Creating Space: How to Manage Your Own Stress to Work More Effectively with Clients-Slides - Creating Space: How to Manage Your Own Stress to Work More Effectively with Clients

Slides - Creating Space: How to Manage Your Own Stress to Work More Effectively with Clients

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In this document, titled "Creating Space: How to Manage Your Own Stress to Work More Effectively with Clients," the author, Kristy L. Archuleta, discusses the importance of addressing personal stress and anxiety in the context of working with clients. The document starts by distinguishing between stress and anxiety, with stress being a response to external stressors and anxiety being persistent worrying that does not go away with the stressor.<br /><br />The document then introduces assessment tools, such as the Perceived Stress Scale and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Item, to help individuals evaluate their own levels of stress and anxiety. Symptoms of stress include irritability, fatigue, and difficulty sleeping, while symptoms of anxiety include excessive worry and difficulty concentrating.<br /><br />The author also discusses different stress responses, such as fight, flight, tend, and befriend, and the concept of burnout, which is characterized by exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy. It emphasizes that burnout is not a sign of personal weakness.<br /><br />To manage stress and anxiety, the document recommends adopting healthy eating and sleep habits, practicing yoga and exercise, engaging in breathing exercises and mindfulness techniques, restructuring thoughts and language, and seeking help from mental health therapists. It also emphasizes the importance of family and social support, creating personal time outside of work and family, and implementing positive habits, routines, and systems. Setting boundaries and focusing on goals are also highlighted as effective strategies.<br /><br />The document concludes with a focus on mental health crisis signs and the importance of seeking help from mental health professionals if needed. It encourages individuals to reflect on their own stress and anxiety related to money, how it impacts them and their family, and what they are already doing to manage it. Finally, the document provides the contact information for the author, Kristy L. Archuleta, an expert in financial behavior and a founding member of the Financial Behavior Keynote Group.

Keywords

Manage Stress

Work Effectively

Clients

Stress

Anxiety

Assessment Tools

Symptoms

Burnout

Healthy Habits

Mental Health Therapists