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that once again provide parallels with the current model. There are 8 stages to
this model; Warded Off, Unwanted Thoughts, Vague Awareness/Emergence,
Problem Statement/Clarification, Understanding/Insight, Application/Working
Through, Problem Solution, Mastery. This model presents its own version of
how an individual must work through steps from denial, to realisation, to action,
to solution and to stable maintenance. Both models of clinical change are
compared with the current model in Table XIV.
Table XIV. Comparing Phases of Current Model with Two Models of Clinical
Change
Chapter 9 Model
1. Growing Crisis:
Constriction
Transtheoretical
Change Model
Pre-Contemplation
Contemplation
Assimilation Model
Warded Off
Unwanted Thoughts
Vague Awareness/Emergence
2. Peak Crisis: Separation Determination Problem Statement/Clarification
Understanding/Insight
3. Late Crisis: Exploration Action Application/Working Through
4. Post-Crisis: Equilibration Maintenance Mastery
Relapse
Problem Solution
As can be seen from the above table, the three models agree that change moves
from internal issues of thoughts, contemplations, fantasies and feelings of
dissatisfaction, through a turning point towards more external issues of action,
assertion, problem-solving, exploration and rebalancing. This demonstrates a key
change that characterises clinical change and crisis; it is a change away from
ruminative passivity towards proactive behavioural coping that brings a new
sense of active participation in the world and a new sense of mastery.
10.7 Critical Reflections on Method and Sample
The aim of this thesis was to find an innovative area of research and also to
develop an innovative methodology with which to investigate this area. The
composite model that was created was a synthesis of Miles and Huberman’s
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