Introduction

This course is suitable for employees at all levels in organisations who want to increase their understanding of stress and its effects, and to develop strategies to enable them to cope with stress related issues.

The topics covered include well-being, the work-life balance and individual factors such as perception, which affect how we cope with excessive pressure.

Key benefits of the course:

• Enables participants to understand what is meant by stress as opposed to healthy pressure
• Encourages recognition of the signs of stress at an early stage
• Provides an opportunity to assess well-being and the work-life balance
• Participants can identify their main sources of stress
• Points out the importance of perception and other individual factors
• Identifies a variety of coping strategies that can be used to deal with stress-related issues
• Participants can put together a personal action plan based upon the material covered during the course

Participants learn to:

• Distinguish between pressure and stress
• Recognise the signs of stress 
• Assess their well-being and work-life balance
• Identify the main sources of stress
• Understand the importance of individual factors such as perception
• Apply relevant coping strategies
• Put together a personal action plan to address sources of stress

Contents

Section 1: What is Stress?

• Definition
• Human function curve
• How to recognise signs of stress

Section 2: Personal well-being and the work-life balance

• Well-being inventory
• How to increase feelings of well-being
• Activities to ensure a rounded lifestyle

Section 3: Sources of stress at work and at home

• Identification of pressure points
• The importance of control
• How relevant support can help

Section 4: The effects of individual factors

• The way we look at life
• Challenging limiting beliefs
• The rules we live by

Section 5: Some useful coping strategies

• Discussion of a variety of practical strategies

Section 6: Your action plan

• Identification of a source of pressure and application of
  strategies to deal with it
• An opportunity to apply what has been covered in the
  course

Course Workbook and CD

Comprehensive course workbook and a 45 minute relaxation techniques CD are included.  To view a summary of the contents of the workbook and CD click here.

Relaxation Exercise Podcast

Click here to listen to a short relaxation exercise by Dr David Mason Brown - Dr Mason Brown's relaxation exercises are featured on the Audio CD which accompanies this course.

If you wish to discuss any aspect of this training course please contact Alastair Taylor on Tel: 0131 476 5027 or e-mail: alastair@in-equilibrium.co.uk

This course was exceptionally well-presented, and managed to be both informative and effective, with a minimum of jargon. The afternoon was very useful in helping to identify and focus on the real causes of stress, and how to alleviate their effects. Dr Anita Levinson is a brilliant facilitator, friendly, straightforward, and clearly very experienced.

Ms Devon Scott, Marketing Services Manager, Birse Metro Limited