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Carolyn Jeffries and Shari Tarver Behring

SUN Program

March 2015

Step 5. Create your own personal self-care plan.

Stress can be managed by direct and indirect coping strategies.

Direct approaches include removing the stressor, recognizing and changing your perception of the situation so that it is no longer

stressful, removing yourself from the source of stress, or limiting your exposure to the stressor.

Indirect methods involve finding ways to minimize the impact of stressful situations. They include exercising, healthy eating and

sleeping habits, relaxing, meditating, setting aside time for yourself, working with others to solve problems, asking for help, and

personal counseling.

Your goal is to choose and incorporate a daily and/or weekly self-care practice that works for you.

Current Major Stressors

Current SC Strategies

Additional Self-Care & Stress-Coping Strategies

Direct: remove stressor, limit exposure, reframe attitude

Indirect: exercise, eat healthy, get enough sleep, take time to relax,

meditate, engage in a hobby, work with others to solve problems, ask for

help, get personal counseling; see next page for more specific self-care

strategies and activities

* E-eliminate

LE-limit exposure

RF-reframe (challenge, goal, experience, support)

SCS-stress-coping/self-care strategy

Department of Educational Psychology & Counseling

Michael D. Eisner College of Education, CSUN

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