Relaxation techniques : a practical handbook for the health care professional / Rosemary A. Payne ; foreword by Marie Donaghy ; photographs by Keith Bellamy.

Author/creator Payne, Rosemary
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoEdinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 2000.
Descriptionxii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Partial contents Theoretical background -- General aspects of relaxation training -- Stress-- Physical methods of relaxation -- Progressive relaxation -- A tense-release script -- Passive muscular relaxation -- Applied relaxation -- Behavioural relaxation training -- The Mitchell method -- The Alexander technique -- Differential relaxation -- Stretchings -- Physical exercise -- Breathing -- Psychological approaches to relaxation -- Self-awareness -- Imagery -- Goal-directed visualization -- Autogenic training -- Meditation -- Benson's method -- Miscellaneous topics -- 'On-the-spot' techniques --Relaxation in pregnancy and childbirth -- Measurement: patient assessment and clinical audit -- Evidence from research -- Drawing the threads together.
General notePrevious ed.: 1995.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 226-237) and index.
ISBN0443062633 :

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Laupus Books - Stacks WB 545 P346R 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold
Laupus Books - Stacks WB 545 P346R 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold