Are you constantly feeling stressed out and anxious? Here at SouthCoast Psychiatric Services, we offer stress management services for patients in our care. Whether you’re dealing with heightened levels of stress due to underlying mental health issues or as a natural response to life circumstances, stress management techniques are effective in helping individuals manage stress levels. And, identify triggers of stress so that healthy behavioral patterns may ensue.
We provide individuals with the tools needed to manage daily stressors and live out a life of better well being through our stress management services.
What is Stress Management?
Everyone deals with stress at some point in their lives or another. Essentially, stress is a natural, psychological reaction to emotional stressors. So, stress is not necessarily a bad thing. It helps us to better navigate issues throughout daily life so that we’re more aware of our actions and get things done. However, heightened levels of stress can become a problem. And, if left untreated, can lead to more damaging issues like negative responses and behaviors.
Stress management services aim to help individuals who live with constant or frequent high levels of stress. These services utilize a number of therapeutic and psychological techniques to help individuals positively cope with high-stress levels. And, identify ways of reverting back to healthy, positive mindsets.
Think You May Benefit from This Services?
Are you dealing with high levels of stress that debilitate your daily life and routine? If so, there is a way to tell if you’d be a good candidate for stress management therapies. Specifically, seeing if your symptoms match with others who deal with high-stress levels. Individuals who benefit from learning stress management techniques through stress management therapy sessions experience:
- Headaches caused by muscular tension
- Trouble concentrating
- Sleeplessness
- Development of alcohol or drug dependence
- Fatigue
- Increased instances of conflict, mistakes, and accidents
- Weight fluctuations
- Mood swings and the inability to manage emotions
- Grinding of the teeth and clenching of the jaws
- Poor memory
- Avoidance behaviors
- Digestive system problems
What You’ll Learn During Stress Management Therapy
During therapy sessions, you’ll first work on identifying specific stressors in your life which lead to overwhelming feelings of stress. Once you’ve identified these stressors, you can then begin to learn various skills you can use to manage them. And, further develop skills on how to deal with the symptoms of heightened stress. Finally, you will learn how to lower your stress level, utilizing a number of effective techniques. Some techniques taught during stress management therapy may include:
- Developing organizational and time management skills
- How to avoid your specific stressors and address them when they arise
- How to deal with the physical and psychological symptoms of stress
- Developing different thinking patterns which help to navigate through stressful scenarios
Getting Help from SouthCoast
Are you tired of the way stress is impacting your life and the lives of those you love? You don’t have to deal with high levels of stress forever. And, therapy is effective in helping individuals like you learn to manage and reduce stress levels. To learn more about how the stress management techniques taught at SouthCoast Psychiatric Services may help you, contact us today.