MANAGING STRESS

Price:  $320.00 (incl. GST)

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Learn Effective Stress Management Strategies through a better understanding of the nature of stress and through an awareness of different ways to deal with stress

This course will help you learn the physical and emotional responses to external stress so that you can learn effective stress management techniques. This course would be ideal if you were wanting to learn the techniques for yourself or if you wanted to learn the techniques to help and assist others manage their stress. 

The Lessons

This course covers the following lessons: 

LESSON 1 NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
  • Introduction
  • What are negative emotions?
  • The need for control
  • Overview of negative emotions
  • Causes of negative emotions
  • Physiological arousal
  • The impact of negative emotions
  • Negative emotions and mental health disorders
  • Review what you have been learning

LESSON 2 STRESS CONTROL 
  • Why do we need to control our stress?
  • Physiological response to stress 
  • General adaptation syndrome 
  • Responses to chronic stress 
  • Long-term outcomes 
  • Cognitive responses to stress 
  • Defence mechanisms 
  • The stress epidemic 
  • Stress and war 
  • Stress and disease
  • Stress and relationships 
  • Stress and crime 
  • Dealing with stress 
  • Stress management techniques
  • Poor coping strategies 
  • Useful coping strategies 
  • Relaxation strategies
  • Review what you have been learning

LESSON 3 ANGER MANAGEMENT
  • The impact of anger 
  • Anger as physiological arousal
  • Ways of conceptualising anger
  • Passive aggressive anger
  • Aggressive anger 
  • Anger management
  • Ways to diffuse anger
  • Counselling strategies
  • Review what you have been learning
LESSON 4 DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
  • Depression
  • Depressive disorders
  • Symptoms of depression
  • Causes of depression
  • Other physical illnesses
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Symptoms of anxiety 
  • Causes of anxiety 
  • Combating anxiety and depression 
  • Review what you have been learning

LESSON 5 DEALING WITH SHAME, GUILT AND SELF-DOUBT
  • Other common negative emotions
  • Shame
  • Guilt
  • Self-doubt and reduced self-esteem
  • Other negative emotions
  • Review what you have been learning
LESSON 6 COPING WITH NEGATIVE EMOTIONS AT HOME
  • Overcoming negative thoughts
  • Helpful techniques for well-being
  • Things to avoid
  • Case studies
  • Review what you have been learning

LESSON 7 COPING WITH NEGATIVE EMOTIONS AT WORK
  • Work life
  • Causes of negative emotions at work
  • Anger 
  • Stress 
  • Fear 
  • Disappointment
  • Dislike
  • Bringing negative emotions to work 
  • Helpful techniques for wellbeing at work 
  • Case studies 
  • Review what you have been learning 

LESSON 8 ACHIEVING BALANCE 
  • Too much positivity 
  • What is normal? What is healthy? 
  • Some stress is fine 
  • Dealing with conflict 
  • Case studies 
  • Hedonic and eudemonic approaches
  • Review what you have been learning

FINAL ASSESSMENT ​
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How does this course work? 
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  • You can enrol at any time
  • Once you have paid for the course, you will be able to start straight away.
  • Study when and where you like. Work through at your own pace.
  • You can download your study-guide to your smart phone, tablet or laptop to read offline.

​There are automated self-assessment tests you can complete at the end of each lesson. You can attempt these as many times as you wish and
each time, upon completion, you can see your results. You will need internet access to complete the self assessment tests.

At the end of the course, you are presented with a large assessment which can be attempted online, anywhere, anytime. If you achieve a 60%
pass in the exam; you immediately receive a downloadable certificate of completion with your name on it.