- Focusing – taught to identify signs and sources of stress
- Reliving and reconstructing – relive stressful encounters and helped to analyse these situations enabling to gain an understanding of stressors and coping strategies
- Self-improvement – allow them to move forward and develop a new technique, focus on seeing stressors as challenges to take control off.
evaluation
- Taught to use coping methods for all stressors in their lives not just a particular set related to a particular problem.
- More adaptable and effective compared to drugs
- Skill acquisition leads to longer-term effectiveness