Promoting Emotional Resilience:Cognitive-Affective Stress Management Training (2016)

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Title Promoting Emotional Resilience: Cognitive-affective Stress Management Training
Authors Ronald E. Smith, James C. Ascough
Publisher Guilford Publications, 2016
ISBN 1462526314, 9781462526314
Length 340 pages
Subjects Medical › Psychiatry › General

Grounded in extensive research, this book presents a brief emotion-focused coping skills program that helps clients regulate their affective responses in stressful situations. Cognitiveâe"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.