Stress Management Resources and Websites

By: Barbara Cox, Ph.D.

 

General Stress Management Links:

• APA Help Center- The different kinds of stress
  http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/stress-kinds.aspx
• APA Help Center- How does stress affect us
  http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/stress-effects.aspx
• APA- Managing traumatic stress
  http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/disaster-tips.aspx

• International Journal of Stress Management
  http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/str/index.aspx
• International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
  http://www.istss.org/
• National Institute of Mental Health
  http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
• Oklahoma State University’s On-line Stress Management Library
  http://ehs.okstate.edu/links/Stress.htm
• Stress and Trauma
  http://www.psywww.com/resource/selfhelp/stress.html
• Stress Management Links
  http://www.optimalhealthconcepts.com/Stress
• Stress Management Resources
  http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ksomers/readstress.html
• Stress Management Resources for Mental Health Providers
  http://www.e-help.com/stress_management.htm
• Stress Reduction Basics
  http://www.stressreductionbasics.com
• Stress at Work-National Institute for Safety and Health
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/stress/

Positive Psychology:

• Martin Seligman’s Positive Psychology Center
  http://www.psych.upenn.edu/seligman/pospsy.htm
• Training resources and books on Positive Psychology
  http://www.authentichappiness.org/

Mind / Body Medicine:

• Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
  http://www.aapb.org
• Academy for Guided Imagery
  http://www.academyforguidedimagery.com/
• American Holistic Health Association
  www.ahha.org
• American Holistic Medical Association
  http://www.holisticmedicine.org/
• American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
  http://www.asch.net/
• Guided Imagery Resources
  http://www.e-help.com/hypnosis_guided_imagery_ericksonian_therapy.htm
• Innersource Institute
  www.innersource.net
• Mind/Body Medical Institute
  MBMI@bidmc.harvard.edu
• Milton Erickson Foundation
  http://www.erickson-foundation.org
• National Center for Alternative and Complementary Medicine
  http://nccam.nih.gov/health/

Stress and Practice Management Resources for Private Practitioners:

• Psychotherapists and their Families: The Effect of Clinical Practice on Individual and Family Dynamics & How to Prevent Therapists’ Burnout and Impairment
  http://www.zurinstitute.com/therapistsfamilies.html
• Burnout and the Ethics of Self-Care for Therapists
  http://www.ucalgary.ca/~apgsu/Networking/research/ETHICSP2.doc
• Dr. Christina Maslach
  http://maslach.socialpsychology.org
• The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)
  http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~sjacksox/PDF/TheMeasurementofExperiencedBurnout.pdf
• Burnout test
  http://www.trubyachievements.com/Business/Stress_Management/Burnout.html
• A Phenomenological Study of Vicarious Traumatization Amongst Psychologists and Professional Counselors Working in the Field of Sexual Abuse/Assault
  http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/issues/1998-2/steed.htm
• Taking Care Of The Caretaker: How To Avoid Psychotherapists’ Burnout
  http://www.zurinstitute.com/burnout.html
• Essentials of Private Practice by Holly Hunt
  www.EssentialsOfPrivatePractice.com
• Extensive bibliography on psychotherapists burnout and its prevention
  http://www.zurinstitute.com/burnout_bibliography.html

Additional Alternative Medicine Resources:

• Acupressure and Qigong resources
  http://www.acupuncture.com/
• Qigong Association of America
  www.qi.org
• The National Qigong Association
  http://www.nqa.org/qigong.html