ANXIETY MANAGEMENTOccupation to support doing, being,
becoming and belonging
DM Young
Occupational Therapy student
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http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/deal-with-parenting-stress.htm
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Anxiety can impact on your ability to do things
http://health.unl.edu/caps/services/
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Before suggesting strategies to help reduce and manage anxiety, an OT can work with a person to identify their concerns, strengths, problem and goals.
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By participating in an anxiety group people learn strategies and knowledge to help them function better (do and be).
http://www.everydayhealth.com/anxiety/anxiety-disorders-management.aspx
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As you learn to manage your anxiety you can become a better functioning person
http://www.cygnethealth.co.uk/locations/harrogate/therapy-department.html
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Feeling OK with yourself in a group helps normalise the experience of anxiety and helps self esteem and belonging outside the group in everyday life too
http://www.clintcora.com/blog/shared-passions-personal-growth/
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Being able to manage your anxiety helps you be the person you want to be, do what you want to do, and belong in the way you would like
http://learnandtreatanxiety.com/stress-anxiety-management/[object%20Object]
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You may not be a group person, and the OT can direct you to other resources. Sometimes you have to do the exercises/work on your own to reduce your anxiety experience and be less anxious.
http://www.sefapp.org/memberpostings.html
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Reduced anxiety allows you to just be, to live in the moment, to exist
http://parenting.uwex.edu/parenting-future-readers/
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Reduced anxiety enables you to do the everyday things of life ( like parenting) …