What’s the best type of therapy? On the one hand we have empirically supported, evidence-based therapies like the cognitive-behavioral-therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). These are therapies that randomized controlled trials have found to be effective. But on the other hand, maybe the type of psychotherapy doesn’t matter. Maybe […]
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The Transtheoretical Model of change describes how we make behavioural changes. It’s called “Transtheoretical” because it reflects common elements of the change process regardless of the theory behind that change. It was developed by James Prochaska and Carlo DiClemente by integrating change processes found in over 300 types of psychotherapy. The most well-known part of […]
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In the previous post we learned the stages of change. One of the main tasks of the preparation stage is goal-setting. And the SMART goals model is one of the most effective ways to set goals. SMART stands for: Specific Measurable Attainable or Achievable Relevant to the bigger picture Time-bound In Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, […]
Achieving our goals can be hard, but having a good action plan helps make our goals more attainable. The first component to a strong action plan is to break things down into small, manageable steps. But even taking things one step at a time, we can still get stuck, because we run into barriers that […]
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