Preface to the Seventh Edition -- Acknowledgments -- How to Get the Most Out of This Workbook -- Chapter 1: How You React to Stress -- Sources of Stress -- Fight-or-Flight Response -- Chronic Stress and Disease -- Impact of Recent Experience -- Prevention -- Symptom Relief -- Tactics for Coping with Stress -- Knowing Your Goal -- Symptom-Relief Effectiveness -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2: Body Scan -- Background -- Body Inventory -- Stress-Awareness Diary -- Releasing Tension -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3: Breathing -- Background -- Symptom-Relief Effectiveness -- Time to Master -- Instructions. Preparing to Do Breathing Exercises -- Breathing Basics -- Special Considerations -- Breathing for Tension Release and Increased Awareness -- Breathing for Symptom Control or Release -- Final Thoughts -- Further Reading -- Recordings -- Chapter 4: Progressive Relaxation -- Background -- Symptom-Relief Effectiveness -- Time to Master -- Instructions -- Special Considerations -- Further Reading -- Recording -- Chapter 5: Meditation -- Background -- Symptom-Relief Effectiveness -- Time to Master -- Instructions -- Exercises -- Special Considerations -- Further Reading -- Recordings -- Chapter 6: Visualization -- Background. Symptom-Relief Effectiveness -- Time to Master -- Instructions -- Special Considerations -- Further Reading -- Recordings -- Chapter 7: Applied Relaxation Training -- Background -- Symptom-Relief Effectiveness -- Time to Master -- Instructions -- Special Considerations -- Further Reading -- Recording -- Chapter 8: Self-Hypnosis -- Background -- Symptom-Relief Effectiveness -- Contraindications -- Time to Master -- Instructions -- Special Considerations -- Further Reading -- Chapter 9: Autogenic -- Background -- Symptom-Relief Effectiveness -- Contraindications -- Time to Master -- Instructions -- Special Considerations -- Further Reading -- Recording. 5058 Chapter 10: Brief Combination Techniques -- Background -- Symptom-Relief Effectiveness -- Time to Master -- Instructions -- Further Reading -- Recordings -- Brief Combination Techniques -- Chapter 11: Self-Compassion -- Background -- Symptom-Relief Effectiveness -- Time to Master -- Building Self-Compassion -- Final Thoughts -- Further Reading -- Chapter 12: Refuting Irrational Ideas -- Background -- Symptom-Relief Effectiveness -- Time to Master -- Instructions -- Refuting Irrational Ideas -- Special Considerations -- Rational Emotive Imagery -- Further Reading -- Chapter 13: Relieving Worry and Anxiety -- Background. Symptom-Relief Effectiveness -- Time to Master -- Instructions -- Thought Defusion -- Change Your Safety Behaviors -- Turn Worry into Problem Solving -- Final Thoughts -- Further Reading -- Chapter 14: Facing Fear and Avoidance -- Background -- Symptom-Relief Effectiveness -- Time to Master -- Instructions -- Special Considerations -- Further Reading -- Chapter 15: Anger Inoculation -- Background -- Symptom-Relief Effectiveness -- Time to Master -- Instructions -- Special Considerations -- Further Reading -- Chapter 16: Goal Setting and Time Management -- Background -- Limits of Multitasking -- Symptom-Relief Effectiveness -- Time to Master

Now in its seventh edition, this fully revised and updated workbook--highly regarded by therapists and their clients--offers the latest stress reduction techniques to combat the effects of stress and integrate healthy relaxation habits into every aspect of daily life