We are now living in a fast food high octane working and living environment. Everyone competing as though life were an Olympic sport and the media adding to the endless hype.

People are burning out at an unbelievable rate. Physical, mental and emotional illness is just a heartbeat away, unless we decide to do something about our lifestyle and change both our priorities, as well as our actions.

Taking this course will not only allow you to understand your own stress and offer you the tools to reduce it, it will also enable you to offer inspiration, advice and tips to those around you, whether at home or at work.

Those who deal effectively with their stress greatly increase their enjoyment of life and can also extend their lives through sensible activities and choices.
 

Module One

• An introduction to Stress Management
• Define Stress Management.
• Identify some of the major causes of Stress
• Analyse your own Stress levels on a basic level

Module Two

• Stress related anatomy & physiology
• Define how anatomy & physiology relate to Stress Management.
• Understand the roles of the conscious and sub-conscious mind.
• Discuss disease and its relationship to stress.
• Relate the various systems of the body.

Module Three

• Recognising the symptoms of stress
• Relate common symptoms to stress.
• Understand the warning signs of stress.
• Discuss the need to address the symptoms of stress.
• Examine the make-up of the Stress Axis

Module Four

• Stress & The fight, or flight response.
• Define ‘The Fight Or Flight Response’.
• Examine why understanding this is important.
• Understand the causes and how to combat this response.

Module Five

• Discuss the relevance of relaxation and meditation to Stress Management.
• Understand how to integrate relaxation and meditation into daily practice.
• Define ‘The Therapist's Toolbox’. 

Module Six

• At home with stress an NLP approach to stress reduction
• Explain briefly NLP and Its history
• Understand why NLP can be useful in the management of stress
• Relate NLP techniques to stressful situations

Module Seven

• Stress within the workplace and its reduction
• Discuss the workplace in relation to stress management
• Define work based stress reduction solutions
• Understand the key causes of work related stress

Module Eight

• Putting it all together
• Discuss the capabilities of stress management
• Implement a stress management plan