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The document discusses stress management tools for understanding and addressing challenges in one's life. It recommends unpacking the history of a problem by naming top problems, their start dates, what makes them better or worse, potential causes, and common themes. Short and long term ideas are identified to help problems improve over 7 and 30 days as a starting point. Understanding the context and having solutions highlighted can help address trouble spots.

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Stress Tool - Problems

The document discusses stress management tools for understanding and addressing challenges in one's life. It recommends unpacking the history of a problem by naming top problems, their start dates, what makes them better or worse, potential causes, and common themes. Short and long term ideas are identified to help problems improve over 7 and 30 days as a starting point. Understanding the context and having solutions highlighted can help address trouble spots.

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STRESS MANAGEMENT TOOLS

PROBLEM HISTORY & SOLUTION BUILDING

We get used to living with our challenges and they sometimes become an automatic part of our life.
However, to address our challenges, it may be helpful to back up a little and unpack why and how
things are happening. Understanding the history of the problem, how the problem shows up in our life,
and what we can do, can highlight the trouble spots which we might want to address.

NAME THE TOP 5 “PROBLEMS” IN YOUR LIFE WHICH YOU WANT TO ADDRESS, AND
INDICATE THE DATE WHEN YOU FIRST NOTICED THEM BEGINNING
1. Date:

2. Date:

3. Date:

4. Date:

5. Date:

WHAT MAKES THESE PROBLEMS “GET BETTER” AND WHAT MAKES THEM “GET WORSE”?

Problem #1: – MAKES BETTER?

Problem #1: – MAKES WORSE?

Problem #2: – MAKES BETTER?

Problem #2: – MAKES WORSE?

Problem #3: – MAKES BETTER?

Problem #3: – MAKES WORSE?

Problem #4: – MAKES BETTER?

Created by Brian Konik, MSW, RSW | Therapist & Social Worker | 2017
http://www.briankonik.com 1
WHAT MAKES THESE PROBLEMS “GET BETTER” AND WHAT MAKES THEM “GET WORSE”?

Problem #4: – MAKES WORSE?

Problem #5: – MAKES BETTER?

Problem #5: – MAKES WORSE?

THINK BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF EACH PROBLEM: WAS THERE A SPECIFIC CAUSE? IF
THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC CAUSE, WHAT ELSE WAS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE AT THIS TIME
WHICH WAS VERY STRESSFUL AND WHICH MIGHT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROBLEM
FORMING?
Problem #1: Cause or Circumstances:

Problem #2: Cause or Circumstances:

Problem #3: Cause or Circumstances:

Problem #4: Cause or Circumstances:

Problem #5: Cause or Circumstances:

WHAT IS ONE THING THAT ALL PROBLEM CAUSES HAVE IN COMMON? IS THERE A
COMMON THEME? (THERE MAY NOT BE)

Created by Brian Konik, MSW, RSW | Therapist & Social Worker | 2017
http://www.briankonik.com 2
IDENTIFY TWO THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR EACH PROBLEM TO HELP THEM GET BETTER/GO
AWAY JUST A LITTLE BIT: ONE SHORT TERM IDEA (WITHIN THE NEXT 7 DAYS), AND ONE
LONG TERM IDEA (WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS). THIS WILL BE YOUR START!

Problem #1 Short Term Idea/Fix within 7 days:

Problem #1 Long Term Idea/Fix within 30 days:

Problem #2 Short Term Idea/Fix within 7 days:

Problem #2 Long Term Idea/Fix within 30 days:

Problem #3 Short Term Idea/Fix within 7 days:

Problem #3 Long Term Idea/Fix within 30 days:

Problem #4 Short Term Idea/Fix within 7 days:

Problem #4 Long Term Idea/Fix within 30 days:

Problem #5 Short Term Idea/Fix within 7 days:

Problem #5 Long Term Idea/Fix within 30 days:

You’ve now identified specific problems, specific start dates, and have tried to find if there are any
specific causes and if they have anything in common. You have also tried to notice what makes
them better or worse. And you have now found how to get started to address them in the short and
the long term. Congratulations: you have the history, the context, and some solutions. Get started!

Created by Brian Konik, MSW, RSW | Therapist & Social Worker | 2017
http://www.briankonik.com 3

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