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 xiiiIntroduction xvSection I-Adult Children of Alcoholics 1Exercise I.A What's My Role? 3Exercise I.B What Can I Control? What Do I Need? 6Exercise I.C We're Not Supposed to Talk about That! 9Section II-Agoraphobia/Panic 10Exercise II.A When Is Thing to Happen? 12Exercise II.B Breaking My Panic Cycle 14Exercise II.C Facing Fears-Part One 17Exercise II.D Facing Fears -Part Two 20Section III-Anger Control Problems 22Exercise III.A Anger Log 24Exercise III.B Is It Anger or Aggression? 27Exercise III.C Go Blow Out Some Candles 31Exercise III.D My Safe Place 33Section IV-Anxiety 34Exercise IV.A What Happens When I Feel Anxious? 36Exercise IV.B What Else Can I Say or Do? 39Exercise IV.C Beating Self-Defeating Beliefs 42Section V-Assertiveness Deficit 44Exercise V.A Is It Passive, Aggressive, or Assertive? 46Exercise V.B It's Okay to Be Assertive 51Section VI-Bulimia 53Exercise VI.A Am I Hungry? 55Exercise VI.B I Need to Get Control 59Exercise VI.C What Am I Thinking? 62Exercise VI.D Is It Good Food or Bad Food? Should It Matter That Much? 65Section VII-Caregiver Burnout 67Exercise VII.A Being a Caregiver Makes Me Feel... 69Exercise VII.B This Is for Me and That's Okay 71Exercise VII.C What Drawer Does This Belong In? 74Section VIII-Chemical Dependence 76Exercise VIII.A I Use Because... 78Exercise VIII.B What to Do Instead of Using 82Exercise VIII.C My Road Map to Recovery 86Section IX-Child Sexual Molestation 91Exercise IX.A This Is What Happened 93Exercise IX.B This Is What I Did 96Exercise IX.C I'm changing the Way I Think 100Exercise IX.D Stop! Rewind! And Start Again 103Section X-Chronic Pain 105Exercise X.A Aah! Relief, Written and Directed by. (Write in Your Name) 107Exercise X.B I Can Get through This 110Section XI-Codependence 112Exercise XI.A I'm Not in Kansas Anymore 114Exercise XI.B I Feel ... 117Section XII-Depression 119Exercise XII.A What Do Others Value about Me? 121Exercise XII.B My Feelings Journal 123Exercise XII.C Taking Charge of Your Thoughts 126Exercise XII.D There's Always a Sunrise 130Section XIII-Domestic Violence Offenders 131Exercise XIII.A When Do I Need a Break? 133Exercise XIII.B Now Is When I Need a Break 136Exercise XIII.C I Can Have Feelings, Too 138Section XIV-Domestic Violence Survivors 140Exercise XIV.A What I Give and What I Get 142Exercise XIV.B What If...? 144Exercise XIV.C Thoughts about This Relationship 147Section XV-Grief/Loss Unresolved 148Exercise XV.A Farewell, until We Meet Again 150Exercise XV.B Moving On 153Section XVI-HIV/AIDS 156Exercise XVI.A How Am I Doing? 158Exercise XVI.B Why Me? 161Section XVII-Incest Offenders Adult 164Exercise XVII.A Through Eyes of a Child 166Exercise XVII.B Stress and Trigger Journal 170Exercise XVII.C My letter of Apology 172Section XVIII—Incest Sivors—Adult 173Exercise XVIII.A My Story 175Exercise XVIII.B What I Need to Tell You 179Section XIX-Infertility 180Exercise XIX.A Being a Parent Means . . . 182Exercise XIX.B What If We Have a Child Some Other Way? 185Section XX-Parenting Problems 188Exercise XX.A Working from the Same Page 190Exercise XX.B What's the Message I Am Giving? What's the Message I Mean? 194Exercise XX.C Compliments Jar 198Exercise XX.D What Are My Choices? 202Section XXI-Phobias-Specific/Social 205Exercise XXI.A I Can Picture It 207Exercise XXI.B How Does This Happen? 209Exercise XXI.C Let's Float with It 212Exercise XXI.D I Can Do This 215Section XXII-Rape Survivors 217Exercise XXII.A Sharing My Story 219Exercise XXII.B Changing My Faulty Thinking 222Exercise XXII.C What I Feel and What I Think 225Section XXIII-Separation and Divorce 226Exercise XXIII.A Talking to the Children 228Exercise XXIII.B We Need to Agree 231Exercise XXIII.C Saying Good-bye and Saying Hello 235Section XXIV-Shyness 238Exercise XXIV.A Three Key Ingredients to Positive Social Interactions 240Exercise XXIV.B What Comes after "Hi"? 242Section XXV-Single Parents 246Exercise XXV.A Single Parenting-Pro or Con? 248Exercise XXV.B What Do Do Now? 250Section XXVI-Toxic Parent Survivors 253Exercise XXVI.A I Am Getting Rid of These Old Tapes-Part One 255Exercise XXVI.B I Am Getting Rid of These Old Tapes-Part Two 258Section XXVII-Type-A Stress 261Exercise XXVII.A Where's My Tension? 263Exercise XXVII.B When I Feel Tension/Stress I Can ... 266Section XXVIII-Vocational Stress 269Exercise XXVIII.A What Else Can I Do to Make Things Better? 271Exercise XXVIII.B How I Will Get What I Want 275About the Author 277About the Downloadable Assignments 279