Stress Management and Prevention: Applications to Daily Life (with Activities Manual and DVD Printed Access Card)

STRESS MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION: APPLICATIONS TO DAILY LIFE is a broad introduction to the subject of stress management. This practical and highly praised book includes a variety of self-regulation and other techniques to help you cope with and prevent stress in your life. With this little guide, you'll have the tools you need to live a well-balanced life.

Jeffrey A. Kottler is the author of over eighty books that have been translated into more than a dozen languages. They are used in universities around the world and are considered classics among practicing teachers, counselors, psychologists, health professionals, and social justice advocates. Some of his most highly regarded works include DIVINE MADNESS: TEN STORIES OF CREATIVE STRUGGLE; CHANGING PEOPLE'S LIVES WHILE TRANSFORMING YOUR OWN: PATHS TO SOCIAL JUSTICE AND GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS; ON BEING A THERAPIST; and, more recently, THE ASSASSIN AND THE THERAPIST: AN EXPLORATION OF TRUTH IN PSYCHOTHERAPY AND IN LIFE and CREATIVE BREAKTHROUGHS IN THERAPY: TALES OF TRANSFORMATION AND ASTONISHMENT. Some of his more well-known texts include LEARNING GROUP LEADERSHIP; INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELING; ON BEING A TEACHER; STRESS MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION; and A PRIMER OF HELPING SKILLS. Kottler has worked as an educator and psychologist in a preschool, middle school, mental health center, crisis center, university, community college, corporation, and private practice settings. He has served as Fulbright Scholar and Senior Lecturer in Peru, Thailand, and Iceland, as well as worked as Visiting Professor in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Nepal. Kottler is currently Professor of Counseling and of Freshman Programs at California State University, Fullerton. He has also co-founded Empower Nepali Girls (http: //www.EmpowerNepaliGirls.org), which provides educational scholarships for lower caste girls at-risk in Nepal.

David Chen received his doctorate degree in motor behavior and sport psychology from University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. He taught for four years at State University of New York Cortland and one year at California State University Los Angeles prior to joining the faculty in the Division of Kinesiology and Health Promotion in 1998 at California State University, Fullerton. Dr. Chen's interest areas include the understanding of the factors leading to skilled human behavior and the development of concepts and methods that can be used to enhance the learning and performance of cognitive and motor skills. Another interest area deals with successful management of stress in sport and daily living using physiological, psychological, spiritual, and alternative approaches. Research projects include (1) auditory modeling and visual modeling: effects on real sport skills; (2) self-organization in learning motor skills; and (3) Tai Chi and its meditative effects on stress management.