing reminders and cues to engage in the old behaviors; introducing reminders and cues to engage in the new behaviors