Planning Worksheet: Coping Strategies and
Relaxation Techniques
1. Using your textbook, select a coping strategy and a relaxation technique to
address in your final assessment, which will be a PowerPoint presentation.
Briefly describe what each one entails.
Coping Strategy: Journal Writing
Relaxation Technique: Meditation and mindfulness
2. Using the following list, identify three or more stressors in your life that you can
focus on for this assessment.
☒ Work, Life, School-Life Balance ☐ Marital Issues ☐ Legal Issues
☐ Parenting ☒ Change in Career Status ☐ Health Concerns
☒ Financial Concerns ☐ Death of a Loved One ☒ Other _Not Knowing what
my future holds
3. Now that you have identified a coping strategy and relaxation technique to
focus on and you have identified several stressors to address, in 2–3 sentences,
explain why your selected strategy and technique appeal to you. Include
supporting evidence.
There are many issues in my life that have caused me a lot of traumas. I am the type of person
that likes to keep everything to myself & not discuss it. Writing everything down has become
very therapeutic for me. It helps me stay relaxed and not feel as stressed. The idea of unsent
letters journaling sound like it would be very beneficial. (Brian Luke Seaward,2012).
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Relaxation Techniques
1. Using your textbook, select a coping strategy and a relaxation technique to
address in your final assessment, which will be a PowerPoint presentation.
Briefly describe what each one entails.
Coping Strategy: Journal Writing
Relaxation Technique: Meditation and mindfulness
2. Using the following list, identify three or more stressors in your life that you can
focus on for this assessment.
☒ Work, Life, School-Life Balance ☐ Marital Issues ☐ Legal Issues
☐ Parenting ☒ Change in Career Status ☐ Health Concerns
☒ Financial Concerns ☐ Death of a Loved One ☒ Other _Not Knowing what
my future holds
3. Now that you have identified a coping strategy and relaxation technique to
focus on and you have identified several stressors to address, in 2–3 sentences,
explain why your selected strategy and technique appeal to you. Include
supporting evidence.
There are many issues in my life that have caused me a lot of traumas. I am the type of person
that likes to keep everything to myself & not discuss it. Writing everything down has become
very therapeutic for me. It helps me stay relaxed and not feel as stressed. The idea of unsent
letters journaling sound like it would be very beneficial. (Brian Luke Seaward,2012).
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