Main description:

Grounded in extensive research, this book presents a brief emotion-focused coping skills program that helps clients regulate their affective responses in stressful situations. Cognitive-affective stress management training (CASMT) promotes resilience by integrating cognitive-behavioral strategies with relaxation training, mindfulness, and other techniques. Systematic guidelines are provided for implementing CASMT with individuals or groups. The book includes detailed instructions for using induced affect, a procedure that elicits arousal in session and enables clients to practice new emotion regulation skills. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print the volume's 16 reproducible handouts and forms in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size, and can also download a muscle relaxation training audio track.

Contents:

Introduction and Overview
1. Emotion, Stress, and Coping: Implications for Intervention
2. An Overview of Cognitive-Affective Stress Management Training
3. Affect Elicitation in Psychotherapy: The Induced Affect Technique
4. Preparation, Assessment, and Session 1
5. Session 2: Cognitive Coping Skills--Introduction to Cognitive Restructuring and Self Instructional Training
6. Session 3: Induced Affect Reduction Using Relaxation and the Integrated Coping Response
7. Session 4: Induced Affect Skills Rehearsal and Introduction to Meditation and Mindfulness
8. Session 5: Integrated Coping Response Practice, Acceptance, and Cognitive Defusion Training
9. Session 6: Coping Skills Rehearsal and Additional Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies
Appendix A: Handouts and Forms for Clients
Appendix B: Materials for Therapists/Trainers
References