Discuss the Relationship Between Stress, Anxiety, Habits and Phobias, and Describe How You Would Treat These Issues with Hypnotherapy
Course Code: OXFOR1A11
Title: Discuss the relationship between stress, anxiety, habits and phobias, and describe how you would treat these issues with hypnotherapy
Introduction
Life can be very challenging, we all experience different things in our lives, which may cause some form of discomfort or pain, demand our time, attention and cause unwanted pressure. When we cope with these demands our body has a natural process it goes through to support us, sometimes this process can cause us to develop stress, anxieties, habits and phobias.
During this essay we will discuss these conditions, the relationship between them, and how we can treat through hypnotherapy, whilst taken into account any ethical considerations.
Main essay
Stress:
Stress is a part of our every day lives, and can be good for us, it can help motivate us, helping us to complete a task or meet a deadline we may have set ourselves. When stress begins to debilitate or cause depression, we need to seek treatment as soon as we can.
Lazarus (1966) states that stress arises when an individual cannot cope with the demands being placed on them or threats to their well being. Lazarus (1991) also stated that stress is not defined to a specific kind of external stimuli, or a pattern of physiological, behavioural or subjective reactions. Instead stress is viewed as the relationship between individuals and their environment.
Seyle (1936) noted the now recognised symptoms of stress, which included decreased appetite, muscular strength and endurance, and lowered levels of ambition or drive.
Stress is your body’s way of coping with any kind of demand; from good or bad experiences.
Stress releases chemicals into the blood; these chemicals can give your body strength and energy which can be a good thing. If there is no outlet for these extra responses for instance if it’s related to something emotional then this can have a negative response.
Many
Title: Discuss the relationship between stress, anxiety, habits and phobias, and describe how you would treat these issues with hypnotherapy
Introduction
Life can be very challenging, we all experience different things in our lives, which may cause some form of discomfort or pain, demand our time, attention and cause unwanted pressure. When we cope with these demands our body has a natural process it goes through to support us, sometimes this process can cause us to develop stress, anxieties, habits and phobias.
During this essay we will discuss these conditions, the relationship between them, and how we can treat through hypnotherapy, whilst taken into account any ethical considerations.
Main essay
Stress:
Stress is a part of our every day lives, and can be good for us, it can help motivate us, helping us to complete a task or meet a deadline we may have set ourselves. When stress begins to debilitate or cause depression, we need to seek treatment as soon as we can.
Lazarus (1966) states that stress arises when an individual cannot cope with the demands being placed on them or threats to their well being. Lazarus (1991) also stated that stress is not defined to a specific kind of external stimuli, or a pattern of physiological, behavioural or subjective reactions. Instead stress is viewed as the relationship between individuals and their environment.
Seyle (1936) noted the now recognised symptoms of stress, which included decreased appetite, muscular strength and endurance, and lowered levels of ambition or drive.
Stress is your body’s way of coping with any kind of demand; from good or bad experiences.
Stress releases chemicals into the blood; these chemicals can give your body strength and energy which can be a good thing. If there is no outlet for these extra responses for instance if it’s related to something emotional then this can have a negative response.
Many
References: http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~schuez/folien/Krohne_Stress.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight-or-flight_response http://www.mtstcil.org/skills/stress-deal.html http://www.emedicinehealth.com/anxiety/glossary_em.htm Hypnosis for change, third edition Josie Hadley and Carol Staudacher page 212, 98 - 101, http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Phobias/Pages/Introduction.aspx http://psychology.about.com/od/phobias/f/dis_phobiadef.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habit_(psychology) http://ergonomics.about.com/od/ergonomicbasics/f/what_is_a_habit.htm www.stress-management-for-health.com