QP discussed with Maunica illness that relates to stress. QP engaged Maunica in participating a therapeutic activity maze filled with potential stressors situations, in which she had to respond to the stressors event by expressing her thoughts,…
QP engaged Maunica in participating in a CBT activity thinking error and thought process. QP Maunica that the activity will help her learn how to identify different types of counterproductive thoughts and thinking error people have. QP asked Maunica to list some of her harmful thoughts she have. QP asked Maunica to explain, when she have counterproductive thoughts, and what triggers those thoughts for her. QP brainstormed with Maunica the different types of thinking errors people have.…
QP provided MY-Kayla with a CBT activity geared towards mood management. QP explained to My-Kayla that the activity will help her to understand negative emotions, help her to identify automatic thoughts that leads to negative emotions and develop ways to counter automatic thoughts and relate negative moods with cognitive and behavioral changes. QP asked My-Kayla to list some negative feelings and thoughts that leads to negative emotions. QP discussed with My-Kayla ways to counteract negative emotions. QP discussed with My-Kayla, how she can better manage mood.…
QP engaged Maunica in participating in a CBT activity geared towards mental health relapse prevention. QP explained to Maunica that the activity will help her to reduce and prevent mental health relapse. QP congratulated Maunica on maintain the progress she has made towards her mental health progress. QP explained to Maunica, what mental health relapse is. QP discussed with Maunica, how to prevent relapse of mental health progress.…
QP provided Nasir with a CBT activity geared towards coping with anger. QP explained to Nasir that the activity will examine how he copes with anger and teach him techniques on how to better manger his anger. QP discussed with Nasir what anger is and ways people experience anger. QP asked Nasir to list some things that caused him to get angry. QP asked Nasir to list some of the problems anger has caused him.…
Another example of coping mechanism is from The Day After Valentine’s Day section. The example here is that the author was working in a calm manner and keeping her patient calm as well. In the state that her patient was in and keeping him calm would be stressfully ballistic. But she did a great job “practicing effective techniques for eliciting the relaxation response” (Schafer, 2000, pp. 43).…
Hi Sindy, Stress can make a person sick. I have been diagnosed with emotional dermatitis. I basically break out in a rash when I become overly stress. I suffer from tension headaches and I lock my jaw unconsciously.…
QP engaged My-Kayla in participating in a CBT activity geared towards depression. QP explained to My-Kayla that the activity teach her antidepressant skills she can use to manage depression. QP asked MY-Kayla, if she is depressed. QP explained to My-Kayla what depression is? QP asked My-Kayla to give some examples of things a person may feel depressed about.…
There are many methods on stress management. In this essay it will outline and evaluate two physiological and two psychological methods of stress management. Physiological methods work by relieving the symptoms of stress such as fast heart rate. Two physiological methods include drug therapy and biofeedback.…
QP engaged Maunica in participating in a CBT activity geared towards maintaining mental health and wellbeing. QP explained to Maunica that the activity will help her with becoming more aware of her emotional health and improve symptoms. QP discussed with Maunica the five ways to enhance her mental wellbeing. QP asked Maunica, how is her mood. QP asked Maunica to list some pleasant activities she does.…
The Stress Sources Assessment concluded that overall, my total score on the stress events assessed, percentile was 19.0. The potential for distress chart, in a variety of area of my life, averaged from moderate to low stress percentages. All stress types that were categorized as moderate, in terms for potential distress, were located on the low end of the scale; the moderate scale ranges from 30%-70%. Altogether, I did not score over 40.0% in potential distress. Majority of the high scored stress types, in terms of potential for distress, are areas of self-inflicted stress.…
In Australia stress is a part of daily life, but most people do not know how to deal with it healthily and efficiently enough for the stress to have a minimal effect. The health effects of stress and the more serious cases of chronic stress can lead to detrimental mental and physical conditions, some irreversible (Mayo Clinic, 2013). To help stop this epidemic, a group of students and myself organised an activity in order to decrease the stress in our school environment. Schools are one of the most stressful places for a teenager so we decided to target that stress so they can focus on assessments and exams that were coming up in the next term. In recent times schools and the government are not putting enough resources into reducing stress…
Case Study 1: “The Case of the Woman Who Dreams of Stress,” page 162 2. Case Study 2: “The Case of John Buckingham, the New Guy on the Job,” page 530 Hidaya Assaf 22551214 October 18, 2017 Essentials of Psychology SSC130 Assignment 250064 Case Study 1: “The Case of the Woman Who Dreams of Stress,” page 162 1. Arlene is worried that her recent dream experiences indicate that something is wrong with her. If you were Arlene’s friend and wanted to reassure her, how would you help her to understand the normal experience of sleep and dreams?…
The manner in which an individual reacts to a stressful or aversive situation is referred to as a coping style. The purpose of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire is to measure the effort of behaviors used as coping strategies during a stressful event. Responses are associated with actions or thought processes that can be distinguished into two types of coping, problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping (Carver, Scheier, & Weintraub, 1989). These two types of coping are further analyzed and categorized into eight coping styles, which represent the coping behaviors most often used. These coping scales measure the degree of effort made towards using a coping behavior; the behaviors include confrontive coping, distancing, self-control, social support seeking, acceptance of responsibility, escape-avoidance, planful problem solving, and positive reappraisal.…
First, there is preparing for the stressor. Next, there is confronting and handling the stressor. Then, there is coping with feeling overwhelmed. Last, there is reinforcing with…