Author Showcase
We are proud to highlight the following books, published by AABP members (separately and independently of AAPB). Focused on concepts of self-regulation, well-being and scientific foundations of biofeedback in all its forms, books featured here are AAPB Publications committee-reviewed and deemed relevant, recommended reading for members of our professional community. In some cases, featured Authors extend a discount to AAPB members. Member discounts apply where noted.
FEATURED BOOK SELECTIONS
The 9 Pillars of Resilience
Stephen I. Sideroff, PhD
"The 9 Pillars of Resilience" offers a great model for teaching resilience and creating change that therapists can incorporate into their own clinical approach." Stress is a fact of life—and it's necessary for success. Discover a holistic methodology based on 9 key pillars to help you thrive even in the midst of overwhelming stress. Individuals at all levels of society and income are feeling the exhausting effects of economic uncertainty, political upheaval, international conflict, the pandemic, and environmental devastation. This timely book offers effective approaches for overcoming everyday challenges, presenting you with the tools you need to neutralize stress, build resilience, and live a balanced life. Drawing on over 40 years of experience, Dr. Stephen I. Sideroff equips you with the techniques needed to adjust the mind and body to the evolutionary mismatch posed by modern forms of stress. Empower yourself to conquer stress, enhance resilience, and improve overall wellness and longevity through an innovative approach that will help you:
- Prosper with stress rather than letting it weigh you down
- Maintain good brain health for optimal performance
- Implement recovery techniques for many common ailments
- Improve emotional awareness
- Enhance feelings of self-worth, happiness, and satisfaction
- Maximize your energy and focus
Featuring a 6-page personal guide and assessment to support you on your journey, The 9 Pillars of Resilience makes it simple to establish lifelong physical, emotional, and mental patterns for mastering stress, increasing longevity, and living a joyful, balanced life.
To purchase, visit here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761750/the-9-pillars-of-resilience-by-stephen-i-sideroff-phd/
Applied Psychophysiological Research
Richard A. Sherman, PhD
This text provides the skills professionals and students need to read the applied psychophysiological literature intelligently and to perform studies in applied psychophysiology. It covers the basic steps and timeline of an applied psychophysiology project from initial conceptualization through analysis of the data. It includes steps in formulating and maturing a question, research ethics, background and literature searches, methods of determining a project's feasibility and, common methods for analyzing the data. The logic and progression of study designs used to evaluate the efficacy of applied psychophysiologically oriented studies is detailed and exemplified. Topics include single subject and single group designs - cohorts, multiple group designs, strengths and weaknesses of longitudinal and cross-sectional studies, prospective experimental vs. observational and retrospective designs. Readers will learn about the strengths and weaknesses of such techniques as quantitative analysis, meta-analysis, time series analysis, and population-based data analysis. The text includes information on research protocol design, the consent form, and the protocol review process including subject selection techniques (sampling, inclusion-exclusion, etc.), kinds of data (dichotomous, nominal, ordinal, continuous, etc.), techniques for hardening subjective data, validity and reliability, survey and questionnaire design, as well as pilot studies and the initial power analysis.
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Biofeedback and Mindfulness in Everyday Life: Practical Solutions for Improving Your Health and Performance
by Inna Khazan, PhD
A mind-body approach to taking control of your physical and emotional health...Biofeedback is the process of training your body to control its involuntary actions, such as breathing and heart rate. Minor changes to these actions can significantly improve physical and emotional well- being. In Biofeedback and Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Harvard Medical School faculty member Inna Khazan pairs biofeedback techniques with mindfulness practice to address some of life’s most common ailments― from anxiety and fear to stress and insomnia. She begins with a description of basic physiological information, explaining concepts such as breathing and overbreathing. In Part Two she dives into the practice of mindfulness. And in Part Three she zeroes in on applying this mind-body approach to an array of common problems. Khazan’s approach outlines simple solutions for readers who want to improve the way they respond to challenges. She guides them through increasing their resilience and emotional flexibility while empowering them to take back control of their overall health.
