Principles and Practice of Stress Management, Third Edition

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Paul M. Lehrer, Robert L. Woolfolk, Wesley E. Sime
Guilford Press, 16 ago 2007 - 734 pagine

Structured for optimal use as a clinical reference and text, this comprehensive work reviews effective stress management techniques and their applications for treating psychological problems and enhancing physical health and performance. Leading experts present in-depth descriptions of progressive relaxation, hypnosis, biofeedback, meditation, cognitive methods, and other therapies. Tightly edited chapters examine each method’s theoretical and empirical underpinnings and provide step-by-step guidelines for assessment and implementation, illustrated with detailed case examples. The volume also explains basic mechanisms of stress and relaxation and offers research-based guidance for improving treatment outcomes.

New to This Edition:
*Incorporates significant empirical, theoretical, and clinical advances.
*Chapters on mindfulness meditation, neurofeedback, EMDR, breathing retraining, heart rate variability biofeedback, exercise therapy, Qigong, sport psychophysiology, and basic mechanisms of stress and relaxation.

 

Sommario

Conceptual Issues Underlying Stress Management
3
The Psychology of Relaxation
38
Origins Principles and Clinical Applications
57
Abbreviated Methods
88
Mechanisms Findings
125
The Autogenic Training Method of J H Schultz
151
Autogenic Biofeedback Training in Psychophysiological Therapy
175
Psychophysiological Perspectives on StressRelated and Anxiety Disorders
209
Mindfulness Meditation
393
Qigong Therapy for Stress Management
428
Yoga as a Therapeutic Intervention
449
Patricia A Norris Steven L Fahrion and Leo O Oikawa
465
A Preventative and Treatment Approach
497
Applications to Stress Management
519
Pharmacological Approach to the Management
579
Sport Psychophysiology and Peak Performance Applications
615

Biofeedback Training to Increase Heart Rate Variability
227
Neurofeedback for Stress Management
249
A Systems Perspective on Respiratory Retraining
291
Exercise Therapy for Stress Management
333
Section E Methods Based on Eastern Meditative
361
Paul Davis Wesley E Sime and James Robertson
638
Stress Management and Relaxation Therapies for Somatic Disorders
682
Research on Clinical Issues in Stress Management
703
Index
723
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Informazioni sull'autore (2007)

Paul M. Lehrer, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He has published more than 100 articles and chapters, mostly on biofeedback, psychophysiology, and cognitive-behavioral therapy. Dr. Lehrer is past president of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback and has received their Distinguished Scientist Award. He also recently served as president of the International Society for the Advancement of Respiratory Psychophysiology and of the International Stress Management Association-USA Branch (ISMA-USA).
 
Robert L. Woolfolk, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Philosophy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and Visiting Professor of Psychology at Princeton University. He has published widely on psychotherapy, psychopathology, and the philosophical foundations of psychology. A practicing clinician for more than 30 years, Dr. Woolfolk has sought in both his practice and research to integrate the scientific and humanistic traditions of psychotherapy. 
 
Wesley E. Sime, PhD, is a health psychologist and stress physiologist and Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is past chair of both the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America and ISMA-USA. Dr. Sime was an early contemporary of Hans Selye and Edmund Jacobson and continues to facilitate stress management developments with Paul Rosch, Charles Spielberger, and James Quick. He is also a consultant in medical and sports performance settings.

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