Senior Advisors

• In our 20-year tradition of bringing the best change products and services to the industries we serve, The Change Companies® is pleased to present our Senior Advisors. Each Senior Advisor provides ongoing, independent consulting and editing services to help ensure the quality of our products and support systems.

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  James Prochaska, Ph.D.

  James Prochaska, Ph.D., transformed the way science thinks about change. As co-creator of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change he revolutionized the field of behavioral health worldwide. He is the author of more than 300 publications including the groundbreaking book, Changing for Good. He is the Director of the Cancer Prevention Research Center and Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Rhode Island.
  
  

  Dr. Prochaska holds numerous awards and honors. The American Psychological Society cited him as the Most Influential Author in Clinical and Health Psychology, and one of the Top Five Most Cited Authors in Psychology. He holds an Innovator's Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and is the first psychologist to win a Medal of Honor for Clinical Research from the American Cancer Society.
  
  As a Senior Advisor, Dr. Prochaska contributes to the ongoing editing of The Change Companies®' programs and clinical resources. His oversight ensures fidelity to the Transtheoretical Model and keeps our products focused on the practical application of the processes of the Transtheoretical Model that help individuals transform their lives in meaningful ways.
  
  

  "The Change Companies®' Interactive Journals are truly transtheoretical. First, they apply all of the constructs of the Transtheoretical Model to facilitate behavior change, including the pros and cons of changing, self-efficacy and temptation, the processes of change and those of resistance. Then they use four of the most important theories for treating addictive disorders: 12-Step, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive-behavioral therapy and the Transtheoretical Model. Each of these approaches has been found to be effective in rigorous scientific evaluations.
  
  This Transtheoretical program provides a wealth of wisdom through exercises that generate journaling on the most challenging issues participants face at each step and stage in the process of change. The Change Companies®' combination of constructs from each approach represents one of the most promising innovations to produce breakthroughs beyond their separate impacts."

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  William R. Miller, Ph.D.

  Dr. William Miller's research on motivation and behavior change has had a profound effect on addiction treatment, and more generally on health services. He is the original developer of Motivational Interviewing, an internationally recognized method for helping people change by evoking their own intrinsic motivation. The Institute for Scientific Information lists Dr. Miller as one of the world's most cited scientists.
  
  

  Dr. Miller is the author of 40 books and more than 400 articles and chapters, including the innovative books (with Stephen Rollnick) Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change and Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior. He is an Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico and served as co-director of UNM's Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addictions (CASAA). He served as a consultant to the United States Senate, the World Health Organization, the National Academy of Sciences and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
  
  Dr. Miller is a Senior Advisor to The Change Companies® which has for 20 years, applied client-centered change strategies throughout all of its products and services. He brings to The Change Companies® his expertise in editing and developing clinical resources. According to Dr. Miller, Interactive Journaling® is an effective method of engaging a client in the change process.
  
  

  "I do like very much the method of Interactive Journaling®. Our Motivational Interviewing research indicates that it is important to elicit clients' own language and for people to be actively involved in their own positive behavior change. Interactive Journaling® is a method designed specifically for this purpose – to engage each person actively in the thought and behavior processes of change, rather than being a passive recipient.
  
  At each progressive step along the way, clients reflect on and generate their own language about material relevant to important changes, and how it applies in their lives. Whatever the therapeutic modality – residential, outpatient or intensive day treatment – clients do the personal work needed to make important life changes."