<Li> Self - liberation (Make a commitment)--believing in one's ability to change and making commitments and re-commitments to act on that belief . </Li> <Li> Helping relationships (Get support)--finding people who are supportive of their change . </Li> <Li> Counter-conditioning (Use substitutes)--substituting healthy ways of acting and thinking for unhealthy ways . </Li> <Li> Reinforcement management (Use rewards)--increasing the rewards that come from positive behavior and reducing those that come from negative behavior . </Li>

According to prochaska and diclemente the stages of change model describes how change occurs for