The Stress Less Workbook Simple Strategies to Relieve Pressure, Manage Commitments, and Minimize Conflicts

What if you could tackle the stresses of modern life...without all the stress? Leading clinician-researcher Dr. Jonathan Abramowitz helps frazzled readers discover how good it feels to live without chronic worry and tension. By weaving an array of proven self-help methods into a personalized plan, readers learn to accomplish more and stress less. This state-of-the-art workbook is packed with empowering stories, exercises, and self-quizzes. It provides fresh techniques and essential skills for getting the most out of each hour in the day; challenging all-or-nothing thinking and other unhelpful patterns; successfully balancing work and family demands; bringing harmony to strained relationships; and overcoming stress-related health problems.

Jonathan S. Abramowitz, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Anxiety and Stress Disorders Clinic at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An internationally recognized expert on the treatment of anxiety and stress-related disorders, Dr. Abramowitz is the author or editor of numerous books, including Getting Over OCD. He lives in Chapel Hill with his wife and two daughters.

I. Stress: Familiar to Us All but Understood by Few 1. How Stressed Out are You? 2. What Is Stress Doing to You? 3. What\u2019s Stressing You Out? 4. What Can You Do about the Stress in Your Life? II. Reducing Your Stress 5. Solving the Problems in Your Life 6. Communicating Effectively 7. Time Management 8. Changing Your Stressful Thinking 9. Relaxing Your Body and Clearing Your Mind 10. Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle III. Making Stress Management Techniques Work in Your Daily Life 11. Managing Stress at Work 12. Managing Relationship and Family Stress 13. Managing a Crisis 14. Living a Stress-Less Lifestyle Resources