Understanding Stressors: Clinician Version

Description

License: Clinical License

This workbook is licensed for commercial use in professional, clinical settings. It allows one professional to use and print sections of this workbook amongst their clients for psychoeducation, and to use the one workbook over up to 250 times.

It does not allow the user permission to resell any products or to edit text and graphics in this workbook. It is not licensed for distribution by multiple professionals, and each professional user should seek to own their own copy. By purchasing this licensed workbook, you are agreeing to the above license agreement.

Users have up to 30 days to download this resource from the link provided.

Note: This material is also covered in the Meltdown Management Guide — those interested in the larger guide should be directed there.

The impact of chronic stress on wellbeing and our physical health is well documented. However, as neurodivergent individuals, we are sometimes unaware of the stressors around us, because they may not register as stressors for neurotypical people. Simply put, we often have more invisible stressors that require our attention.

This 17-page document can be a handy tool for individuals, families and clinicians who are trying to increase their nervous system regulation by reducing stress on it. It builds upon the work of Dr Stuart Shanker’s Self-Reg model, and neuroqueers it by integrating sensory stressors, the Double Empathy problem, and co-occurring health conditions known in Autism and ADHD. It includes questionnaires to use with clients as well as ideas and recommendations for support.

Not designed to be an exhaustive checklist, but an excellent starting point that opens conversations and builds awareness of invisible stressors.

To building a regulated life.