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Key Takeaways

• CBT techniques: best when a specific negative thought or belief is driving stress and you need to test and revise that thinking.
• CBT Five-Part Model: helps map the full stress cycle by linking physical sensations, behaviours, thoughts and context.
• Mindfulness: useful for restoring concentration and returning attention to the present during busy clinic work.
• Acceptance-Based Stress Management: suitable when the stressor cannot be changed immediately and trying to control it adds extra strain.
• ACT: supports taking actions that match your values even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present.
• Self-compassion: helps reduce self-criticism, shame and perfectionism that can amplify stress after mistakes or awkward moments.
• Resilience training: provides practical methods for recovery, setting boundaries and keeping perspective when pressure accumulates.
• Progressive relaxation: targets muscle tension and habitual bracing in the jaw, neck, shoulders, back or diaphragm.
• Physical exercise: improves recovery, sleep, energy and mood, and reduces day-to-day carry-over of work stress.
• Techniques can complement each other: many practitioners combine a quick in-the-moment method with a longer-term approach for sustained benefit.

Choosing Your Next Full Course

• Choose CBT techniques if you want a structured method to identify and challenge unhelpful thoughts.
• Choose the Five-Part Model if you need to map a repeating stress pattern across body, behaviour, thoughts and environment.
• Choose mindfulness if you need brief attention resets between tasks or before patient interactions.
• Choose ABS if you are often stressed by situations you cannot change right away.
• Choose ACT if you want support to act in line with your values despite stress.
• Choose self-compassion if you tend to be hard on yourself after setbacks or awkward moments.
• Choose resilience training if you need practical strategies for recovery, setting boundaries and maintaining wellbeing over time.
• Choose progressive relaxation if your main symptoms are tension in the jaw, neck, shoulders, back or breathing muscles.
• Choose physical exercise if you want a lasting habit that supports recovery, mood, sleep and energy.
• Choose more than one if your stress includes both immediate symptoms and longer-term patterns.