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Publié par	New Harbinger Publications
Date de parution	01 octobre 2013
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781608829156
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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“This mind-body workbook for anger sets the standard for the treatment the entire spectrum of anger management issues, including court mandated treatment for domestic violence offenders. Mind-body bridging is a set of powerful techniques that will help one to rest the system in one’s brain (the I-System) that is responsible for unmanaged anger. I have been in practice twenty years and have found that the tools in this workbook are far superior, better accepted, and more quickly effective than any that I have used with court-ordered domestic violence offenders. Long-term follow-up of recidivism showed rates of only eight percent. Further, I have used and continue to use mind-body bridging in my own life with transformational results.”
— Kevin Webb, MSW, LCSW , clinical consultant and therapist, Utah Division of Child and Family Services
“Stan and Carolyn have done it again. The Mind-Body Workbook for Anger is a user-friendly, easy-to-apply solution to the problem of anger management. In my long career in treating domestic violence offenders, no other method or technique can compare with it. This book should be on top of the list for both therapists and clients.”
— Jules Shuzen Harris, EdD, author of Anger: It Has Something to Teach Us: Can We Listen
“As a psychotherapist, I have been actively involved with domestic violence coalitions and treatment agencies. Anger-management treatment programs based on this Mind-Body Workbook for Anger dramatically reduce dropout rates and recidivism in comparison with conventional treatment methods. In fact, with the favorable results of a large randomized control trial awaiting publication, mind-body bridging is en route to becoming the first evidenced-based treatment and best practice for domestic violence offenders.”
— Isaac Phillips, MSW, LCSW , executive director of Equinox Counseling Services; co-chair of the Salt Lake Area Domestic Violence Coalition; and member of the Utah Council for Domestic Violence Perpetrator Treatment
“Research I conducted with domestic violence offenders using mind-body bridging as an intervention found the offenders experienced less stress; gained greater access to problem-solving abilities; and improved their relationships with partners, children, and co-workers. The mind-body bridging approach helped these at-risk individuals avoid reoffending largely by sharpening ability to recognize internal triggers. In my experience, the mind-body bridging techniques used in the Mind-Body Workbook for Anger are successful because they are practical, straightforward, and allow individuals to see results immediately.”
— Elisa Audo, PhD , author The Experience of Mind-Body Bridging as a Treatment for Offenders of Domestic Violence , doctoral dissertation, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2012, San Francisco, CA

Publisher’s Note
This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering psychological, financial, legal, or other professional services. If expert assistance or counseling is needed, the services of a competent professional should be sought.
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Copyright © 2013 by Stanley H. Block and Carolyn Bryant Block
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Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Use Your Executive Functioning to Control Anger
2. Improve Everyday Life by Recognizing Requirements
3. Learn to Overcome Anger by Managing Troubling Thoughts
4. Be Strong Without Anger
5. Convert Anger into Executive Functioning by Managing Requirements
6. Build an Anger-Free Foundation for Your Relationships
7. Stop Anger from Interfering with Your Health and Well-Being
8. Reduce Conflicts
9. Manage Anger Anytime, Anyplace
Appendix A: Mind-Body Bridging Daily Mapping Guide
Appendix B: Mind-Body Language
References
Foreword
Emotion dysregulation has led to an incomprehensible tally of negative consequences for individuals, couples, families, and communities. It follows, then, that an intervention capable of effectively and efficiently helping people regulate their emotions holds enormous potential to alleviate suffering. It is this potential that led me to encourage my colleague Dr. Stanley Block to publish a workbook that applies his mind-body treatment approach, “mind-body bridging,” to that form of emotion dysregulation that we refer to as “anger.” I have eagerly anticipated the publication of this workbook, because I have personally witnessed how mind-body bridging empowers individuals to change their lives and relationships for the better. I have published empirical research that supports the effectiveness of mind-body bridging for domestic violence offenders (Tollefson et al. 2009). I have applied mind-body bridging in my clinical practice with domestic violence offenders and other clients who experience problems with emotion regulation. I have also integrated mind-body bridging into my own life. Through these experiences, I have come to greatly appreciate how mind-body bridging can change lives in ways that lead to lasting personal and relational fulfillment.
This workbook will help individuals learn how to apply mind-body bridging to resolve emotion regulation problems, including anger. I use the word “resolve” purposely: mind-body bridging is not an anger management strategy ; if applied correctly, it is an intervention that will eliminate destructive and dysfunctional forms of emotion dysregulation, including anger. Consequently, this workbook can be used in anger management groups or by anyone who could benefit from improved emotion regulation. This workbook is particularly well suited to intervention programs for domestic violence offenders, given that research has shown that most abusers suffer from some form of extreme body tension and emotion dysregulation (Dutton and Sonkin 2002; Rosenberg 2003). Thus, improving emotion regulation is critical to successful domestic violence treatment.
Mind-body bridging holds that the key factor in understanding the root cause of dysfunctional or destructive behavior like domestic violence lies in understanding the mind-body state of the person prior to the aggressive outburst (for example, thoughts spinning wildly, body numb and full of tension, narrowed awareness of surroundings). This mind-body state is likely to explode into a violent outburst. When individuals are asked what sets off this explosive state, the array of answers may include: “She doesn’t appreciate how hard I work,” “She knows I can’t stand a dirty kitchen,” “It’s his sarcastic tone of voice,” or “The kid left the bike in the driveway.” Mind-body bridging asserts that the explosive state is the result of the overactivity of a system in our body called the “Identity System,” which functions by constructing and maintaining a thought picture of how we and the world should be at any given moment. These thoughts are called “requirements” (for example, I should feel rested when I wake in the morning , My wife should always be in a good mood , My partner should make me breakfast on my birthday , and so on). When requirements are frustrated, the Identity System works in a way that creates mental commotion, clutters the mind, tenses the body, and constricts awareness. This interferes with not only the functions of the mind but also physical functions, such as pulse, blood pressure, digestion, cellular metabolism, hormone regulation, and nervous system functioning. Mind-body bridging is a simple technique for resting the Identity System, which in turn resolves the explosive state (for example, dysfunctional or abusive behavior). In other words, when we free ourselves from the effects of the Identify System, we literally switch from using the “fight or flight” network in the brain to the “executive functioning” network. This network, sometimes referred to as the “natural functioning” network of the brain, is capable of effective, functional problem solving, whereas the “fight or flight” network is not. Rather, decisions and actions made using this part of the brain often lead to dysfunctional, even disastrous consequences.
Users of this workbook will learn and apply key mind-body bridging principles and skills. They will also evaluate and track their progress at the end of each chapter. In the first chapter readers will learn how to quiet the Identity System, put the executive functioning network of the brain firmly in control, and regulate their emotional states. In the second chapter, readers will learn how to recognize and disarm their requirements, particularly those that trigger the Identity System and result in emotion dysregulation. The third chapter teaches readers how to recognize and manage a component of the Identify System called the “depressor,” which is responsible for negative self-talk or “storylines” that fuel the Identity System. In chapter 4 readers learn about the “fixer” component of the Identity System and how to stop it from infecting them with perfectionistic thinking (for example, It’s all or nothing , It has to be this way or else ). Chapter 5 focuses on helping the reader live a life free from the destructive influence of requirements. Readers will learn how to free themselves from requirements, using a powerful tool called “mind mapping.” In the remaining four chapters, readers will learn how to use the knowledge and skills they have developed to improve relationships with loved ones, friends, coworkers, and others; improve physical and mental health; and regulate emotional states in virtually any situation, including moments of crisis.
In summary, this workbook will transform lives, as readers learn and apply mind-body bridging princip