Best Therapists for Stress Management

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Menna Shoman

Hypnotherapist & Transpersonal Psychologist

speaks:
  • English
  • Arabic
6+ years: Experience
  • Business Coach
  • Clinical Psychologist
  • Life Coach
  • Mindfulness
  • Solution Focused Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy
Cornelia Pieterse

Psychological Counsellor

speaks:
  • English
  • Afrikaans
10+ years: Experience
  • ABA Therapy
  • ACT Practitioner
  • CBT Practitioner
  • Child Psychology
  • Compassionate Therapy
  • Counselling Psychologist
  • DBT Practitioner
  • Gestalt Psychotherapy
  • Mindfulness
  • NLP Practitioner
  • Psychological Assessments
  • Solution Focused Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy
Jack El Khoury

speaks:
  • Arabic
  • English
  • French
2+ years: Experience
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Asmah Khan

Counselling Psychologist

speaks:
  • English
  • Afrikaans
5+ years: Experience
  • CBT Practitioner
  • Child Psychology
  • Compassionate Therapy
  • Counselling Psychologist
  • Gestalt Psychotherapy
  • Mindfulness
  • Psychological Assessments
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy
Paz Jara

Clinical Psychologist & Psychoterapist

speaks:
  • Spanish
  • English
  • Italian
6+ years: Experience
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Mindfulness-Based Approaches
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
Gina Khalifa

Clinical & Counselling Psychologist

speaks:
  • Arabic
  • English
5+ years: Experience
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Person-Centered Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy
Hana Ahmed

Counselling Psychologist & Business Coach

speaks:
  • English
  • Arabic
5+ years: Experience
  • Business Coach
  • Counselling Psychologist
  • Life Coach
  • Solution Focused Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy
Anne Cawad

Counselling Psychologist

speaks:
  • Filipino
  • English
  • Tagalog
5+ years: Experience
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Existential Therapy
  • Gestalt Psychotherapy
  • Mindfulness-Based Approaches
  • Person-Centered Therapy
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Solution-oriented Brief Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy
Ma. Danica Andres

Licensed Professional Counselor & Psychometrician

speaks:
  • Filipino
  • English
  • Tagalog
10+ years: Experience
  • CBT Practitioner
  • Child Psychology
  • Compassionate Therapy
  • Counselling Psychologist
  • DBT Practitioner
  • Expressive Art Therapy
  • Life Coach
  • Mindfulness
  • Psychological Assessments
  • Solution Focused Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy
Bojana Milojevic

Counselling Psychologist

speaks:
  • English
  • Serbian
3+ years: Experience
  • Gestalt Psychotherapy

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Meditation and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) are therapies proven to help manage anxiety and depression. Meditation is an ancient practice that helps you reach a relaxed state by focusing on breathing and awareness of the body in the present.

Stress is your body's way of responding to any kind of demand or threat. When you sense danger—whether it's real or imagined—the body's defenses kick into high gear in a rapid, automatic process known as the “fight-or-flight” reaction or the “stress response.” The stress response is the body's way of protecting you

Use guided meditation. Guided meditation is a great way to distract yourself from the stress of day-to-day life. Practice deep breathing. Maintain physical exercise and good nutrition. Manage social media time. Connect with others.

Stress that's left unchecked can contribute to many health problems, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity and diabetes.

What is stress management?

Stress affects the physiological and psychological health of an individual. It decreases productivity and increases anxiety. Stress management refers to utilizing strategies, tools, and techniques to manage stress to improve the functioning of the individual.

What are Stress Management Strategies?

Individuals under stress feel they have no control. Hence, it affects their performance. The effective stress management strategies are:

Limit Caffeine Intake

Caffeine helps the individual remain alert and active most of the time. Restlessness leads to anxiety and activates the HPA axis. Hence, people must balance academic, personal, and professional life to remain calm, content, and productive.

Identify the Triggers

Workload, relationship problems, lack of communication, and peer pressure can cause stress. Hence, the person should understand the trigger and rationally deal with the situation.

Practice Stress Management Exercises

Effective stress management exercises to normalize the heart palpitations and feel in control are:

Mindful Mediation

Mindfulness allows the individual to focus on the present situation and take steps to ensure control. It helps to calm the mind and body and reduces anxiety.

Practice Gratitude

Stress causes the individual to focus on negativity. Thinking about positive aspects and accomplishments helps the person to feel positive, proactive, and in control.

