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Homework
Throughout this course, you have learned about stressors and ways to deal with them. You have evaluated your own stress level and tried different stress management techniques. Now it is time for you to work with a potential client who is under stress. Prior to completing this homework, review the information presented in this course. Can Work Make You Sick? A Meta-analysis of the Relationships Between Job Stressors and Physical Symptoms. Finally, view the videos Stress Management, Work-life Balance: Success and Happiness in an Always-Connected World, and review the website Unhealthy Work: The Center for Social Epidemiology.
Jason is your newest client. He is a 45-year-old engineer. He travels about 15 days out of the month which places stress on him and his entire family. His wife often complains that he never has time for her or their three children. He wants to spend time with his family but, after working 50 hours a week, he feels exhausted and just wants to relax on the weekend by golfing or watching television. He has an elderly, ill mother, who he also checks in on the weekends. While he makes a good income, his family struggles with money issues, as they do not follow a clear plan on how or what to spend their money on. Lately, Jason has been experiencing headaches, stomachaches, and jaw pain every day. After consulting with his physician, Jason has been referred to you, a health coach, to assess his stress level and help him learn how to manage his stressors.
Session I
A. Include a date for this consultation session.
B. Introduce yourself to the client.
C. Discuss your client's stressors.
1. Choose a stress assessment from your textbook or online (e.g., an assessment from Self-Assessment, etc.), and evaluate Jason's stress level.
2. Include the name of the assessment given to Jason, and explain Jason's assessment results to him (be sure to discuss the specific scores from the assessment).
D. Explain the negative effects of stress to Jason by analyzing the relationship between stress and health.
1. Discuss the physiological reactions Jason is currently experiencing.
2. Include a reference to support this relationship.
E. Develop a stress management plan to address Jason's time, financial, and work stressors by suggesting three stress management strategies discussed in your textbook.
1. Explain each of these strategies in detail to Jason.
F. Provide Jason with three reliable and accurate education materials, detailing how to complete the stress management techniques.
1. Provide links to the educational resources.
G. Ask your client if he has any questions about the plan.
H. Schedule a follow up session with your client in one week.
Session II
Your client returns in one week and states he has noticed less headaches, stomachaches, and jaw pain.
A. Include a date for this consultation session.
B. Welcome your client, calling him by name.
C. Discuss your client's progression over the past week and how he is feeling.
D. Address any questions he may have concerning the stress management techniques.
E. Suggest three motivational strategies to help your client continue with the stress management plan.
1. Review the Techniques for Controlling Stressful Behaviors discussed in Chapter 14 of the text to ensure you are providing motivational strategies and not more stress management techniques.
2. Use a scholarly source to support the strategies
F. Schedule a follow up appointment in one week.
Session III
Your client returns for his final session. He states he is feeling much more relaxed. He has been able to spend more time with his family, deal with his work commitments, and control spending habits. He no longer experiences headaches, stomachaches, or jaw pain.
A. Include a date for this consultation session.
B. Welcome your client, calling him by name.
C. Review the stress management plan and answer any questions.
D. Reevaluate Jason's stress level, using the same stress assessment you chose in the first session.
1. Compare his current results with the initial results from session I.
2. Explain the assessment results and progress to your client.
E. Evaluate the current motivational strategies being used and make changes, as necessary, to help your client maintain reduced stress levels in the long term.