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Key Takeaways

• CBT techniques: best when a specific negative thought or belief is causing stress.
• CBT Five-Part Model: helps map the full stress cycle, including physical sensations, behaviours, thoughts and context.
• Mindfulness: restores concentration by returning attention to the present moment.
• Acceptance-Based Stress Management: suitable when the stressor is real and cannot be changed immediately, and frustration adds extra strain.
• ACT: supports acting in line with your values despite difficult thoughts and feelings.
• Self-compassion: useful when stress quickly leads to self-criticism, shame or perfectionism.
• Resilience training: builds recovery, boundaries and perspective so pressure does not accumulate.
• Progressive relaxation: targets stress that shows primarily as muscle tension and bracing.
• Physical exercise: helps when poor recovery, low energy, stiffness or shift-to-shift carry-over are problems.
• Techniques can complement each other: many learners use an in-the-moment method alongside a longer-term approach.

Choosing Your Next Full Course

• Choose CBT techniques for a structured method to identify and challenge unhelpful thoughts.
• Choose the Five-Part Model to map a repeating stress pattern across body, behaviour, thoughts and environment.
• Choose mindfulness for short attention resets between tasks and interactions with young people.
• Choose ABS if you are frequently stressed by situations you cannot change straight away.
• Choose ACT if you want practical support to take valued actions while experiencing stress.
• Choose self-compassion if you are hard on yourself after setbacks or awkward moments.
• Choose resilience training for practical strategies to recover, set boundaries and maintain wellbeing.
• Choose progressive relaxation if your stress shows mainly as tension in the jaw, neck, shoulders, back or breathing.
• Choose physical exercise to develop a habit that improves recovery, mood, sleep and energy.
• Choose more than one if your stress includes both immediate symptoms and longer-term patterns.