COURSE OBJECTIVES
- Comprehend the basic rules of stress management
- Understand your stress-triggers and controlling them
- Develop proactive reactions to stressful conditions
- Use tips for managing stress in job, family and social life
- Learn to handle stress through lifestyle changes
- Develop an effective plan to diminish and curtail stress
- Understand the intangible issues linked to stress
- Interpret the psychological mechanisms linked to stress
- Learn the major foundational therapies used for stress management
- Learn the mindset designed for relaxation
- Understand relaxation and its clinical applications
- Learn the psychophysiological perspectives of anxiety and stress
- Learn the basics of respiratory therapy to effectively control stress
- Pharmacological methodologies that can help in overcoming stress
COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1
- Stress and Stress Management: Defined
- Origins and Causes of Stress
- Common Signs of a stressed-out Individual
- Common Signs of a Stressful Situation
- Recognizing and Managing Stress
- Transforming stress to Motivational energy
Module 2
- The Physiology of Stress
- The HPA Axis
- Cortisol and Stress Hormones
- Brain Science and Stress
- Adrenal Fatigue
- Levels of Stress
Module 3
- Internal Triggers of Stress
- Thoughts and emotions
- Negative thinking
- Positive thinking Mindset
- Anxiety and Worry
- Anger Management
- External Triggers of Stress
- Family and Work Balance
- Parental strain
- Lifestyle habits and behaviours
- Work burnouts
Module 4
- Controlling mental overload
- Techniques to stay calm and focused
- Mastering making choices: Learning to Say NO/ Cost of saying YES
- Change Challenge and Management
- Getting Organized and Time Management
- Prioritizing Tasks and People
- The ASAP (‘As Soon As Possible’) Trap
Module 5
- Medical Approach to Stress – Drugs
- Non-Medical Approach to Stress – Holistic Therapies
- Physical Effects of Stress
- The Brain: Cerebral Lateralisation
- Autonomic Nervous System
- Auto-Immune Disorders and
- Cardiovascular System
- Hypertension
- Respiratory System Disorders
Module 6
- Handling Subjects: Extreme Stress
- Checklist of Possible Problems
- Communication Cycles
- Opening the Bridge of Communication
- Trauma – T1, T2, and T3
- Trauma Process
- Relaxation Process for Trauma
- Defining and Treating Phobias
- Eight Horizons of Survival
- Reacting and Responding to Reactions
Module 7
- Stress Management Treatment Techniques
- Relaxation through Breathing
- The Respiratory System- Breatheology
- Respiration and The Nervous System
- Diaphragmatic Breathing and Counting the Breaths
- Exercise and Muscular Relaxation
- Nutrition and Diet for Stress Management
- The Mind/Body Connection
Module 8
- Physical Symptoms of Stress
- Psychosomatic Stress Illness
- Mental Symptoms of Stress
- Psychology: The Study of the Mind
- Rules for Stress Reduction
- Immediate First Aid
- Need for Medical Professionals