- Write 3 unique questions you would ask a client to obtain further information about the stress management techniques they currently utilize. What is the rationale for each question?
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- What causes you stress? The rational for this question according to the Mayo Clinic Staff (2021) is, “its important to understand a problem before you can successfully solve it” (para. 3).
- How do you typically handle your stress? The reason this is an important question is it will tell us what the patient is already doing, whether it is a healthy way of helping manage stress, and if they feel it is working for them. If it’s not a positive way to handle stress or they feel the technique, they are doing does not help we would be able to brainstorm on trying new techniques with them.
- Do you feel that the way you handle stress helps relieve the stress? This is important because we need to know if the patent feels like they are successfully handling the stressors in their life. If a patient does not feel that they can handle stress or what they are doing does not help it can cause a lot of emotional and physical issues if the stress is not resolved. By asking this question along with the others it gives us a full picture of what typically causes them stress, how they handle the stress on their own, and if they feel the technique they use are helping.
