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The cognitive behavioral coping skills workbook for PTSD : overcome fear and anxiety and reclaim your life / Matthew T Tull, Kim L Gratz, Alexander L Chapman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tull, Matthew T., author.
- Gratz, Kim L., author.
- Chapman, Alexander L. (Alexander Lawrence), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (189 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, California : Raincoast Book, [2016]
- Summary:
- "Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can leave you feeling anxious, on guard, numb, irritable, disconnected, and distant. You may experience flashbacks and traumatic memories, suffer from sleep difficulties and nightmares, withdraw from others, or struggle to manage intense emotions and impulses. Fortunately, there are effective skills and strategies that can alleviate your symptoms and help you take back your life. This powerful, evidence-based workbook offers cognitive behavioral skills to help you face the difficult challenges of PTSD head on. You'll find practical strategies to balance your emotions, reconnect with others, and improve your sleep and physical health. You'll also learn skills for cultivating a greater sense of peace and well-being. If you've experienced a traumatic event or suffer from debilitating PTSD symptoms, this workbook will guide you on the path to recovery, one step at a time." -- Page 4 of cover.
- Contents:
- Understanding PTSD and its effect on your life
- Increasing awareness of your PTSD symptoms and their cues
- Basic strategies for coping with anxiety
- Managing intrusive and other negative thoughts
- Using exposure to overcome avoidance and gain freedom
- Skills for regulating intense emotions
- Preventing reckless and self-destructive behaviors
- Improving your sleep: the fundamentals
- Taking control back from your nightmares
- Skills to increase positive emotions and well-being
- Maintaining your recovery from PTSD.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781626252264
- 1626252262
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