{"id":19,"date":"2023-03-18T05:55:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T05:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therapyworksheets.com\/?p=19"},"modified":"2023-03-18T05:55:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T05:55:35","slug":"relaxation-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therapyworksheets.com\/?p=19","title":{"rendered":"Relaxation Techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Educate clients about deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and imagery using the&nbsp;Relaxation Techniques&nbsp;info sheet. This printout includes a brief description of the fight-or-flight response and step-by-step instructions on how to use each relaxation technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We suggest practicing each of these techniques in session and providing this handout as a take-home reminder of the skills your client has learned. Ask them to practice at least one of these skills every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/therapyworksheets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20\" width=\"355\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therapyworksheets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.png 545w, https:\/\/therapyworksheets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Ap\u00f3stolo, J. L. A., &amp; Kolcaba, K. (2009). The effects of guided imagery on comfort, depression, anxiety, and stress of psychiatric inpatients with depressive disorders. Archives of psychiatric nursing, 23(6), 403-411.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Hazlett-Stevens, H., &amp; Craske, M. G. (2009). Breathing retraining and diaphragmatic breathing. General principles and empirically supported techniques of cognitive behavior therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. McCallie, M. S., Blum, C. M., &amp; Hood, C. J. (2006). Progressive muscle relaxation. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 13(3), 51-66.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Educate clients about deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and imagery using the&nbsp;Relaxation Techniques&nbsp;info sheet. This printout includes a brief description of the fight-or-flight response and step-by-step instructions on how to use each relaxation technique. We suggest practicing each of these techniques in session and providing this handout as a take-home reminder of the skills your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapyworksheets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapyworksheets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapyworksheets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapyworksheets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapyworksheets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/therapyworksheets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21,"href":"https:\/\/therapyworksheets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapyworksheets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapyworksheets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapyworksheets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}