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[Infographic] Four Core Strategies for Managing Stress and Anxiety

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For many clients, anxiety can be crippling – it often stifles their personal and professional growth, shuts down their ability to form relationships, and sometimes even takes a toll on their physical health.

So how can we help clients disrupt the exhausting cycle of anxious thoughts and feelings?

Below, we created a free tool based on the work of Shelly Harrell, PhD for practitioners to share with their clients. It breaks down four key strategies to manage anxiety and reduce residual stress.

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Managing Stress and Anxiety Infographic

Each of these strategies can be helpful because they give clients specific ways to highlight what’s meaningful in their life. And that can be key, because it shifts their relationship with anxiety away from fear and worry.

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What strategies have you used with clients struggling with stress and anxiety?

Please share your experience below.

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19 Comments

  1. Dawn Curtis, Stress Management, GB says

    My daughter and I developed the use of the phrase “Storm Brewing” to allow her to alert us to the build-up of anxiety. We’d previously sat down with her and thought about her escalating symptoms and what we could observe. We then created an action plan on how to help her whenever she said “Storm Brewing”. This removed a lot of her anxiety because she knew that we would do just what was needed (mostly just sit quietly with her until it had passed) and she wouldn’t have to try to explain herself. We now ask “How’s your weather?” rather than how are you as it’s easier to use the weather as an analogy. I now use this with clients.

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  2. JeN Lester says

    It’s just took me 6months to stop anxiety had it very severe at first no help from anyone eventually had to keep ringing doctors mental health ambulance cus I wanted to die finally got meds off psychiatrist and fighting it meself by going for 5 min walk then next day 10 min walk and doing stuff to keep mind occupied yu need to tell yourself that your strong and push it one step at a time

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  3. Anonymous says

    Not helpful after a life time of trying everything that’s on here.

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    • Rob MacIver, Another Field, Voorhees , NJ, USA says

      I hear you…hang in there. Try to stop and challenge the basis for anxious thoughts whenever you feel other than neutral or positive. I know it can be difficult in the moment! Best wishes.

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  4. BRIGITTE HEWSON, Another Field, GB says

    Finding keypoints, to self regulate. Thank you

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  5. Pick Merkies, Another Field, CA says

    It works, but……where to find relationships if you live alone?

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  6. Cecilia Silun, Other, CA says

    Very helpful thank you 🙏🏽

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  7. Tressen Bryant, Coach, Firestone, CO, USA says

    Thank you for sharing, this is a very nice quick visual to reference

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  8. Barb Wilkinson, Counseling, AU says

    Very helpful graphics and nicely executed. Thank you.

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  9. Barb Wilkinson, Counseling, AU says

    Very helpful graphics and nicely executed. Thank you.

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  10. Suzanne Clancy, Counseling, CA says

    It can be such a challenge to get even the most open of people to commit to a routine of meditative practice, which is an important muscle for us to practice and build so that we can cultivate a natural calm in our daily lives. We are Human Beings, and that is what meditative practice can help us with, becoming more Human Beings rather than chasing our tails around as Human Doings. Whenever we are faced with a problem, we feel the need to ‘do something’ about it, the impulse is to become active, and doing meditation seems, well it just doesn’t seem to fit the ‘doing’ so we brush it aside in favor of other techniques, like the ones you suggest, brilliant. Thank you for creating such a handy little tool for us to use. I also find that EFT is a wonderful tool to help people to feel like they are ‘actively doing’ something to take care of their anxiety, and so themselves in general. One day mindfulness practices like meditation will become a practice for the masses, but until we get there… thank you for being part of the solution.

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  11. Dee Daly, Psychotherapy, IE says

    Excellent visuals as they are clear and comprehensible for a client to actively engage with. Sometimes visuals can be effective bullet points facilitating and aiding executive functioning skills; memory and problem solving skills can improve by using them.

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  12. Marcia Harms, Marriage/Family Therapy, Bainbridge Island, WA, USA says

    Thanks for the info-graphics. These visual aides have provided clients great reminders what is at their disposal, what we can control. That is what we are in business to do. These help it be visually clear to them just how to begin to improve health and well being. These graphics have been wonderful to add to client’s portfolio of healing.

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  13. Rachael Hardman, Counseling, GB says

    Thank you for this

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  14. Margie, Counseling, HERMOSA, SD, USA says

    Again this infographic is excellent and I so appreciate receiving these. Thank you! As a counselor, I try to focus on welllness in all realms. Currently I am using a circles diagram that intertwines heart, body, spirit, and mind. I do a lot of presenting to average folks and these four circles and language are easy to understand. This infograhic is another picture that will be an example I can use that fits within the four circle diagram. I speak on grief and loss and do Grief Recovery Method work and I explain that grief and stress are all stored in the body but every circle has therapeutic modalities. What we use for one person may not be what the next person requires. This infograhic gives another visual way of explaining and conceptualizing mental health.

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    • Camila Pastor, Social Work, Brooklyn, NY, USA says

      Thanks, I really like the idea of circles diagram – going to work on some now… Graphics are such a great way to teach, and for our clients to quickly reference without dreading having to read complicated information.

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  15. Linda Ch, Teacher, CA says

    Such a helpful and concise model.

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  16. Elizabeth Berlasso, Counseling, CA says

    Great infographic. Thanks for making it available. Good as a handout for clients to post on their fridge!

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  17. Rachael Ward, Psychotherapy, GB says

    Brilliant, simple and useful. Thanks

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