Session I: Stress Management

On the plus side this is a very inexpensive introduction to coping with the problems of "stress;" on the minus, viewers are most likely not going to learn anything that they don't already know. Ph. D.'s Douglas and Angela Bowers offer a brief definition of stress and its physical symptoms, outline its positive and negative aspects, and then talk about the "thought patterns" which produce stress (personalization, generalization, exaggeration, etc.). They conclude with a few suggestions for dealing with stress, such as making a list of future enjoyable activities (to look at, apparently, when a moron waits till you're just about upon him to make a left turn in front of you), thinking the word "stop," and picturing the ubiquitous sunset in your mind (after five years of watching special interest videos with soothing sunsets, I still not sure whether a sunset is just a really nice visual, or if we'd truly all be worry-free if we merely walked around with the image of a sunset emblazoned in our minds). If you have no other programs on stress (such as Less Stress in Five Easy Steps), you might want to consider this for your collection. Otherwise, it's not a necessary purchase. (Available from: Thera-Vision, 10250 N. 92nd St., Suite 107, Scottsdale, AZ 85258.)