Professional Developments Workshops

Stress Management

1 Day Workshop

Prerequisite: None

This one-day stress management training workshop will explore the harmful long-term effects of stress on our mental and physical health and provide suggestions for more effective stress management. Stress Management strategies may include changes in lifestyle, stress management techniques such as relaxation and exercise, and the use of music or humor as coping strategies.

Course Outline

Exploring Stress

  • As a group we will discuss what stress does to our bodies and our minds if it is allowed to go unchecked.

Identifying Symptoms of Stress

  • Individuals rate themselves and their stress levels on each of several types of charts or scales, with the understanding that there is no reward for proving that you are more stressed out than others. The only reward is getting a handle on the amount of stress we do feel.

Checklist of Stress Symptoms

Holmes Rahe Stress Rating

  • Stress Exhaustion Symptoms
  • Burnout Test

Knowing Yourself

  • Large group discussion of some of the research that has been done about stress, and how age, gender, attitude, and occupation figure into our reactions to stress.

Are You a Stress Prone Type "A" Personality?

Research into Male and Female Stress Reactions

Wellness and Centering a Lopsided Wheel

  • Participants explore the various elements that make up their life and identify areas where they see opportunities to make changes-lifestyle, support systems etc., including those people who energize or drain.

Personal Drainers ; Personal Fillers; Other Stresses

Clutter; Guilt; Finances

Stress management techniques you can use right now

What participants will learn:

  • Recognize that stress is a positive, unavoidable part of everybody's life.
  • Identify the symptoms of stress overload.
  • Identify how lifestyle choices can contribute to stress and how we can work toward making different choices.
  • Develop some stress reduction techniques to help manage stress right now.
  • Begin planning long-term protection against the cumulative effects of stress.