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.

Principles and Practice of Stress Management, Third Edition
by Lehrer, Paul M.; Woolfolk, Robert L.; Sime, Wesley E.; Barlow, David H.Buy New
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Author Biography
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction | |
Conceptual Issues Underlying Stress Management | p. 3 |
Psychophysiological Mechanisms of Stress: A Foundation for the Stress Management Therapies | p. 16 |
The Psychology of Relaxation | p. 38 |
Stress Management Methods | |
Muscle Relaxation | |
Progressive Relaxation: Origins, Principles, and Clinical Applications | p. 57 |
Progressive Relaxation: Abbreviated Methods | p. 88 |
Hypnotic Methods | |
Hypnosis in the Management of Pain and Stress: Mechanisms, Findings, and Procedures | p. 125 |
The Autogenic Training Method of J. H. Schultz | p. 151 |
Autogenic Biofeedback Training in Psychophysiological Therapy and Stress Management | p. 175 |
Biofeedback | |
Psychophysiological Perspectives on Stress-Related and Anxiety Disorders | p. 209 |
Biofeedback Training to Increase Heart Rate Variability | p. 227 |
Neurofeedback for Stress Management | p. 249 |
Breathing Retraining and Exercise | |
Whole-Body Breathing: A Systems Perspective on Respiratory Retraining | p. 291 |
Exercise Therapy for Stress Management | p. 333 |
Methods Based on Eastern Meditative and Therapeutic Disciplines | |
Modern Forms of Mantra Meditation | p. 363 |
Mindfulness Meditation | p. 393 |
Qigong Therapy for Stress Management | p. 428 |
Yoga as a Therapeutic Intervention | p. 449 |
Cognitive Methods | |
Cognitive Approaches to Stress and Stress Management | p. 465 |
Stress Inoculation Training: A Preventative and Treatment Approach | p. 497 |
Other Methods | |
Music Therapy: Applications to Stress Management | p. 519 |
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Stress: Research, Theory, and Practical Suggestions | p. 545 |
Pharmacological Approach to the Management of Stress and Anxiety Disorders | p. 579 |
Integration | |
Sport Psychophysiology and Peak Performance Applications of Stress Management | p. 615 |
Differential Effects of Stress Management Therapies on Emotional and Behavioral Disorders | p. 638 |
Stress Management and Relaxation Therapies for Somatic Disorders | p. 682 |
Research on Clinical Issues in Stress Management | p. 703 |
Index | p. 723 |
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