Publisher's Synopsis
New to This Edition
*Reflects the ongoing development of the stages-of-change model and research advances over the past decade.
*Chapter on stage-based brief interventions in health care, social service, and community settings.
*Group treatment chapter has been significantly revised.
*Expanded coverage of the change processes relevant to each stage.
See also Group Treatment for Substance Abuse, Second Edition, by Mary Marden Velasquez et al., a manual for a group-based approach grounded in the transtheoretical model.