The American Psychological Association (APA) offered insight into five science-based strategies to manage stress, specifically for healthcare professionals due to the demands on those professionals throughout the pandemic. The fifth strategy is “Celebrate Yourself”. APA Recommendations The APA suggests working…
The American Psychological Association (APA) offered insight into five science-based strategies to manage stress, specifically for healthcare professionals due to the demands on those professionals throughout the pandemic. The fourth strategy is “Relax Yourself”. APA Recommendations The APA suggests tensing…
The American Psychological Association (APA) offered insight into five science-based strategies to manage stress, specifically for healthcare professionals due to the demands on those professionals throughout the pandemic. The third strategy is “Ground Yourself”. APA Recommendations The APA suggests closing…
The American Psychological Association (APA) offered insight into five science-based strategies to manage stress, specifically for healthcare professionals due to the demands on those professionals throughout the pandemic. The second strategy is “Focus Yourself”. APA Recommendations The APA suggests counting…
The American Psychological Association (APA) offered insight into five science-based strategies to manage stress, specifically for healthcare professionals due to the demands on those professionals throughout the pandemic. The first strategy is “Calm Yourself”. APA Recommendations The APA offers a…
Definition of Secondary Traumatic Stress Psychology Professor Charles Figley, who named Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS), define it as “the natural behaviors and emotions resulting from knowing about traumatizing events experienced by another.” Healthcare workers and first responders have an increase…
Healthcare workers have experienced extreme stress throughout the pandemic and as the world moves in to year three of COVID-19, it is important for practitioners to be aware of their own needs. You spend day in and day out being…
Almost half of all Americans, over one hundred and third million people, suffer from chronic conditions (Schneider, O’Donnell and Dean, 2009). In order to help keep delivery of evidence-based care as uniform as possible, practice guidelines and standards of care…
Now that we’ve thoroughly discussed the overall process of coaching a patient through behavior change, let’s talk specifics. Overall wellness is extremely important, but there are several specific areas of wellness that require special coaching approaches or considerations. They are:…
We began looking at some open-ended questions in yesterday’s blog, and today we take that a step further by looking at the concept of Motivational Interviewing. “The use of MI includes setting a stage of support and empathy while implementing…