The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook
by Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, Martha Davis, Matthew McKay
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Book Reviews of The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook
Book Review: Helpful for simple stress.
Summary: 3 Stars
I didn't read this book myself, but purchased it for a friend who, due to a chronic medical condition caused solely by stress, needs to change not only his lifestyle but his thought process and self identity. He tells me this book opened his eyes to how stressful his life truly is, and found many of the suggestions and techniques helpful in the beginning process of identifying stressful behavior, and taking the first baby steps in changing that behavior. For him, however, the major changes may have to come through therapy, but for those for whom a relatively simple lifestyle change will bring improvement, this book appears to be the ticket.Book Review: Good choices
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a therapist and regularly recommend this book. I like the variety of techniques it offers, as one technique may work for once client and not for another. It also has a chapter on dealing with chronic worrying, and an excellent, educational first chapter on stress and anxiety and how it affects us physically, emotionally, etc. My clients love this book. One recently told me it was like having her therapist "right there, all the time". They have sought experts in the various fields and of numerous techniques and theoretical orientations, which leave a nice balance of information from which to choose,use, practice, and get help.Book Review: The best book in the field of relaxation & stress reduction.
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a clinical psychologist specializing in medical psychology and have used this book for over 20 years (since it's first edition)and my patients have consistently found it very helpful in learning the background of various aspects of relaxing their lives, and in putting the many exercises included in the book into practice that are needed to integrate relaxation and stress reduction into a person's lifestyle, which is of course the main goal. It has been a very helpful guide for my patients in reducing the signs and symptoms that they report when coming to me for treatment.Book Review: Helps put things into perspective
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this book after realizing that I needed to take responsibility for the way I think to change my levels of anxiety. The quizes in the beginning were easy and showed me exactly what chapters would be helpful in treatments of those symptoms. I take time every day now to do the exercises learned in the book. I am a social worker who has a considerable amount of stress every day. I have offered this book to many of my fellow caseworkers to deal with the stress of our jobs. Some of the exercises sound cheesy but you will find that they do help!Book Review: A must-have.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a very good book. Very easy to read, the book itself is written in a very straight-forward, clear and concise way, and it is in the same way that gives one (the reader) the key to live a stress-free life.
I deeply enjoyed the layout of it, since it makes it easy to evaluate your own case/situation, and thus, how to work with your own level of stress.
A very informative and helpful book. More books like this one should be written.