Coping Strategies and Techniques Discussion
Coping Strategies and Techniques Discussion
MANAGING STRESS: PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIES FOR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING BY BRIAN LUKE SEAWARD Additional Coping Techniques Chapter 17 No one strategy works for all people in all situations to cope effectively with the causes of stress. In many cases, several coping techniques should be used together. For a coping technique to be effective, it must do one or all of the following: 1. Increase awareness of the cause of stress 2. Help process information about the stressor 3. Adjust attitude and possibly behavior to work toward a peaceful resolution Information seeking is a coping technique that helps to increase awareness of facts regarding the problem at hand. COPING STRATEGIES & TECHNIQUES This is called the path of least resistance. The purpose of this technique is to favorably alter specific factors in your environment to minimize stress, or change environments completely if current conditions are deleterious to your health. SOCIAL ORCHESTRATION When people bond together in friendship in times of trouble, they are better able to cope with the problems at hand. There is mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual strength in numbers. Social-support groups provide coping that individuals cannot generate themselves. BONDING WITH OTHERS Avoidance is considered a a negative coping technique. However, to step outside your problems for a short while to gain a better perspective on them is thought to be healthy. Hobbies can be used as positive diversion tactics that allow for healthy release from daily stressors. When approached in this way, hobbies can contribute to selfesteem, which then transfers to other areas of one’s life. AVOIDANCE: A NEGATIVE COPING TECHNIQUE Stress can induce a sense of personal violation. Harboring feelings of resentment and anger is a means of maintaining control over someone we feel has unjustly attacked us. But when feeling of anger are not released correctly, they become toxic. Forgiveness allows these feelings to be released so that a peaceful resolution is the final outcome. STRESS This is the practice of dream seeding and dream interpretation to find answers to problems, and decode the meaning of dream symbols and images, respectively. Dream therapy is a cognitive technique that has been employed since ancient times. The use of dreams to resolve problems with the help of the unconscious mind continues to be used, and has exploded in the field of psychology as a means to deal with stress. DREAM THERAPY Prayer is the original chat room. Prayer is one of the oldest coping techniques known to humankind. Although there are many different ways to pray, intercessory prayer is the most common type in times of crisis. Prayer and meditation are not the same thing. Coping Strategies and Techniques Discussion
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Several research studies on the topic of prayer reveal a statistical significance with intention, particularly relative to aspects of health and healing. PRAYER Although there is no one way to pray, suggestions for intercessory prayer are similar if not identical to mental imagery. The relationship between stress and spirituality is gaining more and more attention in the allied health fields. Prayer is defined as a thought form directed toward divine consciousness. In more subtle terms, prayer is a request to nurture our self-reliance. PRAYER MANAGING STRESS: PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIES FOR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING BY BRIAN LUKE SEAWARD DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING CHAPTER 18 DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING • This is thought to be the easiest method of relaxation • When the emphasis of breathing is centered in the lower abdomen rather than the thoracic cavity, a less sympathetic neural activity is generated, causing a greater relaxation effect. • This kind of breathing is also called belly breathing, and is the basic relaxation techniques taught in childbirth classes. • In a normal state of consciousness, the average number of breaths is twelve to sixteen per minute. • In a relaxed state, this number can be reduced to as few as three to four breaths very comfortably. • Breathing is thought to be paramount to relaxation in nearly every culture, especially Asian cultures, where breath (prana or chi) is thought to give the body energy. • In these cultures, diaphragmatic breathing is incorporated into nearly every relaxation technique. DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING • Takes little more than a comfortable position, focused concentration, and a little mental imagery. • Diaphragmatic breathing is known to decrease episodes of chronic pain. • Diaphragmatic breathing can be done anywhere, under any condition where stress arises. • For this reason along, diaphragmatic breathing is said to be the most accessible (and perhaps effective) technique to initiate the relaxation response. 1 T-Mobile 11:54 PM © 67% Back Assignment Details 2208-SOCW-5316-014-STRESS, CRISIS, AND CO… READ TEXTBOOK Seaward, B. L., (2018). Managing stress: Principles and strategies for health and well-being, (9th ed.) . Chapter 17: Additional Coping Techniques, pp. 342-356 Chapter 18: Relaxation Techniques, pp. 359 – 369 . READ WORKBOOK Seaward, B. L. (2015). The art of peace and relaxation, (8th ed.) . Chapter 17: Additional Coping Techniques, pp. 221 – 230 . Chapter 18: Relaxation Techniques, pp. 231 – 238 REVIEW: PowerPoint presentations – which will be forwarded by email Submit Assignment ca 000 DOO Dashboard Calendar To Do Notifications Inbox Coping Strategies and Techniques Discussion
