Stressors

I suffer from Migraines so if you could find a way to incorporate that into the additional Coping techniques please.

For this learning activity you will need both your book and your workbook. The goal of this LA is for you to creatively and mindfully apply what you are reading about in your textbook and workbook to a real stress management challenge in your life. This LA has two parts: a week-long exercise and a formal reflection paper.

Instructions for your hands-on application:

Identify stressor in your life which you would like to manage better
Pick one chapter from Part 3 (Chapters 9-17) of your text book to use as a reference and resource for creating a plan to managing your identified stressor
Pick one or two of the exercises in the workbook for the corresponding chapter. Complete the exercises in order to raise your awareness about your stressor.
Using the information from the text book and workbook, create a plan to manage your stressor and apply your plan for one week. Track your progress.
Create “products” from your work as evidence of your plan in action. These products would include the completed exercises from the workbook, an outline of your plan for a week, and an example of work created from ideas described in chapter you chose from the textbook. (for example, journaling, expressive art, cognitive restructuring exercises)
Instructions for your formally written, APA formatted reflective paper. Include all of the following:

A detailed description of your stressor, and explanation for why you chose this particular stressor.
Describe your reasons for choosing the coping strategy/chapter from your textbook to address your stressor. Why this chapter and not another one from part 3?
Describe your expectations for results. What kind of change did you expect to achieve after implementing your stress management plan for a week?
Describe what actually happened — what was achieved/worked and what did not work. Using specific examples from your experiences paired with references to your text book and workbook, describe how, what you applied from your learning to your stressor. Use descriptive language to illustrate what you used from your readings and how you applied the knowledge to better mange your stressor.
Talk some more about the actual results of what you learned from this Learning Activity. Include information about: What you learned about the coping strategy you used; Differences between what you expected and the reality of how your plan worked; Describe what you learned about yourself — behaviors, insights, emotions, etc.
What would you do differently to make your plan even more successful? Are their modifications you could make which would have helped you to be more successful in managing your stressor.
Your thoughts and opinions on this approach to stress management. Will you try using the approach you used to complete this Learning Activity for another stressor? Why or why not?
What you will be turning in:

Your formally written, APA formatted reflective paper
Your plan outline and tracking notes
One of the “products” you created which connect back to the text book. (for example, chp. 12 is about Expressive Art Therapy. A “product” might be a drawing with an interpretation)