Bücher der Reihe Coping with Behavioral Addictions

The purpose of The Love Addiction Workbook is to provide helping professionals with cognitive andbehavioral assessments, tools, and exercises that can be utilized to treat the root psychological causesof a love addiction. It is designed to help people identify and change negative, unhealthy thoughts andbehaviors that may have led to a love addiction. The activities contained in this workbook can helpparticipants identify their triggers that can lead to an addiction to love and teach them ways to overcomeand manage those triggers.The Love Addiction Workbook will help participants to achieve the following:¿ Understand recurring patterns that indicate a love addiction.¿ Recognize that they are experiencing a love addiction problem.¿ Reflect upon the behaviors that were part of and arose from the addiction.¿ Build self-esteem and self-love so they are not so dependent on other people.¿ Develop greater self-acceptance and the ability to change ineffective behaviors.¿ Understand the triggers for preoccupation with finding the "perfect" person to maketheir life whole.¿ Learn ways to live a new life without the need to obsess about finding a romanticpartner to "fix" their life.The Love Addiction Workbook is a practical tool for teachers, counselors, and helping professionals intheir work with people suffering from behavioral addictions. Depending on the person's role using thisworkbook and the specific needs of the groups or individuals, the modules can be used individually or aspart of an integrated curriculum. The facilitator may choose to administer one of the activities to a groupor administer some of the assessments over one or more days as a workshop.

The Work Addiction Workbook provides helping professionals with cognitive and behavioral assessments, tools, and exercises that can be utilized to treat the root causes of work addiction and to help people identify and change negative, unhealthy thoughts and behaviors that may have led to work addiction.Work Addiction ModulesThis workbook contains five modules of activity-based handouts that will help participants learn more about themselves and their addiction to work. These modules serve as avenues for self-reflection and group experiences revolving around topics of importance in the participants' lives.The activities in this workbook are user-friendly and varied to provide a comprehensive way of analyzing, strengthening, and developing characteristics, skills, and attitudes for overcoming an addiction to work.The activities and handouts in this workbook are reproducible. Minor revisions to suite client or group needs are permitted, but the copyright statement must be retained.Module 1: Psychological NeedThis module helps participants become aware of and explore the psychological issues that drive them to need to work all the time. They examine how their obsession with work causes problems, including damaged relationships, health problems, and an inability to slow down and enjoy life outside of work. They learn methods to manage psychological needs driving them to overwork, such as low self-esteem, work as a coping mechanism, and approval-seeking behavior.Module 2: My Work PatternsThis module helps participants explore and recognize the patterns that lead to awork-related problem. They examine how they live in denial and do not see how their overworking patterns affect them and the people in their lives. They endeavor to become aware of their overworking patterns and how these patterns are often the starting point of their recovery.Module 3: I Have a ProblemThis module helps participants examine how their work addiction is a maladaptive pattern of excessive behavior that manifests in physiological, psychological, and cognitive symptoms. Participants discuss how their addiction encompasses the same symptoms as someone addicted to a substance. Exercises are included to help them examine the extent of their work addiction.Module 4: Maintain WellnessThis module helps participants realize they are at risk of burning out because of their work addiction unless they maintain a sense of wellness. They examine their emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged work stress. Activities are included to help them feel less overwhelmed and emotionally drained and to build the ability to cope with the stress of life.Module 5: Work-Life BalanceThis module helps participants overcome an imbalance between their work and other life roles, such as their personal and family life. They will examine ways to develop a better work-life balance to split their time and energy between work and other vital aspects of life. They will learn tools and techniques for balancing work and life.

The Risky Behavior Addiction Workbook provides helping professionals with cognitive and behavioral assessments, tools, and exercises that can be utilized to treat the root psychological causes of an addiction to risky behavior. It helps people identify and change negative, unhealthy thoughts and behaviors that may have led to an addiction to thrill-seeking and sensation-seeking. The activities in this workbook can help participants identify the triggers that can lead to an over-engagement in risky or thrilling behavior and help them discover ways to overcome and manage those triggers.The Risky Behavior Addiction Workbook will help participants to achieve the following:· Reflect upon the behaviors that were part of the addiction.· Recognize that they are experiencing an addiction problem.· Understand the triggers for preoccupation with various aspects of risk.· Understand recurring patterns that indicate an addiction to risky behavior.· Learn ways to live a new life without the need to obsess over taking risks.· Develop greater self-acceptance and the ability to change ineffective behaviors.· Build self-esteem in positive capabilities outside of risk-taking and sensation-seeking.The Risky Behavior Addiction Workbook is a practical tool for teachers, counselors, and helping professionals in their work with people suffering from risky behavior addiction. Depending on the role of the person using this workbook and the specific group's or individual's needs, the modules can be used individually or as part of an integrated curriculum. The facilitator can administer an activity with a group or individual or use multiple assessments in a workshop.

The Technology Addiction Workbook provides helping professionals with cognitive and behavioralassessments, tools, and exercises that can be utilized to treat the root psychological causes of technologyaddiction. It is designed to help people identify and change unhealthy thoughts and behaviors thatmay have led to technology addiction. The activities in this workbook can help participants identify thetriggers that can lead to the overuse of technology and teach them ways to overcome and manage thosetriggers.The Technology Addiction Workbook will help participants to achieve the following:¿ Recognize that they are experiencing an addiction problem.¿ Reflect upon the behaviors that are part of and arose from the addiction.¿ Build self-esteem in positive capabilities outside the use of technology.¿ Understand the triggers for preoccupation with various aspects of technology.¿ Develop greater self-acceptance and the ability to change ineffective behaviors.¿ Understand recurring patterns that indicate a technology addiction.¿ Learn ways to live a new life without obsessing over technology.The Technology Addiction Workbook is a practical tool for teachers, counselors, and helping professionalsin their work with people suffering from behavioral addictions. Depending on the role of the personusing this workbook and the specific group's or individual's needs, the modules can be used individuallyor as part of an integrated curriculum. The facilitator can administer an activity with a group orindividual or use multiple assessments in a workshop.