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Payne's Handbook of Relaxation Techniques
A Practical Guide for the Health Care Professional
Internationally valued toolkit for managing psychological distress
Caroline Belchamber (Author)
9780702076503
Paperback, published 21 January 2022
432 pages, 32 illustrations (32 in full color)
23.5 x 19 x 2.7 cm, 0.7 kg
The new edition of this highly regarded text will help you understand and apply the most appropriate psychological interventions and relaxation techniques for people experiencing anxiety, depression and psychological distress. Easy to follow for healthcare professionals, students and the general public across a variety of settings. The text provides evidence-based techniques for addressing the person’s needs in a personalised manner, thereby achieving better outcomes. The range of strategies covered includes talking therapies, breathing techniques, mindfulness and physical activities. The text has been edited by Dr Caroline Belchamber to incorporate a new section on application in practice, which covers COVID-19, long-term conditions, palliative, supportive and end of life care.
Section 1- Setting the Scene 1. States of Stress 2. The State of Relaxation 3. Preparing for relaxation Section 2- Somatic Approaches to Relaxation 4. Breathing 5. Progressive Relaxation 6. Progressive Relaxation training 7. A tense release Script 8. Passive Muscular Relaxation 9. Applied Relaxation 10. Behavioral Relaxation Training 11. Differential Relaxation 12. Alexander Technique 13. Mitchell Method 14. Stretching 15. Physical activity Section 3- Cognitive Approaches to relaxation 16. Cognitive-Behavioural Approaches 17. Self-Awareness 18. Imagery 19. Goal-DIrected Visualization 20. Autogenic Training 21. Meditation 22. Bensons Relaxation Technique 23. Mindfulness Based Mediation 24. Brief Relaxation Techniques Section 4- Application in practice 25. Long-Term Conditions 26. Palliative, Supportive and end of life 27. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Section 5- Working towards best practice 28. Measurement 29. Evidence from Research 30. Combined Relaxation Techniques Section 6- Appendix Glossary & Index Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Glossary 31. Index
Subject Areas: Complementary medicine [MX], Occupational therapy [MQT], Physiotherapy [MQS]