What is stress management?

Stress is the way in which our minds and bodies respond when we feel that the demands placed upon us are greater than the resources we have to meet them.

Stress Management is all about understanding where your stress is coming from, and finding ways to alleviate it, and also to manage your life so that it becomes easier and more enjoyable. Stress Managment can enable you to recognise signs and symptoms of stress and learn what happens in your body when you experience it.

Stress Management involves you, the client, working with the stress management trainer to identify demands and decrease them where necessary, whilst increasing coping resources and developing or learning new strategies. It is a down to earth, pragmatic and forward looking approach. Whilst acknowledging that problems may well have their roots in the past, the focus will tend to be more on how you are maintaining them in the present, and what can be done to change them.

In order for the sessions to be of benefit as quickly as possible, both the client and the trainer need to participate actively. This means that as well as listening, the trainer may share information, teach new skills, or make certain recommendations. As the client, you will be encouraged to put what you learn into action outside the session..

In cases of bereavement, abuse, addiction, or long term emotional distress, it is advisable to seek help from a counsellor or psychotherapist.