Group Therapy Homework Planner

LOUIS J. BEVILACQUA, PsyD, NCC, is the Clinical Director of Connections Adolescent and Family Care. He specializes in the treatment of families and couples as well as behaviorally disordered youth, depression, cutting, and suicide. Bevilacqua is also the coauthor of Brief Family Therapy Homework Planner (Wiley).

Wiley Practice Planners® Series Preface xiii

Introduction xv

Section I-Adult Children of Alcoholics 1

Exercise I.A What's My Role? 3

Exercise I.B What Can I Control? What Do I Need? 6

Exercise I.C We're Not Supposed to Talk about That! 9

Section II-Agoraphobia/Panic 10

Exercise II.A When Is Thing to Happen? 12

Exercise II.B Breaking My Panic Cycle 14

Exercise II.C Facing Fears-Part One 17

Exercise II.D Facing Fears -Part Two 20

Section III-Anger Control Problems 22

Exercise III.A Anger Log 24

Exercise III.B Is It Anger or Aggression? 27

Exercise III.C Go Blow Out Some Candles 31

Exercise III.D My Safe Place 33

Section IV-Anxiety 34

Exercise IV.A What Happens When I Feel Anxious? 36

Exercise IV.B What Else Can I Say or Do? 39

Exercise IV.C Beating Self-Defeating Beliefs 42

Section V-Assertiveness Deficit 44

Exercise V.A Is It Passive, Aggressive, or Assertive? 46

Exercise V.B It's Okay to Be Assertive 51

Section VI-Bulimia 53

Exercise VI.A Am I Hungry? 55

Exercise VI.B I Need to Get Control 59

Exercise VI.C What Am I Thinking? 62

Exercise VI.D Is It Good Food or Bad Food? Should It Matter That Much? 65

Section VII-Caregiver Burnout 67

Exercise VII.A Being a Caregiver Makes Me Feel... 69

Exercise VII.B This Is for Me and That's Okay 71

Exercise VII.C What Drawer Does This Belong In? 74

Section VIII-Chemical Dependence 76

Exercise VIII.A I Use Because... 78

Exercise VIII.B What to Do Instead of Using 82

Exercise VIII.C My Road Map to Recovery 86

Section IX-Child Sexual Molestation 91

Exercise IX.A This Is What Happened 93

Exercise IX.B This Is What I Did 96

Exercise IX.C I'm changing the Way I Think 100

Exercise IX.D Stop! Rewind! And Start Again 103

Section X-Chronic Pain 105

Exercise X.A Aah! Relief, Written and Directed by. (Write in Your Name) 107

Exercise X.B I Can Get through This 110

Section XI-Codependence 112

Exercise XI.A I'm Not in Kansas Anymore 114

Exercise XI.B I Feel ... 117

Section XII-Depression 119

Exercise XII.A What Do Others Value about Me? 121

Exercise XII.B My Feelings Journal 123

Exercise XII.C Taking Charge of Your Thoughts 126

Exercise XII.D There's Always a Sunrise 130

Section XIII-Domestic Violence Offenders 131

Exercise XIII.A When Do I Need a Break? 133

Exercise XIII.B Now Is When I Need a Break 136

Exercise XIII.C I Can Have Feelings, Too 138

Section XIV-Domestic Violence Survivors 140

Exercise XIV.A What I Give and What I Get 142

Exercise XIV.B What If...? 144

Exercise XIV.C Thoughts about This Relationship 147

Section XV-Grief/Loss Unresolved 148

Exercise XV.A Farewell, until We Meet Again 150

Exercise XV.B Moving On 153

Section XVI-HIV/AIDS 156

Exercise XVI.A How Am I Doing? 158

Exercise XVI.B Why Me? 161

Section XVII-Incest Offenders Adult 164

Exercise XVII.A Through Eyes of a Child 166

Exercise XVII.B Stress and Trigger Journal 170

Exercise XVII.C My letter of Apology 172

Section XVIII—Incest Sivors—Adult 173

Exercise XVIII.A My Story 175

Exercise XVIII.B What I Need to Tell You 179

Section XIX-Infertility 180

Exercise XIX.A Being a Parent Means . . . 182

Exercise XIX.B What If We Have a Child Some Other Way? 185

Section XX-Parenting Problems 188

Exercise XX.A Working from the Same Page 190

Exercise XX.B What's the Message I Am Giving? What's the Message I Mean? 194

Exercise XX.C Compliments Jar 198

Exercise XX.D What Are My Choices? 202

Section XXI-Phobias-Specific/Social 205

Exercise XXI.A I Can Picture It 207

Exercise XXI.B How Does This Happen? 209

Exercise XXI.C Let's Float with It 212

Exercise XXI.D I Can Do This 215

Section XXII-Rape Survivors 217

Exercise XXII.A Sharing My Story 219

Exercise XXII.B Changing My Faulty Thinking 222

Exercise XXII.C What I Feel and What I Think 225

Section XXIII-Separation and Divorce 226

Exercise XXIII.A Talking to the Children 228

Exercise XXIII.B We Need to Agree 231

Exercise XXIII.C Saying Good-bye and Saying Hello 235

Section XXIV-Shyness 238

Exercise XXIV.A Three Key Ingredients to Positive Social Interactions 240

Exercise XXIV.B What Comes after "Hi"? 242

Section XXV-Single Parents 246

Exercise XXV.A Single Parenting-Pro or Con? 248

Exercise XXV.B What Do Do Now? 250

Section XXVI-Toxic Parent Survivors 253

Exercise XXVI.A I Am Getting Rid of These Old Tapes-Part One 255

Exercise XXVI.B I Am Getting Rid of These Old Tapes-Part Two 258

Section XXVII-Type-A Stress 261

Exercise XXVII.A Where's My Tension? 263

Exercise XXVII.B When I Feel Tension/Stress I Can ... 266

Section XXVIII-Vocational Stress 269

Exercise XXVIII.A What Else Can I Do to Make Things Better? 271

Exercise XXVIII.B How I Will Get What I Want 275

About the Author 277

About the Downloadable Assignments 279