Visualization

The strategy helps the individual to remember the happy moments. It diverts attention and reduces stress temporarily.

What are Stress Management Techniques?

The stress management techniques that allow the individual to feel calm, composed, and in control are:

Progressive Muscle Relaxation

PMR helps contract and relax the body muscles. It releases tension from the body, which helps reduce stress. It is proven effective in enhancing sleep quality and reducing anxiety.

Breathing Exercises

Deep breathing activates the parasympathetic nervous system, which helps control the stress response. The person who feels stressed should lie down straight and take deep breaths. Inhale and exhale for thirty seconds. It helps increase the oxygen supply and divert attention.

Seek Support

Individuals who feel they cannot deal with the situation are prone to suffer from mental health problems. The prevalent mental health problems cause stress, low productivity, and less sense of contentment. People under psychological and physical stress should learn techniques for stress management. Fitcy Health provides the person with reach out to a competent and reliable therapist in Dubai.

Try Cold Water Dunk

The cold water helps activate the parasympathetic nervous system. The person feeling anxious and stressed should take a cold shower or jump in a pool to reduce stress.

Why is Stress Management so Important for Your Health?

Stress management is important to maintain physical and psychological functioning by reducing anxiety and tension. People under stress should engage in stress management, as it can cause:

How Does Time Management Reduce Stress?

There is a correlation between stress and time management. Excessive work and failure to meet deadlines affect mental health and cause stress and anxiety. Time management allows the individual to reduce by:

Practice Control

The stress management plan includes managing time. Time management allows the individual to complete tasks without chronic fatigue, stress, irritability, and low productivity. The individual remains confident and content after completing the work before the deadline.

Schedule the Tasks

Time management allows the individual prioritizes the important tasks and completes them before the deadlines. The schedule enables the individual to reduce stress and become productive.

Remain Calm

Time management allows the individual to make relevant preparation ahead and complete the tasks before the deadline. The individual functions adequately as there is no stress. Calmness permits the individual to multitask and remain active without anxiety throughout the day.

What are the Benefits of Stress Management?

The benefits of practicing stress management skills are:

What Do You Mean By Effective Stress Management?

Applying skills, strategies, techniques, and therapy to reduce the stress that enables one to become happier, more productive, and content is known as effective stress management. The goal of stress management is:

Create Balance

To create a balance between personal, social, academic, and professional life.

Focus on Overall Health

Stress management allows the person to focus on the physical and psychological changes due to stress and make rational decisions.

Deal with Pressure and Challenges

Stress management techniques help the individual work effectively under peer pressure and face challenges effectively.

How to Improve Stress Management?

Individuals struggling to manage anxiety and stress must discuss their condition with a competent and reliable psychologist. Fitcy Health helps connect individuals with a specialist for stress management treatment.

Why is Stress Management Important for Students?

Students who struggle to complete academic tasks before deadlines due to time management issues are at a higher risk of suffering from stress and anxiety. It affects their performance, grades, family, and social relationships. Thus, it is essential to seek information regarding stress management counseling. It allows the students to learn a healthy way to manage stress and reduce the anxiety that affects psychological and physical health.

According to an article published in the National Library of Medicine, the students undergoing cognitive-behavior treatments were able to deal with anxiety and stress and hopeful of coping with future challenges.

What are Stress Management Therapies?

The stress management therapies that help reduce anxiety and increase performance are:

Psychotherapy

The aim of psychotherapy is to identify the cause of stress and learn strategies/techniques to cope with the emotions affecting productivity.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

CBT aims to recognize the negative thoughts that increase stress. It allows the individual to think positively and act accordingly to reduce anxiety.

Alternative Therapies

The aim is to divert attention to other activities that help reduce stress and pressure. The person engages in activities that make them happy and reduces anxiety, such as exercise, meditation, and yoga.

What are the 4 a’s of Stress Management?

The 4 a’s of stress management are:

Avoid

The person should avoid the stressors by planning and acting according to the situation.

Alter

The individual can open up about their feelings and alter the situation to reduce anxiety and stress.

Accept

Individuals may suffer from chronic stress as they fail to accept their situation. The person must learn to acknowledge the problem and engage in positive self-talk.

Adapt

Adapting to the situation is possible by changing expectations and standards. It allows the individual vigilantly handle the situation without stress and anxiety.

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