The anxiety first aid kit : quick tools for extreme, uncertain times /

McKay, Matthew,

The anxiety first aid kit : quick tools for extreme, uncertain times / Rick Hanson, PhD, Matthew McKay, PhD, Martha Davis, PhD, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, MSW [and five others. - Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, Incorporated, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (129 pages)

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: FINDING CALMRIGHT AWAY -- 1: DON'T BE ALARMED -- 2: NOTICE YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, RIGHT NOW -- 3: DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING -- 4: CREATE YOUR SPECIAL PLACE -- 5: TAKE REFUGE -- 6: PROGRESSIVE RELAXATION -- 7: SITTING MEDITATION -- 8: RAPID RELAXATION -- 9: RELAXING VISUALIZATION -- 10: FEEL SAFER -- PART II: FACING WORRY AND ANXIETY -- 11: CHANGE YOUR INTERPRETATIONS -- 12: TAKE YOUR WORRIES FOR A WALK -- 13: REPLACE THOUGHTS -- 14: MAKE A WORRY APPOINTMENT -- 15: CHANGE THE ANXIETY CHANNEL -- 16: PUT YOUR WORRIES IN A LINEUP -- 17: DO THE OPPOSITE 18: COUNT YOUR WORRIES -- 19: HUMOR YOUR WORRY -- 20: THE WORRY EXPERIMENT -- 21: REPLACE WORRY WITH PLANNING -- PART III: ADVANCED RELAXATION SKILLS -- 22: THE MINDFULNESS POWER UP -- 23: THE PENDULUM DROP -- 24: FIVE-FINGER EXERCISE -- 25: AUTOGENICS -- 26: ANTI-STRESS COMBOS -- 27: TAKE IN THE GOOD -- PART IV: SUPER EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES THAT TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME -- 28: SEE THE GOOD IN YOURSELF -- 29: THINK THE THOUGHT-WITH A TWIST -- 30: GET EXCITED -- 31: COGNITIVE DEFUSION -- 32: BEAT EXHAUSTION AND FIND STRENGTH -- 33: USE EXERCISE TO COPE WITH ANXIETY -- 34: GET SOME SLEEP 35: SEND ANXIETY TO THE SPAM FOLDER -- 36: COPING THOUGHTS -- 37: BE GENEROUS -- 38: LOVE -- 39: ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT -- SUGGESTED READING -- About the Authors

When anxiety and stress feel too intense to handle, readers need quick, in-the-moment relief--not psychological jargon. Written by a dream team of mental health experts and grounded in evidence-based therapy, The Anxiety First Aid Kit offers simple tools for triaging stress and anxiety in a crisis.



9781684038497 9781684038503


Anxiety.
Anxiety--Prevention.


Electronic Books.

BF575 / .A595 2020