Stress Management: A Comprehensive Handbook of Techniques and Strategies

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ISBN: 9780826149473 | 0826149472
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Copyright: 8/1/2002

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Text provides a comprehensive overview of stress management and relaxation. Contains detailed descriptions of procedures for methods of relaxation, positive thinking, and time management. Includes theory, research, and assessment of relaxation. Also provides an anthology of 25 studies focused on stress, coping, and relaxation. For psychologists.

Preface

List of Tables and Figures

xiii

Part I: Stress Basics

Stress Competency and the Smith Stress Management Motivations Inventory

(14)

Stress Concepts

(12)

Exercises

(2)

Crises, Catastrophes, and Acute Stress Disorder

(12)

Part II: The Four Pillars of Stress Management

ABC Relaxation

(48)

Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Autogenic Training

(9)

Breathing and Stretching Exercises

(5)

Sense Imagery and Meditation

(6)

How to Make a Relaxation Recording: ABC Relaxation Scripting

(17)

Mini-Relaxation

(2)

Relaxation, Centering, and Stress Management

(3)

Exercises

(1)

Problem Solving

(14)

Productive Problem Orientation

(1)

Initial Distress: Identifying Clear and Concrete Problem Cues

(6)

Defining the Problem in a Way Most Likely to Be Solved

(1)

Generating Alternative Solutions

(1)

Making the Decision

(2)

Taking Action: Cue--Response--Consequence

100

(3)

Exercises

101

(2)

Thinking Realistically and Productively: The Smith Irrational Beliefs Inventory

103

(32)

Understanding the Role of Distorted Thinking

104

(2)

Catching Distorted Thoughts

106

(2)

Reality Checking

108

(1)

Cognitive Distortions and the Smith Irrational Beliefs Inventory

109

(9)

Check--Challenge--Select: Changing Distorted Thinking

118

(8)

Cognitive Approaches and Cue--Response--Consequences

126

(1)

Stopping Worry

126

(9)

Exercises

134

(1)

Review and Rehearsal

135

(22)

Exposure

136

(6)

Desensitization

142

(1)

Stress Inoculation Training and Relapse Prevention

143

(8)

Processes Underlying Review and Rehearsal

151

(1)

When to Choose Exposure, Desensitization, or Stress Inoculation Training

151

(6)

Exercises

154

(3)

Part III: Interpersonal Skills: Relationships and Stress Management

Assertiveness

157

(10)

Exercises

166

(1)

Empathic Listening

167

(19)

Empathy and Assertive Coping

167

(1)

Cue-Response-Consequences

168

(1)

What to Look for When Making Empathic In Inferences

169

(3)

Empathic and Nonempathic Responding

172

(5)

Empathy and Gendlin's Focusing

177

(1)

Open-Ended, Problem-Solving, Reality-Checking Empathy

177

(9)

Exercises

182

(4)

Shyness and Social Anxiety

186

(14)

Characteristics of Shyness and Social Anxiety

186

(2)

Shyness

188

(6)

Social Anxiety

194

(6)

Exercises

199

(1)

Conflict, Anger, and Aggression

200

(19)

Negative Assertions or Requests Might Be Challenged (or Lead to Conflict)

200

(2)

Dealing with One's Own Anger

202

(3)

Dealing with Aggression and Hostility from Others

205

(8)

Negotiation

213

(6)

Exercises

215

(4)

Part IV: Task Completion Skills: Time Management, Procrastination, and Positive Beliefs

Time Management

219

(8)

The Great Myth of Multitasking (and Other Distorted Beliefs)

219

(2)

The Time Inventory

221

(2)

Goals and Priorities

223

(2)

Scheduling

225

(2)

Exercises

226

(1)

Procrastination

227

(8)

Treating Procrastination

228

(2)

The Procrastination Protocol

230

(3)

Dealing with Procrastinators

233

(1)

Conclusions

233

(2)

Exercises

234

(1)

Relaxation Beliefs Active Coping Beliefs and Philosophy of Life

235

(4)

Appendix: The Factor Structure of the Smith Irrational Beliefs Inventory---A

239

(6)

Julie D. Jenks

References

245

(6)

Index

251

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Stress Management: A Comprehensive Handbook of Techniques and Strategies

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