Decline in our physical and mental abilities may be due to injury, illness, or chronic pain, or may simply be the results of normal aging. Sometimes changes in ability are gradual enough and minor enough that we adapt to them effortlessly. In other circumstances, however, these ability changes are more abrupt or more pronounced and pose a real challenge to our coping resources. In Bouncing Back: Skills for Adaptation to Injury, Aging, Illness and Pain, Richard Wanlass shares new research findings and observations of what he has learned in his thirty-five years of helping others adapt to these changes.Bouncing Back presents seven modules associated with changes in ability, including self-management, mood regulation, stress and anxiety management, anger and frustration management, relationship management, memory management, and pain management. Exercises follow almost every section to ensure concepts are understood and practiced. These developed tools provide new resilience skills and strategies to become better at change. They address the specific challenges of the broad and growing population of those learning to adapt to their loss of ability, and should be of aid for the public and for rehabilitation psychologists and neuropsychologists in their practice.

IntroductionChapter 1: Self-Management: Changing Behavior and ThoughtsGoals and Avoidance Behavior WorksheetAdaptive Thinking WorksheetChapter 2: Mood RegulationImproving Mood through Changing BehaviorIncrease Enjoyable Activities and Social InteractionsActivity Modification WorksheetNew Activities WorksheetExerciseExercise Planning WorksheetConsult Your Healthcare Providers about Mood, Health, Nutrition, and MedicationMood, Health, Nutrition, and Medication WorksheetPerform Acts of KindnessActs of Kindness Planning WorksheetChange Your EnvironmentEnvironment Change WorksheetSmile and LaughSmiling and Laughing WorksheetImproving Mood through Changing ThoughtsPractice Self-AcceptanceSelf-Acceptance WorksheetFocus on the PositivePositive Focus Worksheet: Own Past ActionsPositive Focus Worksheet: Others' Past ActionsPositive Focus Worksheet: Present SituationPositive Focus Worksheet: The FuturePractice GratitudeGratitude WorksheetUpdate Your Identity and PurposeValues, Identity, and Purpose WorksheetConclusionsChapter 3: Stress and Anxiety ManagementUnderstanding Stress and AnxietyWhat Are Stress and Anxiety?How to Recognize StressUnderstanding Stress and Anxiety WorksheetReducing Stress, Anxiety, and TensionUse Your Body to RelaxUse Your Body to Relax WorksheetUse Your Mind to RelaxUse Your Mind to Relax WorksheetPrioritize and Subdivide GoalsPrioritize and Subdivide Goals WorksheetChoose When and How to WorryChoose When and How to Worry WorksheetPut the Situation into PerspectivePut the Situation into Perspective WorksheetAvoid AvoidanceAvoid Avoidance WorksheetChapter 4: Anger and Frustration ManagementTime-OutTime-Out WorksheetMore Realistic Thinking"Should Thoughts" WorksheetAssertive CommunicationAssertiveness Worksheet for Reducing Aggressive CommunicationAssertiveness Worksheet for Reducing Passive CommunicationSelf-CareSelf-Care Planning WorksheetRelaxationRelaxation WorksheetHumorHumor WorksheetForgivenessForgiveness Worksheet for Anger at Persons in your PastForgiveness Worksheet for Anger at Persons in your PresentAcknowledgment of Underlying FeelingsWorksheet for Understanding and Expressing Feelings Underlying AngerChapter 5: Relationship ManagementIncreasing CooperationCommunication Skills for Increasing Cooperation WorksheetBuilding Social ConnectionsSocial Connection Planning WorksheetMaking People Feel Liked, Listened to, and AppreciatedChapter 6: Memory ManagementRemembering Future Events, Appointments, and ObligationsRemembering Future Events, Appointments, and Obligations WorksheetRemembering Names When Meeting PeopleRemembering Names When Meeting People WorksheetRemembering What You ReadRemembering What You Read WorksheetRemembering Where You Place BelongingsRemembering Where You Place Belongings WorksheetRemembering to Take MedicationsRemembering to Take Medications WorksheetRemembering Jokes, Interesting Facts, and New WordsRemembering Jokes, Interesting Facts, and New Words WorksheetRemembering What You Do and Talk AboutMemory Reinforcement LogRemembering What You Do and Talk About WorksheetRemembering Addresses and DirectionsRemembering Addresses and Directions WorksheetRemembering Shopping Lists and To-Do ListsThe Roman Room Memory TechniqueRemembering Shopping Lists and To-Do Lists WorksheetConclusionsChapter 7: Pain ManagementActivity PacingActivity Pacing WorksheetMood ImprovementMood Improvement WorksheetMovementMovement WorksheetRelaxationRelaxation Planning WorksheetSleep ImprovementCreate a Proper Sleeping EnvironmentBe Smart about Foods, Beverages, and MedicinesRelax and Unwind Before BedRelax While in BedLimit Your Time in BedSleep Improvement WorksheetFocus ShiftingFocus Shifting WorksheetPain Behavior ReductionPain Behavior Reduction WorksheetPhysical Pain Management StrategiesPhysical Pain Management Strategies WorksheetAppropriate Use of MedicationsAppropriate Use of Medications WorksheetExpression of EmotionsEmotional Expression WorksheetSocialization and RecreationSocialization and Recreation WorksheetAdaptive ThinkingAdaptive Thinking WorksheetConclusionsEpilogueIndex