Stress Management Programme

Session 2

 

Now that you have identified your patterns of stress, you can begin to formulate a more effective plan for responding to the stressors that you can anticipate. Maybe you can even avoid some of them completely. This Session is all about taking control of your situation.

 

To do this, you will most likely have to make changes in one of the following areas:

1. Change the stressor (e.g., quit the job, assertively tell the boss not to overload you, take regular breaks, recognise your time).

2. Change your thoughts (e.g., turn off the job when you go home, alter your perfectionist attitude, stop assuming you are responsible for others' problems)

3. Change physically (e.g., relax, exercise, eat nutritious food, get adequate sleep)

 

This session contains 4 exercises which aim to help you make the changes outlined above:

 

• Exercise 1 focuses on setting realistic, attainable goals to reduce the experience of stress

• Exercise 2 is about motivating yourself to achieve your goals and be more productive

• Exercise 3 aims to teach you to change your thinking so that you are better able to deal with stress

• Exercise 4 contains useful relaxation videos that should be used to practice relaxation skills over the coming weeks

 

Click on the button below to begin Session 2