What Is Stress?
Stress is the emotional and physical strain caused by our response to pressure from the outside world. Common stress reactions include tension, irritability, inability to concentrate, and a variety of physical symptoms that include headache and a fast heartbeat.
It's almost impossible to live without some stress. And most of us wouldn't want to, because it gives life some spice and excitement. But if stress gets out of control, it may harm your health, your relationships, and your enjoyment of life.
Examples of "overload" situations are common in today's world:
- You and your spouse both work full time while you are raising your family. At the same time, your parents are retired, in ill health, and are dependent on your help with shopping and running errands.
- You are a single person living alone, and your salary isn't rising as fast as the rate of inflation. It's getting harder each month to pay the bills.
- You are a divorced parent and share the custody of your children with your former spouse. But the friction between the two of you on matters concerning the children is becoming more bitter and more frequent.
- The expectations and competition at your workplace is becoming fierce. You find yourself coming in early, staying late, and taking on more work than you can handle.
Managing stress involves learning about:
- How stress affects the mind and body
- How to identify the warning signs of stress
- How to develop good stress-management techniques
- When to seek professional help
Stress Management Training
Power2Change offer a number of Training Courses in Stress Management. Firstly we can offer corporate ‘Stress Management Training’ to allow Managers and Staff to recognise the effects of stress in themselves and in others and to develop a number of techniques to cope with or manage these effects.
In addition, we are able to offer Stress Management training for therapists and non-therapists to become Stress Management Councillors, thus either enabling students to either become their employers ‘in house’ expert on managing stress or setting up their own practice.
In the Corporate world, having either an outside Stress Management team like Power2Change, running regular stress seminars and available to assist individuals who require assistance in dealing with stress or having staff trained to carry out this function helps ensure that the employers legal obligation in this area have been met.
With Stress being the biggest cause for absenteeism and costing British Business billions of pounds each year, in addition to the increased levels of compensation offered to employees who have suffered stress at work, it makes sense for an employer to be proactive.
We would be happy to meet with you to discuss in more detail, your requirements and go through the solutions that Power2Change can offer.
We would be happy to meet with you to discuss in more detail, your requirements and go through the solutions that Power2Change can offer.