Eleven Steps to Stress Reduction is a concise, to the point, download-able and print-able manual designed to help individuals reduce stress. The manual is based on Dr. Patterson's 20 years of experience in the area of stress reduction and stress management. The manual is free. It is available in Adobe Acrobat (pdf format). You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader which you can obtain from Adobe by clicking this link (you will leave drpatterson.net).
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The goal of the manual is to illustrate how perceptions and expectations, rather than events themselves, create stress. Readers are shown how to develop more realistic expectations and incorporate them in their daily lives through a variety of tasks that have been successfully used in clinical stress reduction.
The content and exercises are straightforward and practical. To view Step 1, please click on the link below or click the "Sample" button on the left.