1st Edition

Stress Management An Integrated Approach to Therapy

By Dorothy H.G. Cotton Copyright 1990
    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    A guide for clinicians from all disciplines to help conceptualize and control stress in clients in a clinical setting. Presents a definition of stress that is operational in a therapeutic context, and suggests ways of translating this understanding into effective counseling.

    1. AN OVERVIEW 2. FORMULATION AND DEFINITION IN STRESS MANAGEMENT 3. STRESS AND ILLNESS, 4. ASSESSMENT OF STRESS: TOOLS AND METHODS 5. PLANNING INTERVENTIONS, 6. PHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO MANAGING STRESS PART I: THE RELAXATION THERAPIES 7. PHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO MANAGING STRESS PART II: LIFE-STYLE MANAGEMENT, 8. COGNITIVE APPROACHES TO MANAGING STRESS 9. BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING STRESS

    Biography

    Dorothy H. G. Cotton