THERAPIES

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THERAPIES

• RELAXATION
• ASSERTIVENESS
• SELF-ESTEEM

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RELAXATION THERAPY

• RELAX, DONT WORK SO HARD, YOULL LIVE LONGER
• STRESS AND THE STRESS SYNDROME ARE PREVALENT IN
  OUR SOCIETY
• RELAXATION CAN HELP TO BRING RELIEF ABOUT

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RELAXATION

• PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL STATE CHARACTERIZED BY
  PARASYMPATHETIC DOMINANCE WITH MULTIPLE VISCERAL
  AND SOMATIC SYMPTOMS, INCLUDING THE ABSENCE OF
  PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL TENSION, ANXIETY,
  OR PAIN

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ANTIDOTE TO STRESS

• PARASYMPATHETIC FEELS CALM MUSCLES RELAXED,
  BP, HR, AND RR DECREASED
• SYMPATHETIC FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT
• CHARACTERISTICS OF RELAXATION
• PHYSIOLOGICAL, COGNITIVE, BEHAVIORAL

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METHODS OF RELAXATION

• DEEP BREATHING
• PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION
• CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH TENSION IN THE BODY
• COUNT DOWN FROM 10-0
• EYE MUSCLE TIGHTENING

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RELAXATION TECHNIQUES

• MEDITATION
• GUIDED IMAGERY ( NOT FOR PSYCHOTIC OR PERSONS
  WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA)
• BIOFEEDBACK
• PHYSICAL EXERCISE
• MASSAGE
• MUSIC AND PET ASSISTED

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ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING

• INCREASES FEELINGS OF PERSONAL POWER AND
  SELF-CONFIDENCE.
• ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATION
• AWARE OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS
• I STATEMENTS
• NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
• THOUGHT STOPPING

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ASSERTIVENESS

• MUST HAVE SELF-ESTEEM TO DEVELOP ASSERTIVENESS
• TOOLS TO ASSESS ASSERTIVENESS

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SELF-ESTEEM

• ESSENTIAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SURVIVAL
• HUMANS HAVE THE ABILITY TO FORM AN IDENTITY AND
  THEN ATTACH A VALUE TO IT.
• COMPONENTS SELF-CONCEPT, BODY IMAGE, PERSONAL
  IDENTITY

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SELF-ESTEEM

• DEVELOPMENT
• POWER
• SIGNIFICANCE
• VIRTUE
• COMPETENCE
• CONSISTENTLY SET LIMITS
• UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
• REALITY ORIENTATION

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SELF-ESTEEM

• SEEN THROUGH ERIKSONS 8 STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
• WHEN TASKS ARE NOT MET IN THE DIFFERENT STAGES
  POSITIVE SELF-ESTEEM CANNOT FLOURISH

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SELF-ESTEEM

• CHARACTERISTICS OF LOW SELF-ESTEEM
• STIMULUS CATEGORIES
• FOCAL STIMULI
• CONTEXTUAL STIMULI
• RESIDUAL STIMULI

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SELF-ESTEEM

• BOUNDARIES
• PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SPACE THAT THE
  INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIES AS THEIR OWN
• FLEXIBLE AND RIGID BOUNDARIES
• ENMESHED BOUNDARIES
• ESTABLISHING BOUNDARIES

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