The Transtheoretical Model or Stages of Change was developed by James O. Prochaska and Carlo Di Clemente in 1977. It outlines the different stages a person goes through to make a health behavior change, hence the reason it is also called “Stages of Change”. It starts by the person not being ready to make a change to the final stage of dropping the old behavior in favor of a new one. Here is what the model looks like: