theme 10 - helping clients work towards a balanced lifestyle
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Theme 10 :Helping Clients Work Towards
A Balanced Lifestyle
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What is a Balanced Lifestyle?
the extent to which a client is able
to balance between stressors in his
life with healthy and pleasurable lifeevents
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Managing a Balanced Lifestyle
1. The client must be able to identifythe stressors in his life which cancome from work, family, social
and financial life
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Followed by a work plan to deal with the stressors e.g.
Situation 1 Situation 2 Situation 3
How to avoidan argument
with his wife or
mother-in law
How to deal
with anger
towards a
loved ones
How to deal
with work-related
conflicts, e.g.
with a
supervisor or
co-worker
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Managing a Balanced Lifestyle
2. The client needs to know thewants and shoulds in hisdaily life
Examples:I should have a good job
I should get married
I should get along with my family
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Examples of Wants
1 23 4
I want
a
good
job
I want
to
find a
lifepartner
I want to
be able
To get
along
with myfamily
I want
to have a
good life
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Managing a Balanced Lifestyle4. Help client develop relaxation exercises or activities,
Stress management & time management skills
When client achieves a
Balanced lifestyle, their self efficacy
Increases thereby giving them more confidenceAnd motivation to maintain a
Sober lifestyle
meditation yoga sports hobbies
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Theme 11 :Considering the Use of
Psychopharmacological
Interventions As An Adjunct ToPsychosocial Treatment