PSY 707 Lecture 10: PSY707_classnotes_chapter13
5 Oct 2016
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To be able to describe and distinguish between: Strategies like progressive relaxation, autogenics, and guided imagery that one can employ to reduce diffuse physiological arousal. Too much muscular contraction via bracing interferes with proper form and results in: Progressive relaxation: a technique used to induce nerve-muscle relaxation. Person learns muscle self-awareness: ability to recognize a tense muscle from a relaxed one. Goal is to learn how to self-regulate relaxation. Notion that if we reduce tension, we can reduce anxiety. Jacobson"s original progressive relaxation method was one of the first behavioral medicine techniques created to manage health and well- being. Involves systematically contracting and relaxing muscle groups throughout the body. Moving from distal muscle groups to proximal muscle groups. 1,030 skeletal muscles combined into groups of 16, 7, and 4. A cue word is used so clients can learn to release tension by recalling the cue word.
