How to Increase Self Efficacy in Recovery

If the individual hopes to avoid negative self fulfilling prophecies they will need to increase their self efficacy. They can achieve this by:

• Spending time with inspiration people in recovery – particularly those who have already been successful at building a life away from addiction.
• Self efficacy can be increased by observing peers achieving the desired goal. It leads to the idea that if they can do it then so can I.
• An addiction therapist is skilled at increasing self efficacy by persuasion. They encourage the individual to believe in their own power to change.
• Those people who join a recovery fellowship may find that this increases their self efficacy. They will be surrounded by people who are on the same path, and the sense of camaraderie can be motivating.
• Self efficacy can be increased by small successes. If the individual achieves something small it increases their confidence to try for something a bit bigger next time.