Imagery Imagery can be defined as the process of ‘using one’s senses to re-create or create an experience in the mind’ (Vealey and Forlenza, 2015, p. 240). | Highlighted Goal setting Goal setting refers to the process of setting goals and a goal can be defined as the object of a person’s effort which involves attaining a specific standard of proficiency in a task (Gould, 2015). | Relaxation techniques Relaxation techniques are interventions that aim to reduce physiological arousal and anxiety symptoms (Hanton, et al., 2015). | Highlighted Social support Social support can be defined as ‘an exchange of resources between two individuals perceived by the provider or the recipient to be intended to enhance the well-being of the recipient’ (Corbillon et al., 2008, p. 94). |
| Highlighted Positive self-talk As its name suggests self-talk refers to the thing people say to themselves (their internal dialogue) and can occur out loud or in your head (Williams et al., 2015). | Cognitive restructuring Cognitive restructuring refers to the reinterpretation of symptoms from a negative (debilitative) to positive (facilitative) (Hanton et al., 2015). | Highlighted Biofeedback training Biofeedback is where people receive information about one or more of their physiological processes (e.g. muscle activity, heart rate, skin activity) to encourage greater self-awareness and control (Brewer and Redmond, 2017). | Stress inoculation training Stress inoculation training involves using a variety of techniques (imagery, self-talk and relaxation) together to progressively rehearse exposing the individual to increasingly stressful situations whilst practicing relaxation to gradually desensitise or ‘inoculate’ the individual to the stressful situation (Hanton et al., 2015). |