Dr. Kathleen Ashton This is Me

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1. 1. OPA Convention - Presenter Bios

   www.ohpsych.org/Events/Convent - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/20/2008   Last Visited: 5/20/2008

   Heather Henrickson, PhD, is a health psychology fellow, and Kathleen Ashton, PhD, and Amy Windover, PhD, are psychologists working in the Cleveland Clinic Department of Psychiatry and Psychology.

2. 2. OPA Board of Directors Bios

   www.ohpsych.org/About%20OPA/bo - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/1/2005   Last Visited: 9/10/2006

   Kathleen Ashton, PhD, Public Education Coordinator
   
   Kathleen Ashton, PhD, is a health psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Department of Psychiatry and Psychology. She received her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in counseling psychology where her research focused on public attitudes toward psychologists. Dr. Ashton completed a health psychology internship at the Cleveland VA Medical Center, and her postdoctoral fellowship training was in health psychology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Ashton's clinical and research interests include stress management and the relationship of stress to physical illness, women's health, bariatric surgery evaluation and treatment, headache treatment, and sleep disorders. She has served as the APA Public Education Campaign coordinator for OPA for the last two years and is also the secretary for the Cleveland Psychological Association.

3. 3. DON’T LET STRESS GET THE BEST OF YOU

   www.ohpsych.org/Psychology%20N - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/30/2006   Last Visited: 5/20/2008

   "Stress is caused because of these overwhelming feelings of lack of control over our environment and an inability to change things," said Dr. Kathleen Ashton, a psychologist in Cleveland and chair of the Ohio Psychological Association (OPA) Public Education Campaign Committee.
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   The negative habits will actually increase stress in the long run," said Dr. Ashton."Some of these include using alcohol and drugs, excessive eating, smoking, inactivity and not sleeping."
   
   For positive ways to reduce stress, Dr. Ashton recommended the following:
   
   Lead a healthy lifestyle.Eat healthy food and exercise on a daily basis. Get enough sleep. Incorporate relaxation techniques like meditation or yoga into your routine. Avoid smoking and alcohol use. Use your social supports; talk to your friends and co-workers about stress and let them help you develop skills to cope. Learn to limit your activities and say no instead of over committing yourself. Focus on events you have control over, and things you don't have control over. Use your problem solving skills: ask "what can I do about today that will make me feel better?"
   
   "If you find you are having difficulty coping with stress or are experiencing the long-term effects of chronic stress, you may want to contact a psychologist," said Dr. Ashton.