From Panic to Power: The Positive Use of Stress
by John J. Parrino
In this easy-to-read book Dr. Parrino will teach you how to manage your behavior during stressful life events. Dr. Parrino discusses techniques for identifying, monitoring, and controlling stress. Drawing from the authors successful practice and some astonishing case histories, this book is ideal for people working in a high-pressure environment.
From the Authors Preface:
From Panic to Power teaches you an in-depth knowledge of the complex working s of your Human Response System and the empirically derived principles of behavior that direct it to change in an adaptive manner. It advocates an assertive strategy for coping with the problems of living. Knowledge of the results of ones own responses and the use of this data (feedback) is critical to effective personal functioning. This books major objective is to help you integrate and utilize at a practical level the concepts of feedback, self-regulation, and self-control. It is an attempt to teach you to become aware of the abundance of information you receive from your response system the tiny bits of human data that so often get washed out of consciousness by the distractions of contemporary life.
ISBN 0-471-05303-1 (1991) 217 p. (hardcover)
Published by Performance Management Publications