New Directions in Progressive Relaxation Training

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New Directions in Progressive Relaxation Training A Guidebook for Helping Professionals

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By Douglas A. Bernstein, Thomas D. Borkovec, and Holly Hazlett-Stevens

ISBN: 0-275-96837-5

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96837-3

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176 pages

Praeger Paperback

Publication: 2/28/2000

List Price: $28.95 (UK Sterling Price: £16.95)

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Description: Psychotherapy continues to progress at a remarkable rate as researchers become ever more creative in the development and application of a wide variety of empirically based techniques. Older techniques have been refined and newer ones have emerged. Both old and new techniques are being quantified, assessed, and compared in group design research, and, for the first time since modern therapy's beginnings in the writings of Sigmund Freud, remarkable strides have been made in asking and answering vital questions about the effectiveness of various treatment strategies. One such strategy, Progressive Relaxation Training, grew out of a set of methods originating in the 1930s in the writings of Edmund Jacobson. The primary purpose of this guide is to set forth in detail the therapist behaviors and skills necessary for the effective application of progressive relaxation training. The guide is designed to provide therapists in many disciplines--including psychology, psychiatry, social work, pastoral counseling, nursing, and rehabilitation services, for example--with the tools they need to train their clients in relaxation. The guide is also designed to be used in research on stress and stress management, psychotherapy outcome, and related topics. this purpose is particularly important because there are few manuals available which describe in detail the actual procedures used in relaxation training.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Background of Progressive Relaxation Training
Targets for Progressive Relaxation Training
Physical Setting for Progressive Relaxation Training
Session 1: The Rationale
Session 2: Basic Procedures
Variations on the Basic Procedures
Differential Relaxation and Conditioned Relaxation
Possible Problems and Suggested Solutions
Assessing a Client's Progress
Hypnosis, Drugs, and Progressive Relaxation
Evaluation Research and Progressive Relaxation Training
Applied Relaxation Training

LC Card Number: 99-043100

LCC Class: RC489

Dewey Class: 615


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