ABSTRACT
Shopping Rules 185 Reasons For and Against Changing Unhealthy Buying Habits 187
Assignments 189 What to Expect as You Change Your Buying Behavior 193
Behaviors 196 Strategies for Change-Focusing on the Cue 196 Alternative Behaviors 197 Strategies for Change-Focusing on Consequences 199 Rearranging Consequences-Goal Setting and Self-Rewards 199
Assignments 200 Maximizing Healthy Behaviors and Minimizing Buying Behaviors 205 Alternatives to Problem Buying Behaviors 207
Unit 4: Cash Management, Hoarding 209 Credit Cards 209 Cash Management Suggestions 209 What Is Healthy Buying? 210 Hoarding 211
Assignments 212 Unit 5: Responses: ˜oughts, Feelings, and Behaviors 215
Introduction 215 ˜oughts, Feelings, and Behaviors 215 Maladaptive Styles of ˜inking 217 Self-Ful§lling Prophecy 218
Assignments 218 Becoming Aware of Your Responses 223
Unit 6: Restructuring Your ˜oughts 225 Introduction 225 Method 1: Challenging Maladaptive ˜oughts by Questioning ˜em 225 Method 2: Challenging Maladaptive ˜oughts by Testing ˜em 226
Assignments 227 Restructuring Your ˜oughts 231
Unit 7: Cues and Chains 235 Assignments 237
Identifying Behavioral Chains Worksheet 241 Identifying Behavioral Chains Worksheet 243 Identifying Behavioral Chains Worksheet 245
Unit 8: Self-Esteem 247 Assignments 247
Self-Concept and Self-Esteem 251 Revision 257
Unit 9: Exposure 259 Assignments 260 Unit 10: Stress Management and Problem Solving 263
Introduction 263 Assignments 266
Goals of Treatment 1. Interrupt buying disorder behaviors. 2. Establish healthy purchasing patterns. 3. Identify and restructure maladaptive thoughts and negative feel-
ings associated with shopping and buying. 4. Develop and use healthy coping skills. 5. Develop healthy communication patterns. 6. Develop and use relapse prevention techniques.
