How can a psychologist help in stress reduction?

1) By teaching relaxation techniques:
Many relaxation techniques are available. They are highly effective, take little time to learn and only require practice. Together with your psychologist you can determine which of these are best for you.

2) By helping you change your inner dialogue:
Whether we realize it or not, we’re always talking to ourselves, commenting on what we are doing and what is happening to us. Sometimes, we can be very negative and hard on ourselves, or tell ourselves that things will go badly.
Several techniques can make your self talk work for you as opposed to against you.

3) By facilitating stress prevention:
Learn strategies to better anticipate and resolve stressful situations before they get out of control. These problem-solving techniques may involve developing better time-management skills, communication skills and interpersonal skills.

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