Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- PracticePlanners® Series Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section 1: Anger Control Problems -- Exercise 1.A Alternatives to Destructive Anger -- Constructive Alternatives -- Application to Daily Life -- Exercise 1.B Anger Journal -- Exercise 1.C Assertive Communication of Anger -- Section 2: Antisocial Behavior -- Exercise 2.A How I Have Hurt Others -- Exercise 2.B Letter of Apology -- Exercise 2.C Three Acts of Kindness -- Section 3: Anxiety -- Exercise 3.A Analyze the Probability of a Feared Event -- Exercise 3.B Past Successful Anxiety Coping -- Exercise 3.C Worry Time -- Client's Instructions -- Section 4: Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)-Adult -- Exercise 4.A Problem-Solving: An Alternative to Impulsive Action -- Exercise 4.B Self-Monitoring/Self-Reward Program -- Exercise 4.C Symptoms and Fixes for ADD -- Symptom Checklist -- Section 5: Bipolar-Depression -- Exercise 5.A Early Warning Signs of Depression -- Exercise 5.B Identifying and Handling Triggers -- Section 6: Bipolar-Mania -- Exercise 6.A Keeping a Daily Rhythm -- Exercise 6.B Recognizing the Negative Consequences of Impulsive Behavior -- Exercise 6.C What Are My Good Qualities? -- Exercise 6.D Why I Dislike Taking My Medication -- Section 7: Borderline Personality -- Exercise 7.A Journal and Replace Self-Defeating Thoughts -- Exercise 7.B Plan Before Acting -- Section 8: Childhood Trauma -- Exercise 8.A Changing From Victim to Survivor -- Exercise 8.B Deep Breathing Exercise -- Exercise 8.C Feelings and Forgiveness Letter -- Section 9: Chronic Pain -- Exercise 9.A Pain and Stress Journal -- Section 10: Cognitive Deficits -- Exercise 10.A Memory Aid-Personal Information Organizer -- Exercise 10.B Memory Enhancement Techniques -- Section 11: Dependency.

Exercise 11.A Making Your Own Decisions -- Exercise 11.B Satisfying Unmet Emotional Needs -- Exercise 11.C Taking Steps Toward Independence -- Section 12: Dissociation -- Exercise 12.A Describe the Trauma -- Exercise 12.B Staying Focused on the Present Reality -- Section 13: Eating Disorders and Obesity -- Exercise 13.A A Reality Journal: Food, Weight, Thoughts, and Feelings -- Exercise 13.B How Fears Control My Eating -- Section 14: Educational Deficits -- Exercise 14.A My Academic and Vocational Strengths -- Exercise 14.B The Advantages of Education -- Section 15: Family Conflict -- Exercise 15.A Applying Problem Solving to Interpersonal Conflict -- Exercise 15.B A Structured Parenting Plan -- Section 16: Female Sexual Dysfunction -- Exercise 16.A Factors Influencing Negative Sexual Attitudes -- Exercise 16.B Study Your Body: Clothed and Unclothed -- Section 17: Financial Stress -- Exercise 17.A Plan a Budget -- Section 18: Grief/Loss Unresolved -- Exercise 18.A Creating a Memorial Collage -- Exercise 18.B Dear _______________: A Letter to a Lost Loved One -- Section 19: Impulse Control Disorder -- Exercise 19.A Impulsive Behavior Journal -- Section 20: Intimate Relationship Conflicts -- Exercise 20.A How Can We Meet Each Other's Needs and Desires? -- Section 21: Legal Conflicts -- Exercise 21.A Accept Responsibility for Illegal Behavior -- Exercise 21.B Crooked Thinking Leads to Crooked Behavior -- Section 22: Low Self-Esteem -- Exercise 22.A Acknowledging My Strengths -- Exercise 22.B Replacing Fears With Positive Messages -- Section 23: Male Sexual Dysfunction -- Exercise 23.A Journaling the Response to Nondemand, Sexual Pleasuring (Sensate Focus) -- Section 24: Medical Issues -- Exercise 24.A How I Feel About My Medical Treatment -- Exercise 24.B The Impact of My Illness.

Section 25: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) -- Exercise 25.A Interrupting Your Obsessions/Compulsions -- Exercise 25.B Making Use of the Thought-Stopping Technique -- Exercise 25.C Reducing the Strength of Compulsive Behaviors -- Section 26: Panic/Agoraphobia -- Exercise 26.A Coping Card -- Exercise 26.B Monitoring My Panic Attack Experiences -- Section 27: Paranoid Ideation -- Exercise 27.A Check Suspicions Against Reality -- Section 28: Parenting -- Exercise 28.A Learning to Parent as a Team -- Exercise 28.B The Two Sides of Parenting -- Exercise 28.C Using Reinforcement Principles in Parenting -- Section 29: Phase of Life Problems -- Exercise 29.A What Needs to Be Changed in My Life? -- Exercise 29.B What's Good About Me and My Life? -- Section 30: Phobia -- Exercise 30.A Four Ways to Reduce Fear -- Exercise 30.B Gradually Reducing Your Phobic Fear -- Section 31: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) -- Exercise 31.A How the Trauma Affects Me -- Exercise 31.B Share the Painful Memory -- Section 32: Psychoticism -- Exercise 32.A What Do You Hear and See? -- Section 33: Sexual Abuse Victim -- Exercise 33.A A Blaming Letter and a Forgiving Letter to Perpetrator -- Exercise 33.B Picturing the Place of the Abuse -- Section 34: Sexual Identity Confusion -- Exercise 34.A Journal of Sexual Thoughts, Fantasies, Conflicts -- Exercise 34.B To Whom and How to Reveal My Homosexuality -- Section 35: Sleep Disturbance -- Exercise 35.A Sleep Pattern Record -- Section 36: Social Anxiety -- Exercise 36.A Becoming Assertive -- Exercise 36.B Restoring Socialization Comfort -- Section 37: Somatization -- Exercise 37.A Controlling the Focus on Physical Problems -- Section 38: Spiritual Confusion -- Exercise 38.A My History of Spirituality -- Exercise 38.B Your Spiritual Inheritance Inventory -- Section 39: Substance Use.

Exercise 39.A Aftercare Plan Components -- Exercise 39.B Identifying Relapse Triggers and Cues -- Exercise 39.C Relapse Prevention Planning -- Exercise 39.D Relapse Triggers -- Exercise 39.E Substance Abuse's Negative Impact Versus Sobriety's Positive Impact -- Section 40: Suicidal Ideation -- Exercise 40.A Journal of Distorted, Negative Thoughts -- Exercise 40.B No Self-Harm Contract -- Exercise 40.C Strategies to Resist Suicidal Thoughts and Feelings -- Exercise 40.D The Aftermath of Suicide -- Section 41: Type A Behavior -- Exercise 41.A Developing Noncompetitive Values -- Section 42: Unipolar Depression -- Exercise 42.A Identify and Schedule Pleasant Activities -- Exercise 42.B Negative Thoughts Trigger Negative Feelings -- Exercise 42.C Positive Self-Talk -- Section 43: Vocational Stress -- Exercise 43.A A Vocational Action Plan -- Appendix A: Alternate Assignments for Presenting Problems -- Appendix B: Alphabetical Index of Exercises -- About the CD-ROM.