The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
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Now in its seventh edition—with more than one million copies sold worldwide—The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook remains the go-to resource for stress reduction strategies that can be incorporated into even the busiest lives.
The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook broke new ground when it was first published in 1980, detailing easy, step-by-step techniques for calming the body and mind in an increasingly overstimulated world. 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.
This new edition also includes powerful self-compassion practices, fully updated chapters on the most effective tools for coping with anxiety, fear, and panic—such as worry delay and defusion, two techniques grounded in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)—as well as a new section focused on body scan.
In the workbook, you’ll explore your own stress triggers and symptoms, and learn how to create a personal action plan for stress reduction. Each chapter features a different method for relaxation, explains why the method works, and provides on-the-spot exercises you can do when you feel stressed out. The result is a comprehensive yet accessible workbook that will help you to curb stress and cultivate a more peaceful life.
From the Publisher
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Publication date : April 1, 2019
Edition : Seventh
Language : English
Print length : 368 pages
ISBN-10 : 1684033349
ISBN-13 : 978-1684033348
Item Weight : 1.6 pounds
Dimensions : 8 x 0.81 x 10 inches
Part of series : New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook
Best Sellers Rank: #39,108 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #132 in Stress Management Self-Help #1,087 in Mental Health (Books)
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Customers find the workbook effective for stress reduction, with one noting it includes many exercises explained clearly. Moreover, the book is easy to understand with excellent detailed instructions, and customers consider it worth buying. However, the breathing exercises receive mixed reactions, with some finding them great while others find them too numerous.
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Lauren Williams, the Casual Unclutterer –
Difficult but worth the effort
This is pure serendipity. As I sit down to write this review (March 19, 2019) of the sixth edition of The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook, and pull the book up on Amazon just to check whether it’s the most current, I learn that the seventh will be released on April 1, 2019. So mine is “good enough.” I’m reviewing the Workbook because I hope my clients who suffer from anxiety might take a look. I know it’s been worthwhile for me personally for relieving day-to-day tensions. I’ll be telling friends and family about it.This hefty manuscript by Martha Davis, PhD, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, MSW and Matthew McKay, PhD is a comprehensive how-to guide to the most thoroughly researched, proven relaxation and stress reduction techniques developed from cultures and medical specialties around the world. It covers, among other methods, deep breathing, visualization, meditation, assertiveness training and exercise. It is powerful, but not a quick, simple or peaceful read. The exercises can be emotionally painful and/or physically uncomfortable at first. Learning these competencies is challenging: they require practice to build new habits. You could choose to learn them alone, or I believe this is a fantastic book for friends or family to share on an “accountability partner” basis. It could even be a foundation for efforts in coordination with a health coach.Lauren Williams, Certified Professional Organizer, Owner, Casual Uncluttering LLC, Woodinville, WA, USA
Amazon Customer –
The best all around book on the subject.
Took a while to work through, but not difficult or overly long. The book starts with various relaxation exercises and then covers more typical cognitive behavioral issues. Hands down the best book Iâve found. The book avoids the extensive repetition so common in these type of books. It could easily be the only book you would need covering the subject extensively. Very easy to read and not overly clinical without insulting your intelligence. The only issue might be too many choices for possible relaxation exercises. If the reader just remembers that then can pick and choose what works for them and doesnât try and master every technique in the book it should be markedly helpful. Have read a fairly large number of these type of books looking for a good all around book for my patients with excessive stress and anxiety and this would be my first choice.
Ronald G. Kammerer –
Learning Meditation as a way to relax
The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Woorbook – (New Harbinger Self-Help Woorkbook) My counsler suggested this workbook to me as I am going through tremendous stress right now and suffering from insomnia. I usually only get about 4 hours per night, and it had been that way for over 2 months. In the beginning of the workbook, they have a test that gives you a score to determine just how much stress that has been in your life over the past year. The highest number rating was 300. I scored over 1,000 !! The book begins very easy, teaching you to breathe and focus. I did this when I woke up at 2am in the morning when the house was quiet, and learned how to control my breathing. The book continues on to teach you how to meditate which is something I had never thought of. It works !! But, you have to be consistant and do the exercizes every day. I am not finished with the book yet, but I have already told my friends and family about it and should purchase it if they are going through a stressful period of time. I am glad my counsler told me about this workbook as now I can sleep all night using the breathing exercize’s before I go to sleep. 5 Stars on this one
Nin –
The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook
Excellent resource for learning stress management and relaxation strategies.The Good: Each chapter is dedicated to a specific topic, such as re-breathing training, refuting irrational ideas and meditation, and the authors do an excellent job providing some background information (e.g., the role of stress in daily life, the fight-flight response, pictures of the diaphragm and information regarding normal vs. shallow breathing). Text is written in very easy-to-understand language and the strategies are easy to learn and apply in a variety of situations. Yet like any skills the strategies require practice, time, and patience to begin to have an effect on your life.What Needs To Be Improved: Whilst the book provides numerous strategies to combat stress and to encourage relaxation, there is no information regarding what someone should do if the strategies don’t work. Also, the book tends to focus primarily on breathing-based exercise with the assumption that a person can simply sit down and “get it” at the expense of other proven stress-reduction strategies, such as distress tolerance or mindfulness-based strategies. Furthermore, given that readers need to follow a script for most of the breathing exercises, a companion CD containing the script would have been helpful as trying to follow the instructions whilst doing the exercise is not effective.I would recommend this book for anyone who wants to learn ways to manage everyday stress. I would not recommend this book as the sole resource for anyone who experiences emotional issues that are “deeper” than everyday stress as unfortunately the strategies in this book may not be as effective if used alone and such individuals should instead seek help from a psychologist. I would also recommend this book to students or other professionals interested in learning some introductory information about relaxation strategies.
G A P –
Excellent
Lots of varied content.
Cathi –
Lots of good information in it
Rosa –
Really helpful.
Isabella Wulfson –
sehr unübersichtlich, sehr kleine Buchstaben,schwer zu lesen und zu verstehen. Kapitel eng beschrieben. Text oft kompliziert , manchmal nicht zu verstehen, so dass mehreres Lesen der selben Absätze nötig ist.
M. Sheth –
Any mental health professional’s must-have! I have been using this book for ages now and most techniques in here are carved in my memory! This is something anyone working in a mental health field should have, a fresher or a seasoned therapist! I also give it to my clients to read and have it in our school’s library. Don’t practice without it!
OtÃlio Rodrigues –
It is an excellent manual for dealing with the stresses of daily life. Complete. It brings all the resources and possibilities to avoid or treat stress and all the harmful consequences that result.