Description: This guide presents a cognitive-behavioral stress management program specifically geared towards men surgically treated for localized prostate cancer. The ten-week group program covers skills such as anger management, cognitive restructuring, assertive communication, utilization of social support, and active coping. It also teaches a variety of relaxation methods including progressive muscle relaxation, imagery, and meditation. The workbook includes exercises to be completed in group, as well as homework forms and instructions.
Review Quotes: "Indeed, the [Facilitator Guide and Workbook] together enable application of the program easily and fluently. The format is friendly and appealing, the wording easy to understand and unambiguous, the instructions clear and detailed... The books are aesthetically formatted and easy to handle for anyone who would use them...The two companion books provide a paradigm for manuals of treatments in health psychology [and] set a standard for future publications of this kind."--PsycCritiques