Stress Training

We run a number of courses at our premises in central Reading, and can do so too at your company's premises. Our 3 most popular courses are trainings in Stress Awareness for Individuals, Stress Management for Managers and in Assertiveness Skills.

Stress Awareness for Individuals (half-day or full day)

This course is aimed at individuals within and without organisations.

Course Aim

The aim of this course is to help individuals to prevent stress and provide strategies for dealing with it if it does occur.

Course Programme

what stress is
where stress comes from
what the 4 response areas are
what the symptoms are
how thinking can affect feeling and behaviour
some thinking errors and how to overcome them
preventing and coping strategies

The focus of this course is on identifying stress; acknowledging it and then dealing with it.

Course Details

The course provides practical stress management techniques to help prevent and deal with stress in our professional and personal lives. It introduces a working definition of stress, and differentiates between positive 'pressure' (or challenge) and the negative impact stress can have. It identifies the sources of stress, which can very often be determined by our perceptions. It looks at the four response areas : physical, mental, emotional and behavioural, and how we can respond in each area. It explores the relationship between thinking, feeling and behaving, and briefly examines where some of our unhelpful thinking may come from. It provides practical strategies for preventing and dealing with stress, and the opportunity to complete a personal stress plan.

Stress Management for Managers (half-day or full day)

Course Aim

The aim of this course is to support managers in order that they can promote wellbeing in staff, prevent stress and deal with it if it does occur.

Course Programme

what stress is, where it comes from, the 4 response areas
what the manager's responsibilities are
why the organisation manages stress
what they can and must do to prevent it
the HSE Stress Management Standards
what to do if a member of staff is stressed (including undertaking a stress risk assessment)

The focus of this course is on providing managers with the tools and confidence to prevent stress occurring and manage it in their staff.

Course Details

The course examines the impact stress can have on the individual, and looks at the reasons why the business is interested in dealing with it (e.g. duty of care; impact on performance; legal imperative; cost to the business). It introduces the HSE Stress Management Standards approach - Control; Support; Relationships; Role; Change; Demands - and what is required to implement them. It provides an opportunity to practice undertaking a simple stress risk assessment.

Assertiveness Skills (half-day)

Course Aim

The aim of the course is to enable participants to choose to be assertive when they deem it appropriate.

Course Programme

what we mean by 'assertiveness'
a look at the way we behave the way that we do
the purpose of and the differences between being aggressive, assertive and passive
the advantages and disadvantages of each behaviour
practicing the '3-step model'
the use of body language and positive emotion
some assertiveness skills

Course Details

The course covers some of the reasons why we behave in assertive and non-assertive ways; some of the pitfalls and advantages of the different behaviours; it provides an opportunity to explore and practice some assertiveness techniques. It does not show how to change other people. Rather it identifies what we can do for ourselves to express ourselves as we want to, when we want to.(We examine when and why it may not always be appropriate to assert oneself - what we're interested in is being able to do so when we choose to do so).

Booking Details

To book a course for your company, or to obtain further details, call 0118 9721820 or email info@stressmanagementplus.com