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Stress in Basel

Find help around Basel. Stress is a natural response to demands and can even help in the short term. If it lasts a long time without enough recovery, it can affect sleep, mood, digestion and muscles. What works is a combination of relief in daily life and learned strategies.

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Illustration for Stress: stressed woman at her office desk

When to get help

Get help if:

  • Chest pressure or pain, breathlessness: call 144 at once
  • Thoughts of no longer wanting to live
  • Hardly any sleep, exhaustion or low mood for weeks

In an emergency: 144

Thoughts of suicide or in crisis? Die Dargebotene Hand: 143 (English: 0800 143 000) · Young people: 147 · Emergency: 144

What you can do yourself

  • Move

    Regular exercise reduces stress hormones.

  • Protect breaks and sleep

    Schedule fixed recovery times and sleep enough.

  • Set priorities

    Not everything is equally important. Say no sometimes.

Which therapies are used for stress?

Sorted by the state of research on stress. The rating shows how well the effect is supported, not whether it will help you.

What do the dots mean?
Established
recommended in guidelines, well studied
Partly supported
effect shown in studies, with limitations
Limited evidence
few or weak studies
Hardly studied
used, but hardly or not studied

The rating covers the research, not the therapist.

  • Partly supportedSuppl. ins.

    Mindfulness training (MBSR)

    Mindfulness training reduces perceived stress in healthy adults to a moderate degree.

    Source 1

    No therapists near you
  • Partly supportedSuppl. ins.

    Stress management training

    Programmes with elements of cognitive behavioural therapy had the strongest effect on work stress in studies.

    Source 2

    No therapists near you
  • Partly supportedSuppl. ins.

    Relaxation techniques

    Relaxation techniques such as progressive muscle relaxation also work, but less strongly than cognitive behavioural programmes.

    Source 2

    No therapists near you

As of October 2026 · How we rate

Therapists in and around Basel

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Costs and health insurance

Mindfulness training (MBSR), Stress management training, Relaxation techniques
Usually supplementary insurance, if the therapist is recognised.
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Sources

  1. Khoury et al., J Psychosom Res 2015: Mindfulness-based stress reduction for healthy individuals: a meta-analysis
  2. Richardson & Rothstein, J Occup Health Psychol 2008: Effects of occupational stress management intervention programs: a meta-analysis
  3. Die Dargebotene Hand: Phone 143, around the clock

Content as of October 2026. We review it every year.