Problem-focused coping: An often-overlooked key to managing stress
In this article, I discuss how acting to address problems can go a long way in helping you to manage stress. A common issue for which clients seek help in therapy is managing stress. Among the clients whose goal is to manage stress, many want strategies to help them improve their emotional reactions to problems and stressful situations. Although I offer such strategies to clients, I also help them to implement an often-overlooked part of the stress management equation. This involves helping them act to address problems and stressful situations.’ In the following sections, I will discuss why this ‘problem-focused coping’ is a key to managing stress and how it is done...[more]