GC1111: Reducing others' stress at home

The purpose of this course is to help people who have responsibility for, or work closely with, others who are likely to experience levels of anxiety at home which are affecting their work performance or overall quality of life.

Understanding how Excess-stress and Post-slow-stress fatigue are constructed and maintained in the home is critical to alleviating many of the symptoms that are seen in the workplace and elsewhere.

Legislation in most countries presumes that employers should expect many of their employees to be facing difficulties and problems at home which may affect their performance at work.

This course is also useful for people who live with or have a close relationship with people who are subjected to high levels of stress in their domestic life. At the end of the course participants will be able to log into additional support and advice for the future.

Principle learning method Face-to-face teaching and group discussion with a post-course exercise in which the reasons for your improved abilities are reviewed and highlighted

Some attendance necessary? Yes: essential

Duration: 1 day or 2 days residential. Please see FAQs for further details.

Entry requirements There are no entry requirements for this course

Application status Applications being accepted

Course contact If you have any questions about this course, please email admissions@nicrs.org

Location: London, Edinburgh

Dates:

London: May 2012

Edinburgh: July 2012

This is a new course and start dates may be subject to change

Fees:

£105 plus you will be invited to join the group and tutors for lunch – we are waiting for information from the caterers to confirm the cost. You are not obliged to have lunch with the group. There are a limited number of grants available.

Rationale and aims

Understanding people who are stressed at home is often challenging. This one-day course has been designed to help people who are not health-professionals understand more about the different stages of stress and their causes. Participants will be taught how to reduce others' Excess-stress at home.

Subjects to be covered on the course

Causes and manifestations of stress
The different stages of stress
Using tools and techniques to monitor and manage stress
Beliefs that contribute to domestic Excess-stress
Practical advice for prevention, management and reduction of others’ domestic Excess-stress

Teaching Methods

This is an informal, but professionally informative, attendance course that includes lecturing and discussion. Class time is divided between lecturing and group discussion, with questions and interactive participation encouraged at all times. Independent study consists of background reading and maintenance of a reflective diary.

Learning outcomes:

By the end of the course successful participants will have a basic understanding of:

Why humans feel stressed
How to differentiate between the different stages of stress
How to use the tools and techniques taught to prevent others’ stress from becoming unmanageable in the home environment.

Creditable towards:

Academically accreditable towards Nicrs programmes if post-course reflective exercise successfully completed.

Financial credits

Whole cost of course refundable against Registered Stress Practitioner (Vocational) courses; half towards Registered Stress Practitioner (Professional) courses.