Promoting Emotional Resilience
Cognitive-Affective Stress Management Training
Ronald E. Smith and James C. Ascough
1. Emotion, Stress, and Coping: Implications for Intervention
2. An Overview of Cognitive–Affective Stress Management Training
3. Affect Elicitation in Psychotherapy: The Induced Affect Technique
4. Preparation, Assessment, and Session 1
5. Session 2: Cognitive Coping Skills—Introduction to Cognitive Restructuring and Self Instructional Training
6. Session 3: Induced Affect Reduction Using Relaxation and the Integrated Coping Response
7. Session 4: Induced Affect Skills Rehearsal and Introduction to Meditation and Mindfulness
8. Session 5: Integrated Coping Response Practice, Acceptance, and Cognitive Defusion Training
9. Session 6: Coping Skills Rehearsal and Additional Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies
Appendix A: Handouts and Forms for Clients
Appendix B: Materials for Therapists/Trainers
References