Payne's Handbook of Relaxation Techniques E-Book
eBook - ePub

Payne's Handbook of Relaxation Techniques E-Book

A Practical Handbook for the Health Care Professional

  1. 432 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Payne's Handbook of Relaxation Techniques E-Book

A Practical Handbook for the Health Care Professional

About this book

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.

  • Comprehensive and easy to follow toolkit
  • Relaxation techniques organised into somatic and cognitive approaches
  • Application to practice
  • Learning outcomes, key points, reflective activities and case studies in each chapter
  • Easy scripts to follow with step by step guidance
  • Three new chapters on COVID-19, palliative, supportive and end-of-life care, and long-term conditions
  • Fully updated references and evidence-base

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Information

Publisher
Elsevier
Year
2021
Edition
5
eBook ISBN
9780702076510
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Contributors
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface to the Fifth Edition
  8. Background to the First and Preceding Editions
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Tribute
  11. Section 1: Setting the Scene
  12. Section 2: Somatic Approaches to Relaxation
  13. Section 3: Cognitive Approaches to Relaxation
  14. Section 4: Application in Practice
  15. Section 5: Working Towards Best Practice
  16. Appendix 1 Table of methods, major principles and suggested applications with summary and key points
  17. Appendix 2 Training Courses and Contact Information
  18. Appendix 3 Events and 1995 Life Change Unit (LCU) Values for the Recent Life Changes Questionnaire All corect
  19. Appendix 4 Par-Q Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire
  20. Glossary
  21. Index

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