Practicing Success
How does progressive muscular relaxation work in reducing anxiety? |
By contracting individual muscle groups to increase tension By inducing a state of alertness and heightened arousal By teaching the client to let go of muscle tension By increasing the awareness of psychological distress |
By teaching the client to let go of muscle tension |
In progressive muscular relaxation, the client is taught to contract individual muscle groups in order to give the awareness of tenseness or muscular tension. After the client has learnt to tense the muscle group such as the forearm, the client is asked to let go the tension. The client is told that the tension is what the client has at present and that s/he has to get into the opposite state. With repeated practice the client learns to relax all |