1. Objectives by the end of the lesson you should be able to: 1
Objectives by the end of the lesson you should be able to: 1. identify and explain different approaches to stress management 2. describe advantages and disadvantages of the approaches

2. IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE STRESS AFFECTS US
Stress management
IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE STRESS AFFECTS US
PHYSICALLY
PSYCHOLOGICALLY
SOCIALLY

3. APPROACHES TO STRESS MANAGEMENT
BEHAVIOURAL
BIOLOGICAL
PSYCHOLOGICAL

4. Emotion-focused & Problem-focused coping
Research has identified two ways that coping with stress is achieved
Problem focused coping
Emotion focused coping

5. Activity
For the following, write an emotion focused method of coping and write a problem focused method of coping …
A father has lost
contact with his son,
he is very distressed
about it

6. APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR
BEHAVIOURAL
SOCIAL SUPPORT
APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR
BIOFEEDBACK

7. POSITIVE
BEHAVIOUR

8. BIOFEEDBACK

9. BIOFEEDBACK
Biofeedback is often aimed at changing habitual reactions to stress that can cause pain or disease. Many clinicians believe that some of their patients have forgotten how to relax. Feedback of physical responses such as skin temperature and muscle tension provides information to help patients recognise a relaxed state.

10. BIOLOGICAL ANTI ANXIETY DRUGS
BARBITURATES
BENZODIAZEPINES
BUSPIRONE

11. Psychological Coping Strategies
Aim to reduce stress by altering how the stressor is perceived, or by addressing how the person copes
CONTROL is important in psychological coping strategies

12. PSYCHOLOGICAL – one example is
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY
is used to increase an individual’s resistance to stress by getting the individual to
Learn to analyse sources of stress
Learn coping strategies and techniques
Practice these skills to improve confidence
POSITIVE THINKING
Training oneself to think optimistically and possessing an internal locus of control

13. Psychological – Meichenbaum’s Stress Inoculation Training (1983) SIT
Conceptualisation – cognitive element
What makes them stressed?
Common themes
Keep a diary of stressful events
Gain a more realistic outlook
Can be done individually or
in groups

14. Skills training & Practice
Taught specific and non specific coping strategies
Relaxation techniques used
Real-life Application
Put the training into practice
Reflect on the success/failure of
the strategies
Keep contact with the
therapist