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Offers comprehensive guidance for practitioners, students, and researchers in psychology, psychiatry, and counseling to teach relaxation to clients.Two clinical psychologists widely known for their writings on relaxation present state-of-the-art methods for teaching clients to ease muscle and mind tension to deal with stress and anxiety disorders, as well as other conditions where stress and anxiety play a role.
Bernstein and Hazlett-Stevens explain who the targets for Progressive Relaxation Training (PRT) are; the rationale, basic procedures, and variations of PRT; the setting and possible problems and solutions of PRT; and how to assess a client's progress. They also address hypnosis, drugs, and PRT, as well as PRT used in a mindfulness-based clinical practice. Case studies and evaluative research in PRT are also included.
Students and practitioners in psychology, psychiatry, and counseling will find this work of interest. This book may also be useful supplemental reading for behavior modification courses and practicum courses in behavior therapy.
List of contents
Foreword by Tom Borkovec
Introduction
PART ONE: Overview of Progressive Relaxation TrainingChapter 1The History of Progressive Relaxation Training
Chapter 2Targets for Progressive Relaxation Training
Chapter 3Physical Setting for Progressive Relaxation Training
Chapter 4The Physiology of Relaxation
PART TWO: The Practice of Progressive Relaxation TrainingChapter 5Presenting the Rationale for Progressive Relaxation Training
Chapter 6Basic Procedures
Chapter 7Variations on the Basic Procedures
Chapter 8Differential Relaxation and Conditioned Relaxation
Chapter 9Possible Problems and Suggested Solutions
Chapter 10Assessing a Client's Progress
Chapter 11Case Studies in Progressive Relaxation Training
Chapter 12Evaluative Research on Progressive Relaxation Training
PART THREE: New Directions for Integration and Application of PRTChapter 13Applied Relaxation and Related Techniques
Chapter 14Meditation, Mindfulness, and Relaxation Training
Chapter 15Hypnosis, Drugs, and Progressive Relaxation
Appendix A
Content Outline for Rationale PresentationAppendix B
Relaxation PatterAppendix C
Client Handouts for Progressive Relaxation Training Practice and Applied RelaxationAppendix D
Relaxation by Slowed, Diaphragmatic BreathingBibliographyIndex
About the author
Holly Hazlett-Stevens, Douglas A. Bernstein
