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Improving Progressive Relaxation (Part Two)

SESSION 4 OF 5

Duration 14mins 37secs

In this session, Dr Jennifer Abel investigates what to do after the first session of progressive relaxation has finished, with the debriefing at the end of that session. She explains the course of the following sessions for progressive relaxation, including lowering to seven muscle groups, then four, then recall, and counting.

ALL SESSIONS IN THIS MODULE: Anxiety and Worry Therapy 3

01

Think Positive! – Maybe Not?

In this session, Dr Jennifer Abel investigates what B3s are and why they work better than just thinking positive or using more complex forms of cognitive therapy that often add anxiety.

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02

The Socratic Approach and “Shoulds”

In this session, Dr Jennifer Abel investigates why cognitive therapy is best approached socratically and how to get clients to stop “shoulding” on themselves. The concept of saying what you want is addressed both in lieu of “shoulds” and instead of saying what you don’t want.

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03

Improving Progressive Relaxation (Part One)

In this session, Dr Jennifer Abel investigates how to improve progressive relaxation. Dr Abel explains how this method can be much more effective and teaches us some tips that she’s discovered after 35 years of practicing progressive relaxation.

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Improving Progressive Relaxation (Part Two) « you are here

In this session, Dr Jennifer Abel investigates what to do after the first session of progressive relaxation has finished, with the debriefing at the end of that session. She explains the course of the following sessions for progressive relaxation, including lowering to seven muscle groups, then four, then recall, and counting.

05

Looser is Stronger; Tighter is Tiring

In this session, Dr Jennifer Abel examines how Progressive Relaxation is the gold standard of muscle relaxation proving a long list of benefits, but it is a big time commitment. She shows us how sponge imagery, Tin-man to scarecrow, and differential relaxation can be beneficial much more quickly.

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ALL MODULES IN THIS SERIES

MODULE ONE: 5 sessions

Anxiety and Worry Therapy 1

with Jennifer Abel

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MODULE TWO: 6 sessions

Anxiety and Worry Therapy 2

with Jennifer Abel

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MODULE THREE: 5 sessions

Anxiety and Worry Therapy 3

with Jennifer Abel

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MODULE FOUR: 6 sessions

Anxiety and Worry Therapy 4

with Jennifer Abel

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MODULE FIVE: 5 sessions

Anxiety and Worry Therapy 5 (Demonstrations)

with Jennifer Abel

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MODULE SIX: 5 sessions

Anxiety and Worry Therapy 6 (Demonstrations)

with Jennifer Abel

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