Identify and briefly describe the coping strategy and the relaxation technique you have chosen.Identify three or more stressors in your life that you can focus on during this course.Explain why your s

Planning Worksheet: Coping Strategies and Relaxation Techniques

Using your textbook, select a coping strategy and a relaxation technique to address in your final assessment, which will be a PowerPoint presentation. Briefly describe what each one entails.

Coping Strategy:	Healthy Balance
Relaxation Technique:	Exercise and nutrition

Using the following list, identify three or more stressors in your life that you can focus on for this assessment.

Work, Life, School-Life Balance	Marital Issues	Legal Issues
Parenting	Change in Career Status	Health Concerns
Financial Concerns	Death of a Loved One	Other ______________

Now that you have identified a coping strategy and relaxation technique to focus on and you have identified several stressors to address, in 2–3 sentences, explain why your selected strategy and technique appeal to you. Include supporting evidence.

Healthy balance strategy and exercise and nutrition relaxation techniques appeal to me because of the stressors that I have. Work, life, parenting, and health concerns are all major stressors in my life. Trying to balance them all at once is difficult, but manageable.

Provide a brief description of how you plan to use the coping strategy and relaxation technique. Include supporting evidence. This description can be as simple as the following examples:

“I will use journal writing on a daily basis over the next five weeks” or “I will use some of the techniques listed for Art Therapy each week over the next five weeks."

Note: Some strategies may be more difficult to implement on your own. If you choose one of these, your exploration will consist of discovering more about this strategy or technique. In this case, you will write: “I will discover ways in which progressive relaxation could be used to address stress.”

To manage my stressors I plan to begin eating healthier. No more fast food, junk food, or soda. I have started to meal prep at home for my lunches at work. I have started to do grocery pick up to help maintain the meal preparation as I dislike going into the grocery store. I will start going on walks with my family as a form of exercise and plan to build up from there.

Describe potential challenges you see in applying your selected strategy and technique. Explain via supporting evidence.

Coping Strategy Challenges:	Relaxation Technique Challenges:
Financial burden	Lack of motivation
Low self esteem	Cost of "healthy" food
Previous failures	Lack of time
Fear of judgement	Lack of support

References

[Add APA style references for any cited sources. This should include your textbook and at least two peer-reviewed journal articles.]