The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook - Softcover

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Each chapter of this workbook follows a practical format, including a history of the technique covered, symptom effectiveness, examples, checklist, further reading and homework.

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Since its first publication in 1980, The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook has become the most indispensable resource for effective and up-to-date techniques for relaxing the body, calming the mind, and refreshing the spirit. Therapists recommend the book to their clients; readers pass it on to their friends. More than half a million copies have helped millions of people just like you take the edge off their stressful lives and find the peace they need to foster happiness and success.

The overwhelming popularity of this book is the result of its comprehensive yet simple and straightforward adaptation of all the most effective relaxation techniques. No other book offers easy-to-use, step-by-step instructions for using progressive relaxation, autogenics, self-hypnosis, visualization, thought stopping, worry control and the list goes on. If it means relaxation, it's in this book.

"An exemplary book on stress; it is lucidly written, it is rationally ordered, it is comprehensive, and each section is densely packed with instructions and exercises which make the workbook easy to practice."
-Somatics Magazine The Journal of the Bodily Arts and Sciences

"It is relaxing just to read this book, and to know so many techniques are at hand in one place...one of the most complete and intelligent compilations I've seen."
-Dr. Harold Greenwald, author of "Direct Decision Therapy"

"An excellent resource for putting together your own tailor-made approach to dealing with stress." -Medical Self-Care

"A delightful documentation of some of the important work done in the field of stress reduction. It should have wide appeal for workers in this area."
-Dr. Thomas Holmes, originator of the widely used "Schedule of Recent Experience"

"A highly usable tool because of its pen and paper exercises, descriptions of relaxation techniques, and discussions of lifestyle management."
-Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

"Regarded by many professionals as the definitive work pertaining to stress...the authors have carefully crafted, tested, and proven a system that works."
-Hypnotherapy Today

"If you are shopping for the best stress management techniques and strategies available, The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook is like a well-stocked supermarket. If you don't resonate with one technique, just turn the page. You are sure to find some that work for you.... The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook is the best practical guide to stress management."
-The Mental Medicine Update: The Mind/Body Medicine Newsletter

"The authors have contributed their expertise and teaching experience to offer us an impressive documentation of techniques in stress reduction. The writing in this workbook is crystal clear...I highly recommend this workbook to the practitioner as well as the lay public as a source of self-help."
-Dr. Maurice Kouguell, certified clinical hypnotherapist