STRESS CONTROL
'Stress Control' aims to help people change the way they think, feel and behave to help with common mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. The approach is now used across Britain and in other countries.
What is Stress Control?
Stress Control is a course which runs over six consecutive weeks. If you want to learn better ways to handle common problems such as anxiety, depression, low self-confidence, poor sleep and panic attacks then Stress Control would really benefit you.
MindWorks specialise in running Stress Control in-house for businesses, organisations and community groups. Contact us via our online form or ring 01482 240124 today.
Stress Control is a number 2-hour classes, not a group therapy, so you do not have to talk about your problems in front of others. You just sit back and learn some of the ways to control stress. This approach was devised by Dr. Jim White from Glasgow and is now used across the world. Regular Stress Control classes in Sheffield commenced in October 2009.
As stress is so common, there will be other people with similar issues at each session. Feel free if you want to bring someone with you. They can give you a bit of support and also gets that person on the same wavelength.
What happens in each of the sessions?
- Session 1: Information about stress
- Session 2: Control your body: relaxation, exercise
- Session 3: Control your thoughts: learn to think your way out of stress
- Session 4: Control your actions: boost self confidence
- Session 5: Control panic
- Session 6: Control sleep problems; control your future As a part of the Stress
Control classes, there are booklets to read before or as soon as the course starts.
These will tell you:
- All about stress
- How to measure stress
- How to work out how and why stress is affecting you
- Self-help ideas to tackle stress.
