Coping Skills for a Stressful World: A Workbook for Counselors and Clients

"We are writing this Workbook to aid counseling clients living in a world in distress. People are experiencing "global anxiety" at levels rarely, if ever seen before. Our world is increasingly plagued with political upheaval, divisiveness and tribalism, interpersonal violence, hate crimes, terrorism, social injustice, the omnipresence of social media, cybercrimes, and speed-of-light news cycles that are bombarding our televisions, computers, and smart phones. In addition, we are also experiencing the tangible effects of climate change and seeing an increase in natural disasters. For example, the 2018 Camp Fire, the most destructive wildfire in California history, caused 86 deaths, led to the evacuation of 52,000 people, destroyed 18,000 structures, and left an estimated 100,000 traumatized by the event, the losses, and the aftermath. In 2019, California experienced the two largest earthquakes in 20 years (of magnitudes 6.4 and 7.1, respectively) within the span of two days that set off nearly-constant aftershocks for weeks and caused widespread damage. Although lives were spared, these massive quakes left people terrified, anxious, and afraid to sleep in their homes"--