Keep Stress from Hurting Your Health
What you'll learn
- Learn which psychological buffers and therapies will protect you from stress due to life events, personality problems, and social interactions.
Requirements
- Anyone who is curious about the sorts of medical problems and psychotherapeutic techniques that buffer them from social and psychological stress.
Description
Many common medical problems like asthma, ulcers, insomnia, headaches, hypertension, cardiac blockage and viruses interact with the stress in our lives. Those stressors include: stressful events, our personalities, behaviors and social interactions. In order to protect our physical health from damage, we need to find ways to protect ourselves. In this course, we'll learn more about how techniques such as biofeedback, relaxation exercises, meditation, hypnosis, cognitive training and support groups can bring relief. You'll get an overview of the most successful ways to find relief.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone with an interest in psychological topics and psychotherapy
Course content
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Instructor
![Dr. J's Psychology](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.3 Instructor Rating
- 688 Reviews
- 10,838 Students
- 11 Courses
I have a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Chicago and I'm a full-time faculty member in the Psychology Department at a large state university in California. I have taught at the college level for more than 20 years. I teach both in-person and online. Currently, I lecture on Abnormal Psychology, Critical Thinking, and the Field Placement Courses on a regular basis for students at our university. I love being with students in any sort of learning environment.