1. Managing Stress 8E Principles and Strategies for Health and Well-Being Brian Luke Seaward, Ph.D. Unless otherwise noted, all images were supplied by Brian Luke Seaward. Credit: © Inspiration Unlimited. Used with permission.

2. Chapter 17 Additional Coping Techniques © Photodisc

3. “Life is not a matter of having good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

4. There are many effective coping techniques and often people will use more than one to resolve their stress.

5. Information Seeking

6. A common coping technique in which a person searches for detailed information (from many venues) to increase awareness about a situation that has become a perceived threat.

7. Social Orchestration

8. A coping technique in which one either changes stress-producing factors in one’s environment, or one changes one’s environment; the path of least resistance.

9. Social Support Groups

10. A coping technique in which one nurtures relationships with and among friends, family members, and others whose company acts to buffer the ill effects of stress.

11. Social Support Groups Buffer Theory Compensation Theory Supportive-expressive group therapy Direct-effect Theory Social-dissonance Theory

12. Hobbies

13. A pleasurable pursuit or interest outside one’s daily work responsibilities through which one begins to make order out of chaos.

14. Forgiveness

15. Coping with unresolved anger issues where one feels wronged or violated and is able to get on with his or her life.

16. Dream Therapy

17. A coping technique in which dreams, including recurring dreams, are explored and deciphered to help understand and resolve acute and or chronic stressors.

18. Figure 17.4. Dream therapy experts believe that the more we try to remember our dreams, the better we are able to deal with problems in our waking life. © Photos.com

19. Prayer and Faith

20. Types of Prayer

21. Prayers of Gratitude

22. Types of Prayer Prayers of Gratitude Prayers of Forgiveness

23. Types of Prayer Prayers of Gratitude Prayers of Forgiveness Intercessory Prayers

24. Faith: An optimistic attitude adopted to cope with stress, for which one perceives a connection to something bigger than oneself.

25. The Healing Power of Prayer Cancer Survivor, Matt Pfenninger Courtesy of Matt Pfenninger

26. Of Prayer and Meditation

27. Ways to Pray — Sophy Burnham

28. Ways to Pray — Sophy Burnham 1. Clear transmission of thoughts

29. Ways to Pray — Sophy Burnham 1. Clear transmission of thoughts 2. Expression in the present tense

30. Ways to Pray — Sophy Burnham 1. Clear transmission of thoughts 2. Expression in the present tense 3. Expression of a positive context