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  • Q&A with Australian Health Practitioners

    What type of health professional is best to see for stress management?

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    Mental Health Stress Management
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    Lifeline

    Lifeline is a national charity delivering 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention services to all Australians. Lifeline connects people to a broad range of national … View Profile

    General Practitioners are key health professionals to see about stress.
     
    Mental health professionals such as psychologists, social workers, mental health nurses, may also be appropriate to see regarding stress management, or for assessment regarding the possibility of a mental health condition such as anxiety.
     
    Often, a person who is highly stressed will feel overwhelmed by the situation. Crisis support services such as the Lifeline telephone crisis line 13 11 14 can assist you by talking about the situation and identifying ways that you can seek further help.

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    Jennifer Grant

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    New practice opened Feb 2018. Seewebsite www.coffspsychneuro.com.au I'm passionate about working with people from all walks of life to help them create a more vital, … View Profile

    While I agree generally with Lifeline and Grant’s responses above – consultation about mental health issues should always involve your GP – I want to point out that some stress is normal and necessary. It’s not always a mental health issue. We need a little stress to optimise our attentiveness, memory and learning. Too much stress however, is detrimental. “Desserts” spelled backwards is “stressed”. Too much of the good things in life – fine wine, rich food, sex, like too much work – can stress us out.
    What I understand you to mean by “stress management” is finding ways to cope more effectively with the demands on you. Stress occurs when we perceive that demands on us exceed our resources, whether they’re intellectual, emotional, physical, relational, financial or time resources. We can “manage” stress by increasing our resources (eg, learning to be more mindful, relaxation strategies, learning new skills relevant to demanding tasks, more sleep, winning the lottery!), decreasing demands (eg, reducing workload, improving scheduling, prioritising) or changing our perceptions (eg, addressing distorted & irrational thinking, welcoming bodily sensations of moderate stress). Many people can help you learn to better manage stress: health professionals such as psychologists as well as counsellors, business/work mentors, life coaches and friends.
    I wish you well in your journey toward better stress management.

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