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Stress Management: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy- Accredited
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Stress Management: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy- Accredited

Learn how to deal with stress , overcome anxiety, develop emotional resilience using psychology, CBT & basic strategies
Created bySarah Kasule
Last updated 5/2021
English

What you'll learn

  • Internal and external factors that aggravate stress
  • Overcoming anxiety that stems from being stressed out
  • Addressing effects of stress on your body and mind
  • Breaking the vicious cycle by addressing factors that maintain your stress
  • Identifying and managing stress-related bodily symptoms effectively
  • Stress-related thinking habits and how to overcome them
  • Overcoming avoidance, under activity and over activity
  • Taking control of one's life and building emotional resilience
  • 9 strategies, broken down into 28 easily applied stress management activities
  • Taking control of your life by solving your problems effectively
  • Saying ‘NO’ to stressors and Saying ‘yes’ to happiness

Course content

2 sections • 14 lectures • 1h 54m total length

  • What is your understanding of stress?6:01

    Define stress as a personal, non-specific bodily response to demands. See how thoughts and behaviors shape stress through cognitive behavioral therapy, revealing its impact on productivity.

  • Factors that contribute to stress7:14

    Identify internal and external factors contributing to stress, including thoughts, interpretations, behaviors, self-efficacy, self-confidence, and personality, and balance them with coping strategies.

  • What aggravates stress?6:45

    Engage in a stress-basket exercise to decide which stressors to let go and which to keep, then examine how demands, internal and external factors, and coping mechanisms balance stress.

  • How stress affects us and what maintain it4:57

    Explore how stress reshapes thinking, emotions, physical sensations, and behavior, and learn how accredited cognitive behavioral therapy interrupts the cycle by addressing thoughts, behaviors, bodily sensations, and emotions.

  • Manifestation of stress in the body14:28

    Explore how the emotional brain triggers adrenaline and bodily sensations in stress, including heart racing, hot flashes, tingling, dizziness, and muscle tension, with fight-flight-freeze responses.

  • Managing stress-related bodily sensations4:22

    Identify and manage stress-related bodily sensations through relaxation, exercise, and engaging hobbies, while solving problems to keep the mind from dwelling on discomfort.

  • The impact of our thinking patterns17:22

    Discover how stress influences thinking patterns and automatic negative thoughts, and identify 12 unhelpful habits like mental filter, mind reading, and all-or-nothing thinking.

  • Adapting helpful thinking patterns to overcome your stressors7:14

    Identify negative thoughts and track stressful patterns using a thought diary, then apply cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to challenge beliefs and manage triggers in the moment.

  • Helpful strategies in overcome stressful thoughts7:58

    Learn to challenge negative thoughts using evidence-based CBT techniques, replace assumptions with reality, use a diary and positive affirmations to build balanced, realistic coping.

  • Maintaining stress by engaging in avoidance behavior7:30

    Stress drives avoidance, disrupted sleep, and social withdrawal; tackle avoidance with a five-step plan: list tasks, order by difficulty, define goals, plan details, and review results.

  • Banning the use of under activity and over activity as distraction techniques13:40

    Stress shifts activity into under activity or over activity, acting as a distraction, while recording daily activities in achievement, social, and enjoyment categories helps plan realistic steps to regain control.

  • Saying 'No' to stressors and Saying 'Yes' to happiness4:32
  • 28 Easy Ways to Manage Stress in Our Daily lives9:13

    Apply cognitive behavioral therapy-based strategies for stress management with 28 easy daily practices, from self-care and positive self-talk to creative hobbies and mindful routines.

Requirements

  • No prior knowledge is needed
  • Willingness to learn
  • Recent stressful experiences may be helpful in enhancing your learning
  • Interest in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) may be a bonus BUT not essential

Description

This course is packed with strategies and activities that are easy to apply yet also clinically proven. The content and techniques discussed have been compiled from stress management workshops that I have delivered over the years in public organizations, charities and businesses as well my clinical work as psychological therapist.

Stress can have advance effects on your life for instance it can cause serious illnesses like stroke, heart attack, major organ failure, Alzheimer’s disease and more. Also the loss of control experienced due to stress can contribute to relationship or family break-up, job loss and business closure if you are running a business. However, by implementing strategies discussed in this course all these unpleasant effects can be prevented as you will gain emotional resilience and live a happier plus healthier life. If your goal is to gain self-help strategies as part of personal development then you will be able to identify stressors and address them in timely manner. You will implement basic stress relief strategies as well as cognitive behavioral techniques simplified for self-help purposes. On the other hand, if you are a professional or trainee, you will be equipped with CBT knowledge and skills plus 28 basic stress management activities that you will add to your therapy tool box. You will also be able to put your newly acquired skills into practice and make well informed treatment recommendations.

Furthermore, this course is FULLY ACCREDITED by the International Association of Therapists therefore; you will be able to gain membership with them as an accredited practitioner on completion of this course.

Who this course is for:

  • People interested in managing stress and developing emotional resilience
  • Anyone experiencing stress stemming from life challenges or work
  • Professionals, trainees or people interested in learning and applying Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques in stress management
  • Professionals who help people to overcome stress in the fields of psychology, counselling, coaching, mental health, social work
  • Psychology professionals or students who would like to improve their therapeutic/ counsellor's tool box
  • Anyone who struggles to say no to stressors
  • Someone experiencing anxiety that stems from being stressed out

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