
Session 8: Dealing With External Life Stresses
W. Curt LaFrance Jr. and Jeffrey Peter Wincze
in Treating Nonepileptic Seizures: Therapist Guide
In this chapter the seizure counselor emphasizes the negative impact that external life stresses can have on seizure frequency and quality of life. Although many people recognize that they ...
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Session 2: Common Reactions to Trauma and Craving Awareness
Sudie E. Back, Edna B. Foa, Therese K. Killeen, Katherine L. Mills, Maree Teesson, Bonnie Dansky Cotton, Kathleen M. Carroll, and Kathleen T. Brady
in Concurrent Treatment of PTSD and Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure (COPE): Therapist Guide
This chapter describes session 2 of the COPE therapy. It guides the therapist through the common reactions to traumatic experiences, such as fear and anxiety, avoidance, intrusive memories, ...
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Introductory Information for Therapists
Douglas W. Woods and Michael P. Twohig
in Trichotillomania: Therapist Guide: An ACT-enhanced Behavior Therapy Approach
Chapter 1 provides introductory information for therapists on the background to the treatment program, trichotillomania (TTM), impairment associated with TTM, diagnostic criteria, the ...
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Session 4: Learning to Observe Your Triggers
Joel M. Reiter, Donna Andrews, Charlotte Reiter, and W. Curt LaFrance Jr.
in Taking Control of Your Seizures: Workbook
Triggers are physical states, interactions with the outside world or emotions and thoughts that may precipitate seizures. Patients learn that triggers often lead to strong negative states, ...
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Session 8: Dealing With External Life Stresses
Joel M. Reiter, Donna Andrews, Charlotte Reiter, and W. Curt LaFrance Jr.
in Taking Control of Your Seizures: Workbook
External life stresses cause strain and tension, to the detriment of physical and emotional health. These stresses can affect both seizure frequency and quality of life. Participants ...
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Negative Mood
W. Stewart Agras and Robin F. Apple
in Overcoming Eating Disorders: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach for Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-Eating Disorder, Therapist Guide (2 ed.)
Chapter 14 discusses negative moods, and corresponds to chapter 12 of the patient workbook. It covers negative moods as binge triggers, and homework. ...

Managing Cravings and Urges to Use Substances
Dennis C. Daley and Antoine Douaihy
in Managing Your Substance Use Disorder: Client Workbook (3 edn)
Cravings can be overt, so that we are aware of them, or they can be covert and show up in indirect ways such as irritability. Cravings tend to be more frequent and stronger in the early ...
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Understanding Your Emotions—Following the ARC
David H. Barlow, Shannon Sauer-Zavala, Todd J. Farchione, Heather Murray Latin, Kristen K. Ellard, Jacqueline R. Bullis, Kate H. Bentley, Hannah T. Boettcher, and Clair Cassiello-Robbins
in Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders: Workbook (2 edn)
Chapter 6 of Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders: Workbook teaches us to put our emotional experience in context by examining what happens before and after ...
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The Nature of Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
David H. Barlow and Michelle G. Craske
in Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic: Workbook (4 ed.)
Chapter 1 discusses the nature of panic disorder (PD) and agoraphobia, and covers the goals of the session (understanding the disorder, what causes it, the program and its structure, and if ...
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Session 2: Functional Analysis
Elizabeth E. Epstein and Barbara S. McCrady
in Overcoming Alcohol Use Problems: Therapist Guide: A cognitive-behavioural treatment program
Chapter 5 discusses the second session of treatment on functional analysis. This chapter introduces the use of graphs to measure alcohol use and urges, and a step-by-step process to ...
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Session 3: High-Risk Hierarchy / Social Network Triggers / Self-Management Plans
Elizabeth E. Epstein and Barbara S. McCrady
in Overcoming Alcohol Use Problems: Therapist Guide: A cognitive-behavioural treatment program
Chapter 6 outlines the third session of the treatment program. This session encourages the patient to identify high-risk situations that would act as a trigger to drinking and rank them by ...
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Understanding More About Interpersonal and Emotional Triggers
Robin F. Apple and W. Stewart Agras
in Overcoming Your Eating Disorder: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach for Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-Eating Disorder, Workbook (2 ed.)
Chapter 12 covers how to indentify emotional and interpersonal binge triggers, strategies to manage high-risk situations, what to do if a binge has already occurred, homework, and ...
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Understanding Binge Triggers
Robin F. Apple and W. Stewart Agras
in Overcoming Your Eating Disorder: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach for Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-Eating Disorder, Workbook (2 ed.)
Chapter 8 discusses understanding binge triggers, including factors associated with binge eating (external factors, social factors, internal factors), thoughts, homework, and ...
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Session 9: More Work With Core Beliefs
Michael W. Otto, Noreen A. Reilly-Harrington, Jane N. Kogan, Aude Henin, Robert O. Knauz, and Gary S. Sachs
in Managing Bipolar Disorder: Workbook: A cognitive-behavioural approach
Chapter 8 outlines the ninth session of treatment and further explores core beliefs with the patient. The role that core beliefs play as triggers for worsening mood is explored, as well as ...
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Session 5: Channeling Negative Emotions Into Productive Outlets
Joel M. Reiter, Donna Andrews, Charlotte Reiter, and W. Curt LaFrance Jr.
in Taking Control of Your Seizures: Workbook
Some of the triggers previously identified in Chapter 5 lead to seizures because they cause a negative emotion or state, such as fear, anger, or hurt. The goal of Chapter 6 is to learn ...
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Taking Control of Your Seizures: Workbook
Joel M. Reiter, Donna Andrews, Charlotte Reiter, and W. Curt LaFrance Jr.
Taking Control of Your Seizures: Workbook offers a comprehensive approach to improving seizure control and enhancing quality of life. It is intended to be used by people with ...
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Phobias of Storms, Water, Choking, and Vomiting
Martin M. Antony, Michelle G. Craske, and David H. Barlow
in Mastering Your Fears and Phobias: Workbook (2 ed.)
Chapter 14 focuses on phobias of storms, water, choking, and vomiting, and presents an overview of the treatment for these phobias, including the identification or triggers, behaviours, and ...
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Session 3: Behavioral Interventions
Jon E. Grant, Christopher B. Donahue, and Brian L. Odlaug
in Overcoming Impulse Control Problems: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Program, Workbook
Chapter 4 discusses behavioral interventions. It aims to identify ICD triggers and strategize ways of managing them in real life, and identify healthy behaviors to implement in place of ...
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Session 2: Financial Planning (PG, CB) Alternate Content for PY: ICD Trigger Planning Alternate Content for KM: Plan for Managing Stolen Goods
Jon E. Grant, Christopher B. Donahue, and Brian L. Odlaug
in Overcoming Impulse Control Problems: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Program, Workbook
Chapter 3 identifies plans and strategies for dealing with issues specific to ICDs. Information on financial planning and budgeting is discussed for patients with PG and CB, trigger ...
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Session 6: Relapse Prevention
Jon E. Grant, Christopher B. Donahue, and Brian L. Odlaug
in Overcoming Impulse Control Problems: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Program, Workbook
Chapter 7 discusses relapse prevention, critical skills and strategies that have been learned so far during the program, and plans for the future and emergency procedures for future ...
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