Brief Group Therapy Homework Planner (Atlas of Polymer 3rd Edition)

Group Therapy Homework Planner......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 12
Series Preface......Page 16
Acknowledgments......Page 18
Introduction......Page 20
SECTION I—Adult Children of Alcoholics......Page 24
Exercise I.A What’s My Role?......Page 26
Exercise I.B What Can I Control? What Do I Need?......Page 29
Exercise I.C We’re Not Supposed to Talk about That!......Page 32
SECTION II—Agoraphobia/Panic......Page 33
Exercise II.A When Is This Going to Happen?......Page 35
Exercise II.B Breaking My Panic Cycle......Page 37
Exercise II.C Facing Fears—Part One......Page 40
Exercise II.D Facing Fears—Part Two......Page 43
SECTION III—Anger Control Problems......Page 45
Exercise III.A Anger Log......Page 47
Exercise III.B Is It Anger or Aggression?......Page 50
Exercise III.C Go Blow Out Some Candles......Page 54
Exercise III.D My Safe Place......Page 56
SECTION IV—Anxiety......Page 57
Exercise IV.A What Happens When I Feel Anxious?......Page 59
Exercise IV.B What Else Can I Say or Do?......Page 62
Exercise IV.C Beating Self-Defeating Beliefs......Page 65
SECTION V—Assertiveness Deficit......Page 67
Exercise V.A Is It Passive, Aggressive, or Assertive?......Page 69
Exercise V.B It’s Okay to Be Assertive......Page 74
SECTION VI—Bulimia......Page 76
Exercise VI.A Am I Hungry?......Page 78
Exercise VI.B I Need to Get Control......Page 82
Exercise VI.C What Am I Thinking?......Page 85
Exercise VI.D Is It Good Food or Bad Food? Should It Matter That Much?......Page 88
SECTION VII—Caregiver Burnout......Page 90
Exercise VII.A Being a Caregiver Makes Me Feel . . .......Page 92
Exercise VII.B This Is for Me and That’s Okay......Page 94
Exercise VII.C What Drawer Does This Belong In?......Page 97
SECTION VIII—Chemical Dependence......Page 99
Exercise VIII.A I Use Because . . .......Page 101
Exercise VIII.B What to Do Instead of Using......Page 105
Exercise VIII.C My Road Map to Recovery......Page 109
SECTION IX—Child Sexual Molestation......Page 114
Exercise IX.A This Is What Happened......Page 116
Exercise IX.B This Is What I Did......Page 119
Exercise IX.C I’m Changing the Way I Think......Page 123
Exercise IX.D Stop! Rewind! And Start Again......Page 126
SECTION X—Chronic Pain......Page 128
Exercise X.A Aah! Relief......Page 130
Exercise X.B I Can Get through This......Page 133
SECTION XI—Codependence......Page 135
Exercise XI.A I’m Not in Kansas Anymore......Page 137
Exercise XI.B I Feel . . .......Page 140
SECTION XII—Depression......Page 142
Exercise XII.A What Do Others Value about Me?......Page 144
Exercise XII.B My Feelings Journal......Page 146
Exercise XII.C Taking Charge of Your Thoughts......Page 149
Exercise XII.D There’s Always a Sunrise......Page 153
SECTION XIII—Domestic Violence Offenders......Page 154
Exercise XIII.A When Do I Need a Break?......Page 156
Exercise XIII.B Now Is When I Need a Break......Page 159
Exercise XIII.C I Can Have Feelings, Too......Page 161
SECTION XIV—Domestic Violence Survivors......Page 163
Exercise XIV.A What I Give and What I Get......Page 165
Exercise XIV.B What If . . . ?......Page 167
Exercise XIV.C Thoughts about This Relationship......Page 170
SECTION XV—Grief/Loss Unresolved......Page 171
Exercise XV.A Farewell, until We Meet Again......Page 173
Exercise XV.B Moving On......Page 176
SECTION XVI—HIV/AIDS......Page 179
Exercise XVI.A How Am I Doing?......Page 181
Exercise XVI.B Why Me?......Page 184
SECTION XVII—Incest Offenders—Adult......Page 187
Exercise XVII.A Through the Eyes of a Child......Page 189
Exercise XVII.B Stress and Trigger Journal......Page 193
Exercise XVII.C My Letter of Apology......Page 195
SECTION XVIII—Incest Survivors—Adult......Page 196
Exercise XVIII.A My Story......Page 198
Exercise XVIII.B What I Need to Tell You......Page 202
SECTION XIX—Infertility......Page 203
Exercise XIX.A Being a Parent Means . . .......Page 205
Exercise XIX.B What If We Have a Child Some Other Way?......Page 208
SECTION XX—Parenting Problems......Page 211
Exercise XX.A Working from the Same Page......Page 213
Exercise XX.B What’s the Message I Am Giving? What’s the Message I Mean?......Page 217
Exercise XX.C Compliments Jar......Page 221
Exercise XX.D What Are My Choices?......Page 225
SECTION XXI—Phobias—Specific/Social......Page 228
Exercise XXI.A I Can Picture It......Page 230
Exercise XXI.B How Does This Happen?......Page 232
Exercise XXI.C Let’s Float with It......Page 235
Exercise XXI.D I Can Do This......Page 238
SECTION XXII—Rape Survivors......Page 240
Exercise XXII.A Sharing My Story......Page 242
Exercise XXII.B Changing My Faulty Thinking......Page 245
Exercise XXII.C What I Feel and What I Think......Page 248
SECTION XXIII—Separation and Divorce......Page 249
Exercise XXIII.A Talking to the Children......Page 251
Exercise XXIII.B We Need to Agree......Page 254
Exercise XXIII.C Saying Good-bye and Saying Hello......Page 258
SECTION XXIV—Shyness......Page 261
Exercise XXIV.A Three Key Ingredients to Positive Social Interactions......Page 263
Exercise XXIV.B What Comes after “Hi”?......Page 265
SECTION XXV—Single Parents......Page 269
Exercise XXV.A Single Parenting—Pro or Con?......Page 271
Exercise XXV.B What Do I Do Now?......Page 273
SECTION XXVI—Toxic Parent Survivors......Page 276
Exercise XXVI.A I Am Getting Rid of These Old Tapes—Part One......Page 278
Exercise XXVI.B I Am Getting Rid of These Old Tapes—Part Two......Page 281
SECTION XXVII—Type-A Stress......Page 284
Exercise XXVII.A Where’s My Tension?......Page 286
Exercise XXVII.B When I Feel Tension/Stress I Can . . .......Page 289
SECTION XXVIII—Vocational Stress......Page 292
Exercise XXVIII.A What Else Can I Do to Make Things Better?......Page 294
Exercise XXVIII.B How I Will Get What I Want......Page 298
About the Author......Page 300