How to Understand and Deal with Stress: Everything You Need to Know to Manage Stress

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A practical, supportive and easy-to-read guide to help you understand and overcome stress, filled with helpful tips and actionable advice Feeling overwhelmed? This little book is here to help. How to Understand and Deal with Stress is a friendly, accessible guide with all the information and advice you need to identify the source of your struggles, and to take practical steps to reduce or manage the burden. By learning the science behind stress and understanding how it affects your mind and body, you ll start to dismantle its hold on you. And with practical ways to manage the condition including physical, medical and therapeutic perspectives this book will help you work out the best ways you can support your mental health and improve your overall well-being. By the end of this book, you will: Understand the science behind stress, how it manifests, what causes it, and how to identify symptoms and triggers Be armed with physical and practical steps you can take to alleviate stress, from breathing exercises and healthy lifestyle choices to problem-solving techniques and coping mechanisms Have a host of holistic remedies up your sleeve for when stress strikes, such as mindfulness, visualization and breathwork Know about the medical treatments and therapies available, and know how and when to seek professional help or support With the right knowledge and guidance, you can learn to understand and manage stress so that you can get back to feeling like you again.

Katy Georgiou (UKCP, MBACP Accred.) is an individual, couples and group psychotherapist in a GP surgery and private practice. She is the founder, host and producer of Sound Affects Podcast, specializing in music and mental health. An experienced journalist, Katy has written for The Times, The Guardian, The Independent and Psychologies and features as a therapist in the media, including on BBC Radio and in The Sunday Times. She is a former Samaritans helpline listener and copywriter for Samaritans' male-suicide campaign. Website: www.kgcounsellor.com Twitter: @kgcounsellor