Lifestyle change group : an awareness and support group for persons seeking lifestyle changes in order to improve their quality of living

Includes bibliographical references (page 27)This pilot project was conducted in order to determine\ud if a lifestyle change group was a feasible project for\ud a community. The premise of the program is that persons\ud with any symptoms of disease, distress or anxiety are out\ud of balance in his or her physical, mental/emotional or\ud spiritual make-up. Six persons participated in five group\ud sessions. Each session lasted one hour. The topics of\ud the five sessions were "Awareness," "Choice and responsibility,"\ud "Finding what needs to be changed," "Past and present blocks," and "Getting around the blocks." Each session was divided into three parts--explanation, discussion\ud and homework. The purpose of the five sessions was to\ud help the participant become aware of his imbalance, help\ud him take responsibility for the imbalance and then help\ud him choose a behavior to correct his imbalance. Group\ud support helped the participant see that he was not alone\ud in his struggle to change. Each participant found his\ud imbalance but did not have time to get in touch with his\ud responsibility in the behavior; the group meetings ended\ud too soon. The original idea for the five sessions was to\ud help each member transfer to a group (or individual\ud therapy) which specialized in the particular behavior\ud change the member desired. None of the group members\ud transferred to other groups. All wanted to continue with\ud Lifestyle Change Group