Wellness at ASU Library

Led by Cindy J. Aaronson, this TED-Ed video covers panic attack triggers and signs, as well as potential treatments for panic disorder.
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This webpage explores what stress is, how to evaluate your stress levels, and how to assist a stressed friend. There are also resources on various topics, including emotional well-being, physical well-being, and spirituality.

This Verywell Mind article lists several breathing techniques used to relieve anxiety, including box breathing, belly breathing, and alternate-nostril breathing. This article includes cited sources for further reading.

This video, published by the Indiana University School of Medicine, guides you through the belly breathing exercise and contains calming visuals.
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This animated video from the Sunnybrook Hospital Centre in Toronto, Canada, demonstrates the box breathing technique, which can help relieve anxiety and regulate breathing back to normal after a stressful experience.
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Simple exercises you can do while sitting or standing at your desk.

Aches and pains can make us feel uncomfortable and affect our productivity. You can perform these exercises at your desk to help ease any strain.

​Ergonomics is simply “fitting the task to the worker” rather than forcing the worker to fit the task. Applying ergonomic principles to work stations can help prevent a variety of conditions, such as back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome.

Stretching can increase flexibility and improve the range of motion in your joints, helping you move more freely. What's more, the flexibility you gain from stretching might protect you from injury.

This 3-minute meditation video exercise helps you organize your thoughts and emotions, clearing your mind of clutter and negative stress.
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This Mindful magazine article define meditation, why meditation is beneficial, how to meditate, and what meditation exercises can look like.

This article, provided by the nonprofit HelpGuide.org, shares eight techniques for combating stress and promoting stress relief.

ASU Counseling Services are for any Sun Devil, regardless of your race, gender, sexual orientation, age, student status, religion, ability, size, financial situation, past counseling experience, or issue. Something as simple as talking to someone can help you feel better, improve your grades, and manage stress.

This community mental health training clinic caters to community clients, ASU and Arizona college students, and ASU faculty and staff. It trains Master of Counseling students and Counseling Psychology doctoral students in counseling and psychotherapy. Sessions are all done under the supervision of licensed faculty members. Sessions can be done in-person or via secure Zoom accounts throughout the day. All sessions are free for Arizona college students, $80 for ASU faculty and staff, and $100 for community members per semester. Typically, up to 14-15 sessions are provided per semester. Starting in January 2025, the Counseling Training Center will be providing services in Spanish in order to serve more Arizonans. Counselors providing these services are supervised by licensed bilingual psychologists with SIELE (Spanish) certification.

The CPC provides psychotherapy and psychological assessments to the university and the community at large. Its mission is to provide outstanding service to clients using evidence-based best practices. It also provides brief alcohol intervention: if a university student receives a DUI, they can get a brief intervention and get the charge reduced or wiped from their record. The ASU CPC is located on the Tempe campus.

The Employee Assistance and Employee Wellness team’s focus is to support the health and well-being of the ASU workforce. They offer programs and services for employees, managers, leaders and groups to educate, inform, assess, support, screen or refer employees to appropriate health care providers. Employees can receive brief interventions on a wide range of behavioral health topics that can impact both individuals and teams. Also available are community assistance resources and referrals to providers affiliated with employees’ insurance for those seeking long-term mental health services. Call 480-965-2271 to schedule an appointment. All services are confidential.

The BRT provides a cross-disciplinary approach to assessing potential or actual threatening employee behavior. The BRT evaluates situations and makes recommendations to minimize danger. Report all violent or threatening conduct by an ASU employee.

The ASU Employee Assistance Office provides referrals and community assistance resources for ASU employees. Learn more about local and national agencies that can assist individuals and families with food, shelter, caregiver needs, mental health and drug and alcohol abuse prevention programs.