Stress Assessments

 Stress Assessments take place in a quite, calm non-threatening therapy room. During this time the client will answer  a variety of questions, rate their five areas of wellness at this time and talk to the Therapist about the issues they want to address. They may be physical or emotional in nature or both. Usually the physical issues have an emotional root to them. 


The Therapist will formulate an opinion about what they feel is happening, based on the answers the client has given. All areas of the clients life are addressed including all areas of wellness (diet, work, habits, how they are managing stress and its consequences for example) now have a bearing on what  therapy techniques are best for the client. This is NOT psychotherapy. The client is in control of what and how the Therapy continues.

All information is confidential.

Taking responsibility for your own physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social wellness is the first step on this journey to a better quality of life!

Both the client and the Therapist, Janet Hogeboom, will decide what needs to be addressed and how they will proceed. Additional appointments are set up. The client may be given some additional work to be done at home before the next session. Commitment to the process of Wellness is vital, as the client pursues their path to Wellness.

    
 
Three Levels of the Stress Response

The first type of stress is comprised of external events to which you react. These can be environmental, interpersonal, familial or job related. Such factors need to be eliminated or a means developed to reduce their impact. These "triggers' exist in our everyday lives and are different for everyone. Our reactions or responses to them are all as unique as we are.


The second type is your reaction to the "trigger". This is important, because how an event is interpreted determines much of your physiological response. For example, you respond differently to an event you perceive as a threat, than you will to an event you perceive as a positive challenge. What may "trigger" you, may not "trigger" someone else - or,they may have less of a reaction to it. These reactions can be changed through learning options, including accupressure, balancing your thoughts ( Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and Relaxation Techniques.

The third type of stress is the change in your physiology over time, as your body reacts to the "trigger". Your body's initial stress response can become  habitual in a relatively short period of time. Unless you are aware that you are forming a stress induced habit and you consciously work to return your physiology to normal, the habit becomes chronic. (alcohol, drugs, eating, spending money, gambling)

Helping patients learn relaxation techniques to aid stress reduction and management, is based on the concept of the mind-body connection: Whatever relaxes the muscules, produces mental relaxation and vice versa. Since the relaxation response counteracts the stress response, it is impossible to be both relaxed and tense at the same time. Therefore, the relaxation response can reduce existing distress and eventually decrease its effect. Progressive muscle relaxation is a simple and effective way to help patients learn how to relax. 

The body must relax before the mind!

"The mind is like an umbrella -

it only works when it is open"

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