Rewarding Yourself for Changing by Rory A. Pfund, Ph.D., & John C. Norcross, Ph.D.
Motivation, skills, and rewards all play an important role in the change process. This growth path will help you understand how to reward yourself while changing AND to reward yourself for changing behavior, through specific methods, examples, and Check Yourself exercises.
This Growth Path is adapted with permission from Changeology and is published with permission of its publisher (Simon & Schuster) and its author (John C. Norcross).
Dr. Rory A. Pfund is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions at the University of New Mexico. He is trained as a clinical psychologist, and he conducts research on how psychotherapy both alleviates symptoms of addictive behaviors and promotes quality of life.
Dr. Norcross has studied how people make transformative, permanent changes in their lives for over 30 years. He is a Distinguished Professor & Chair of Psychology at the University of Scranton, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University, and a board-certified clinical psychologist with over 400 publications, author of 22 books, and workshops in 30 countries. In addition, Dr. Norcross is past-president of the American Psychological Association (APA) Division of Psychotherapy and the Division of Clinical Psychology as well as the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration.