Principles and Practice of Stress Management

Provides a comprehensive review of effective stress management techniques and their applications for treating psychological problems and enhancing physical health and performance. Leading experts present in-depth descriptions of their respective methods, including detailed case examples and step-by-step implementation guidelines. The third edition has been restructured and extensively rewritten to reflect significant empirical, theoretical, and clinical advances. New chapter topics include mindfulness meditation, neurofeedback, EMDR, breathing retraining, heart rate variability biofeedback, exercise therapy, Qigong, sport psychophysiology, and basic mechanisms of stress and relaxation.