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CONTENTS......Page 13
Series Preface......Page 17
Acknowledgments......Page 19
Introduction......Page 21
SECTION I—Adult Children of Alcoholics......Page 25
Exercise I.A What’s My Role?......Page 27
Exercise I.B What Can I Control? What Do I Need?......Page 30
Exercise I.C We’re Not Supposed to Talk about That!......Page 33
SECTION II—Agoraphobia/Panic......Page 34
Exercise II.A When Is This Going to Happen?......Page 36
Exercise II.B Breaking My Panic Cycle......Page 38
Exercise II.C Facing Fears—Part One......Page 41
Exercise II.D Facing Fears—Part Two......Page 44
SECTION III—Anger Control Problems......Page 46
Exercise III.A Anger Log......Page 48
Exercise III.B Is It Anger or Aggression?......Page 51
Exercise III.C Go Blow Out Some Candles......Page 55
Exercise III.D My Safe Place......Page 57
SECTION IV—Anxiety......Page 58
Exercise IV.A What Happens When I Feel Anxious?......Page 60
Exercise IV.B What Else Can I Say or Do?......Page 63
Exercise IV.C Beating Self-Defeating Beliefs......Page 66
SECTION V—Assertiveness Deficit......Page 68
Exercise V.A Is It Passive, Aggressive, or Assertive?......Page 70
Exercise V.B It’s Okay to Be Assertive......Page 75
SECTION VI—Bulimia......Page 77
Exercise VI.A Am I Hungry?......Page 79
Exercise VI.B I Need to Get Control......Page 83
Exercise VI.C What Am I Thinking?......Page 86
Exercise VI.D Is It Good Food or Bad Food? Should It Matter That Much?......Page 89
SECTION VII—Caregiver Burnout......Page 91
Exercise VII.A Being a Caregiver Makes Me Feel . . .......Page 93
Exercise VII.B This Is for Me and That’s Okay......Page 95
Exercise VII.C What Drawer Does This Belong In?......Page 98
SECTION VIII—Chemical Dependence......Page 100
Exercise VIII.A I Use Because . . .......Page 102
Exercise VIII.B What to Do Instead of Using......Page 106
Exercise VIII.C My Road Map to Recovery......Page 110
SECTION IX—Child Sexual Molestation......Page 115
Exercise IX.A This Is What Happened......Page 117
Exercise IX.B This Is What I Did......Page 120
Exercise IX.C I’m Changing the Way I Think......Page 124
Exercise IX.D Stop! Rewind! And Start Again......Page 127
SECTION X—Chronic Pain......Page 129
Exercise X.A Aah! Relief......Page 131
Exercise X.B I Can Get through This......Page 134
SECTION XI—Codependence......Page 136
Exercise XI.A I’m Not in Kansas Anymore......Page 138
Exercise XI.B I Feel . . .......Page 141
SECTION XII—Depression......Page 143
Exercise XII.A What Do Others Value about Me?......Page 145
Exercise XII.B My Feelings Journal......Page 147
Exercise XII.C Taking Charge of Your Thoughts......Page 150
Exercise XII.D There’s Always a Sunrise......Page 154
SECTION XIII—Domestic Violence Offenders......Page 155
Exercise XIII.A When Do I Need a Break?......Page 157
Exercise XIII.B Now Is When I Need a Break......Page 160
Exercise XIII.C I Can Have Feelings, Too......Page 162
SECTION XIV—Domestic Violence Survivors......Page 164
Exercise XIV.A What I Give and What I Get......Page 166
Exercise XIV.B What If . . . ?......Page 168
Exercise XIV.C Thoughts about This Relationship......Page 171
SECTION XV—Grief/Loss Unresolved......Page 172
Exercise XV.A Farewell, until We Meet Again......Page 174
Exercise XV.B Moving On......Page 177
SECTION XVI—HIV/AIDS......Page 180
Exercise XVI.A How Am I Doing?......Page 182
Exercise XVI.B Why Me?......Page 185
SECTION XVII—Incest Offenders—Adult......Page 188
Exercise XVII.A Through the Eyes of a Child......Page 190
Exercise XVII.B Stress and Trigger Journal......Page 194
Exercise XVII.C My Letter of Apology......Page 196
SECTION XVIII—Incest Survivors—Adult......Page 197
Exercise XVIII.A My Story......Page 199
Exercise XVIII.B What I Need to Tell You......Page 203
SECTION XIX—Infertility......Page 204
Exercise XIX.A Being a Parent Means . . .......Page 206
Exercise XIX.B What If We Have a Child Some Other Way?......Page 209
SECTION XX—Parenting Problems......Page 212
Exercise XX.A Working from the Same Page......Page 214
Exercise XX.B What’s the Message I Am Giving? What’s the Message I Mean?......Page 218
Exercise XX.C Compliments Jar......Page 222
Exercise XX.D What Are My Choices?......Page 226
SECTION XXI—Phobias—Specific/Social......Page 229
Exercise XXI.A I Can Picture It......Page 231
Exercise XXI.B How Does This Happen?......Page 233
Exercise XXI.C Let’s Float with It......Page 236
Exercise XXI.D I Can Do This......Page 239
SECTION XXII—Rape Survivors......Page 241
Exercise XXII.A Sharing My Story......Page 243
Exercise XXII.B Changing My Faulty Thinking......Page 246
Exercise XXII.C What I Feel and What I Think......Page 249
SECTION XXIII—Separation and Divorce......Page 250
Exercise XXIII.A Talking to the Children......Page 252
Exercise XXIII.B We Need to Agree......Page 255
Exercise XXIII.C Saying Good-bye and Saying Hello......Page 259
SECTION XXIV—Shyness......Page 262
Exercise XXIV.A Three Key Ingredients to Positive Social Interactions......Page 264
Exercise XXIV.B What Comes after “Hi”?......Page 266
SECTION XXV—Single Parents......Page 270
Exercise XXV.A Single Parenting—Pro or Con?......Page 272
Exercise XXV.B What Do I Do Now?......Page 274
SECTION XXVI—Toxic Parent Survivors......Page 277
Exercise XXVI.A I Am Getting Rid of These Old Tapes—Part One......Page 279
Exercise XXVI.B I Am Getting Rid of These Old Tapes—Part Two......Page 282
SECTION XXVII—Type-A Stress......Page 285
Exercise XXVII.A Where’s My Tension?......Page 287
Exercise XXVII.B When I Feel Tension/Stress I Can . . .......Page 290
SECTION XXVIII—Vocational Stress......Page 293
Exercise XXVIII.A What Else Can I Do to Make Things Better?......Page 295
Exercise XXVIII.B How I Will Get What I Want......Page 299
About the Author......Page 301