- Paperback: 294 pages
- Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; 5 edition (Sep 1 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1572242140
- ISBN-13: 978-1572242142
- Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 21.3 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 721 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #48,839 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Although the sheer size of this dense workbook might cause initial hyperventilation--280 full-size sheets of text--take heart (and a deep breath!): the many self-assessment tools and calming techniques presented in this fifth edition can help overcome anxiety and promote physical and emotional well-being. First introduced in 1980, the book received praise for presenting a comprehensive look at stress, its physical manifestations, and the multiple ways it can be managed. Twenty years later, its well-organized chapters on breathing, relaxation, meditation, thought stopping, and body awareness still guide the reader through copious self-help techniques to try and, eventually, master. Other chapters, including job stress management, goal setting and time management, and assertiveness training, focus on daily scenarios people often find distressing. Lessons in identifying key elements that trigger unpleasant responses and in reacting differently to these elements are designed to defuse perceived conflicts. For this edition, coauthors Martha Davis (psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry of Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Santa Clara, CA), Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman (licensed clinical social worker with Kaiser Permanente Online), and Matthew McKay (clinical director of Haight-Ashbury Psychological Services, San Francisco, CA) have added topics on worry control, anger management, and eye-movement therapy. New diagrams and a more reader-friendly format should appeal to readers, despite a few typos and graphical mishaps. This is a valuable tool for therapists, their patients, and the stressed-at-large. --Liane Thomas
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"This text remains, after twenty years, the clearest, best-organized, and most readable book on stress management. It has achieved the status of the 'classic' self-help reference in the field."
--Edmund J. Bourne, PhD, author of "The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, Coping with Anxiety, "and "Beyond Anxiety and Phobia"
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy-to-read, concrete strategies for stress reduction.,
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This review is from: The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook (Paperback)
I'm a psychologist working in a college counseling center, and this is one of the top self-help books which I recommend to my clients. It's appropriate for anyone looking to find ways to reduce the amount of anxiety and stress they feel. Strategies address all areas of anxiety, including physical tension, worry, and interpersonal issues. Each chapter details a specific anxiety reduction strategy--eg, diaphragmatic breathing, self-hypnosis, thought stopping--and at the start of the book, there is a self quiz to help determine which chapters would best meet your individual needs. This is one of the best, simpliest books avaiable for reducing anxiety and stress; it's also useful for a wide variety of related problems such as depression and difficulties sleeping. Highly recommended!
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Scientific,
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This review is from: The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook (Paperback)
The author of this book, approaches relaxation methods in a scientific manner. Each chapter is about one method, telling what type of attitude works best in its use, the variations of the method and the time that is necessary to see the effects. Each method is very well explained in a step-by-step manner. These methods are treated as templates for anybody to use. I recommend to try this book out. It worked well for me. I have applied author's advice in addition to my yoga exercises. Another great book about stress reduction and healthy lifestyle is "Can We Live 150 Years?" by M. Tombak.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Stress reduction for dummies.,
This review is from: The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook (Paperback)
Sure we're all stressed a little now and then, but when the stress REALLY starts to build up and becomes too much, consider this little helper. An oversized volume (making it much easier to read), this book contains not one, but MANY different ways of reducing your stress- that's why its called a workbook. And this is precisely what makes this book such a gem- there's virtually something in it for everyone. If you don't like one technique, no problem, just go to the next chapter and try another one until you find one that suits you.A handy book that should help de-stress a lot of people, I give it 5 stars easy. Can also recommend The Sixty-Second Motivator for readers who have trouble getting motivated to do healthy things regularly- like practice relaxation techniques!
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