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| What does the Cycle of Change cover? |
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| The stages that you go through when you want to change something in your life. |
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| What is the Cycle of Change's value in the area of substance use? |
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| It helps us understand the process of recovery, and its ability to help people progress along the road to recovery. |
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| What is considered to be the start point in the Cycle of Change? |
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| What is your position regarding change when you are in Pre-contemplation? |
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| You are not thinking about making a change in your behaviour. There is no intention of changing behaviour, you may be unaware that a problem exists. |
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| What is happening in the next stage the Contemplation stage? |
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| The person becomes aware that there is a problem, but has made no commitment to change. |
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| The next stage is Preparation. What happens in this stage? |
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| The preparation stage begins with a decision to change and steps taken to make this happen. |
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| What are you doing in the Action stage? |
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| Here the person is in active modification of behaviour. Carrying out the plan they have come up with. |
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| Why are the early stages of the Action stage important? |
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| The early days of action are so important as although this can be a new and unfamiliar time, things will improve as long as we stick to our plan. |
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| What is happening in the Maintenance stage? |
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| People have sustained their behaviour change for a while (defined as more than 6 months) and intend to maintain the behaviour change going forward. |
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Term
| When can lapse or relapse happen? |
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| At the action, maintenance of termination stage? |
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| What is the different between lapse and relapse. |
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Definition
| Following lapse you are ready to go back into the action stage of change. With a relapse you are going back to a pre-contemplation stage where you are not looking to change your behaviour. |
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| What is happening in the termination stage? |
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| Here, the desired change has been accomplished. With the new behaviours established, you are no longer behaving in the same way. |
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| Do most people make it through the Cycle of Change in their first try? |
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| No most people are likely to need three or four attempts at completing the cycle. |
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| What does REBT stand for? |
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| Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy |
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| What is at the centre of irrational thought? |
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Definition
| Demands. Things must be this way, or things must be that way. |
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| What is the first of the three main demands? |
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| What is at the heart of the I MUST do well demand? |
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| The idea that it would be awful, if you do not do well. The idea that it will be very difficult for you to cope with not doing well. |
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| What is at the second of the three main demands. |
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| Why is it OK to prefer that others MUST treat you well, but no OK to demand that others treat you well? |
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| Frequently others are less than kind, courteous and respectful. Emotionally disturbing yourself as this is the case is irrational. |
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| What is the third main demand that causes people emotional problems? |
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| Why is it irrational to demand that life MUST go well? |
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| As with the previous two demands it is OK to prefer this but irrational to demand it. No one is immune from the indignities misfortunes that happen in life. Demanding that they do not happen to you is irrational, and is unnecessarily disturbing yourself. |
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| What should you understand deeply about the three irrational demands? |
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| They are irrational and continuing to demand them is only leading to emotional disturbance. |
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Term
| What is the basic problem-making dysfunction of the mind? |
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| It is based round the idea that if you continue with irrational demands, problems are interchangeable. If perceived causes of suffering or unhappiness were miraculously removed from you today, they would very soon be replaced with others if you continue with demands. |
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| Why do people become connected to their problems? |
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| Problems become part of their identity, it is part of who they are. The ego fears loss of identity, even when your identity is not a desirable one, loss of it is feared. This is often used to why people stay in abuse relationships. They have an identity as an abused person, and leaving would mean loss of identity. |
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| Why would you want to 'Embrace Transition Vulnerability? |
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| It is difficult to change long standing behaviours and ways of thinking. An example might be going to your first Recovery meeting. You may be concerned about the anxiety you will feel there, what you are going to say, and what others might think of you. Embracing Transition Vulnerability would involve telling yourself you may feel like this, but accepting it, and deciding you are going to do it anyway. This can be applied to doing anything new or difficult. |
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| What is the 'A' in the ABCDE model? |
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| The activating event. The thing that happens that you are creating a view about. |
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| What is the 'B' in the ABCDE model? |
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| The belief. This is the irrational belief you come to regarding the event, usually based on one of the three main demands. |
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| What is the 'C' in the ABCDE model? |
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| The consequence. This is the feelings and emotions you experience following the application of the irrational belief. |
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| What is the 'D' in the ABCDE model? |
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| To dispute the irrational belief at 'B'. It may involve telling yourself that you do not always need to do well, others do not always need to treat you well, and life does not always need to go well. You can stand it. |
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| What is the 'E' in the ABCDE model? |
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| More effective emotions which result from you disputing the belief at 'D' |
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| What is the ABCDE model largely about? |
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Definition
| It is largely about 'B'. The irrational belief you come to. It is 'B' that causes 'C' not 'A'. It is the irrational belief that creates the consequence, not the event. |
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| Why would you want to 'Stop Musting'? |
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| You will probably have noticed that demands you make that thing must be this way or that are frequently not met. 'Stop Musting' involves, when you find yourself getting irritated, tell yourself to 'Stop Musting' ie demanding that things must be this way or that way. |
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