Being
Present:
Understanding
Anxiety and Managing Stress
ONLINE 12 CE $132.00
Your heart races, your palm sweats, your throat clenches, you know you have to move forward, you must speak but you are frozen in space.
You can't eat you can't sleep you try to forget but the memories keep flooding back through your day.
Bills, kids, moving, parents. There is always so much to worry about...when will you get a break?
There are many faces to stress and anxiety. Everyday levels of these energies may motivate us to take care of the things that are necessary and inspire us to finish the projects that loom before us. When these become clinical issues they interfere with our everyday functioning and quality of life. They may disturb our eating, our family life our job performance our sleep and dreams. The mechanism of fear that often protects us from danger breaks out of its protective mode and immobilizes us. There has been a lot of press on stress and anxiety lately due to the world events and the economy. People who had previously envisioned their life with more ease are finding themselves up against major obstacles to retirement. National security is an ongoing question with the oft-repeated assurance that there will be another attack. As we approach the anniversary of Sept 11 we will likely to be inundated with images and stories reflecting the horror and grief of that day. It would probably be less likely not to be experiencing a fair level of stress and anxiety at this time. The key as a clinician is to decide what level of intervention and treatment your client might require. With all the successful approaches dealing with stress in the present, the here and now, is critical. It is in the present moment that any change if possible can be made. To decrease stress and anxiety we must decrease our tendency to dwell on the past and worry about the future. This may include psychodynamic techniques to uncover the past stimuli but it will be working on them in the present where the healing will take place. This concept sounds far more simplistic than it is to put in practice. Being present has been part of many healing traditions for centuries and people continue to struggle with this challenge. We will look briefly at the biology underlying stress and anxiety and give resources and ideas for stress relief that may be included in your practice .
