Stress Management: A Comprehensive Handbook of Techniques and Strategies

by Smith, Jonathan C.

• ISBN13: 9780826149473
• ISBN10: 0826149472
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
List of Tables and Figures	xiii
Part I: Stress Basics
Stress Competency and the Smith Stress Management Motivations Inventory	3	(14)
Stress Concepts	17	(12)
Exercises	27	(2)
Crises, Catastrophes, and Acute Stress Disorder	29	(12)
Part II: The Four Pillars of Stress Management
ABC Relaxation	41	(48)
Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Autogenic Training	47	(9)
Breathing and Stretching Exercises	56	(5)
Sense Imagery and Meditation	61	(6)
How to Make a Relaxation Recording: ABC Relaxation Scripting	67	(17)
Mini-Relaxation	84	(2)
Relaxation, Centering, and Stress Management	86	(3)
Exercises	88	(1)
Problem Solving	89	(14)
Productive Problem Orientation	89	(1)
Initial Distress: Identifying Clear and Concrete Problem Cues	90	(6)
Defining the Problem in a Way Most Likely to Be Solved	96	(1)
Generating Alternative Solutions	97	(1)
Making the Decision	98	(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