Stress Management
Springer Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8261-4947-3 (ISBN)
Here is a comprehensive clinical manual focused on stress management and relaxation. It contains detailed descriptions of tactics for training the user in the methods of relaxation, positive thinking, time management, and more. It features validated self-tests (normed on over 1000 individuals), and first-time ever stress management motivations and irrational beliefs inventories. This hands-on resource is essential for practitioners introducing stress management techniques into their practice; students who are learning how to cope with stress; practitioners-in-training; and clinicians looking for a refresher course.
Jonathon C. Smith, PhD, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, and founder and Director of the Roosevelt University Stress Institute. He has published numerous articles and 11 books on stress, relaxation, and mediation; and has taught stress management and relaxation to thousands of individuals, corporations, and clinics. Roosevelt University has granted Dr. Smith a Distinguished Professorship in order to conduct ABC relaxation research and develop the Stress Institute.
Preface
Part I: Stress Basics Stress Competency and the Smith Stress Management Skills Inventory
Stress Concepts, Exercises
Crises, Catastrophes, and Acute Stress Disorder
Part II: The Four Pillars of Stress Management
ABC Relaxation,
Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Autogenic Training
Breathing and Stretching Exercises
Sense Imagery and Meditation
How to Make a Relaxation Recording: ABC Relaxation Scripting
Mini-Relaxation
Relaxation, Centering, and Stress Management, Exercises
Problem-Solving
Productive Problem Orientation
Initial Distress: Identifying Clear and Concrete Problem Cues
Defining the Problem in a Way Most Likely to be Solved
Generating Alternative Solutions, When Solutions Do Not Work, Exercises
Thinking Realistically and Productively: The Smith Irrational Beliefs Inventory,
Understanding the Role of Distorted Thinking
Catching Thoughts
Reality Checking
The “Big Five” Cognitive Distortions and the Smith Irrational Beliefs Inventory
A Three Step System for Changing Distorted Thinking
Cognitive Approaches and Cue-Response-Consequences
Stop Worry, Exercises
Review and Rehearsal
Exposure
Desensitization
Stress Inoculation and Relapse Prevention
Processes Underlying Review and Rehearsal
When to Choose Exposure, Desensitization, or Stress Inoculation Training, Exercises
Part III: Interpersonal Skills: Relationships and Stress Management
Assertiveness, Exercises
Empathic Listening
Empathy and Assertive Coping
Goals and Priorities
Scheduling
An Alternative Time Management Technique: Schedule-Reward-Do
Conclusion, Exercises
Relaxation Beliefs, Active Coping Beliefs, and Philosophy of Life
References
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.8.2002 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Gewicht | 562 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8261-4947-2 / 0826149472 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8261-4947-3 / 9780826149473 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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