Brain Dance
by Diane Grimard Wilson
Through the ages, human stories have been our most powerful teachers. Diane Grimard Wilson continues that time-honored tradition with her engrossing medical memoir, Brain Dance. It’s a candid, intimate, informative, and sometimes humorous account of Wilson’s journey from a random concussion through nontraditional treatments to a hard-won recovery that birthed a new calling—becoming an applied neuroscientist herself. Her story threads our shared human vulnerability with medical science for an accessible, inspiring journey. It’s a book people say reads like a novel they can’t put down.
- Brain Dance deepens clinicians’ understanding of the world of traumatic brain injury and how their own values, knowledge and biases impact their patients.
- It gives those who have suffered brain injury — to whatever degree and by whatever means — a compassionate companion.
- It shares innovative brain-based and biofeedback tools to guide what can otherwise be a long, lonely, and confusing road to recovery.
- It entices brain science junkies of all kinds to learn more about the field of neurofeedback, its founders and massive potential.
Brain Dance encourages us all to honor the pivotal role of science in our lives and the magnificent potential of the brain for making the world a better place.
Heart Breath Mind: Train Your Heart to Conquer Stress and Achieve Success
by Leah Lagos, PsyD
Stress is not in your head, it’s in your body—this is the key to peak performance that Leah Lagos, PsyD, BCB, an internationally known expert in biofeedback and sport and performance psychology, wants us to know. In this book, she shares with readers for the first time the same program that she uses with top athletes, CEOs, business leaders—anyone who wants and needs to perform at their best. What makes her scientifically proven 10-week program unlike any other is that she recognizes the link between heart rhythms and stress to create specific, clinically tested exercises and breathing techniques that allow you to control your body’s physical response to stress. She pairs this training with cognitive-behavioral exercises to offer a two-tiered process for strengthening health and performance, enabling readers to respond more flexibly to stressful situations, let go of negative thoughts and emotions, and ultimately be more focused and confident under pressure.
Tech Stress: How Technology is Hijacking Our Lives, Strategies for Coping, and Pragmatic Ergonomics
by Erik Peper, PhD, Richard Harvey, PhD, and Nancy Faass, MSW MPH
Re-envisioning your relationship with technology to reclaim health, happiness, and sanity in a plugged-in world… Evolution shapes behavior, and as a species, we’ve evolved to be drawn into the instant gratification, constant connectivity, and the shiny lights, beeps and chimes of our ever-present devices. In earlier eras, these hardwired evolutionary patterns may have set us up for success, but today they confuse our instincts, leaving us vulnerable and stressed out from fractured attention, missed sleep, skipped meals, aches, pains, and exhaustion. So how can we avoid the pitfalls programmed into modern technology use? Tech Stress offers real, practical tools to avoid the evolutionary traps that trip us up and to address the problems associated with technology overuse. You will find a range of effective strategies and best practices to individualize your workspace (in the office and at home), reduce physical strain, prevent sore muscles, combat brain drain and correct poor posture. The book also provides fresh insights on reducing stress and enhancing health.
The Clinical Handbook of Biofeedback: A Step-by-Step Guide for Training and Practice with Mindfulness
by Inna Khazan, PhD
This practical guide to the clinical use of biofeedback, integrating powerful mindfulness techniques is a definitive desk reference for the use of peripheral biofeedback techniques in psychotherapeutic settings, backed by a wealth of clinical research. Dr. Khazan's guide offers:
- Introduction of mindfulness and acceptance techniques and demonstration of how these methods can be incorporated into biofeedback practice
- Step-by-step instructions provide everything a clinician needs to integrate biofeedback and mindfulness including protocols, exemplar logs for tracking symptoms, and sample scripts for mindfulness exercises
- Scientifically robust treatment protocols for a range of common problems including headaches, hypertension and chronic pain
