Stress Management « Heart Inspired

Stress Management

Professional training in the costs, the causes, and the solutions to the problem of stress in the workplace.

(We do not currently have a training scheduled. However, if you have experience as a trainer, you may qualify to purchase the materials.)

If you are an experienced trainer or consultant, contact us by phone at (800) 969-4584 in the US or Canada or (760) 728-8783 from other countries or email Patricia@HeartInspired.com regarding purchase of the materials. See below for an overview. We have slightly different versions of the materials for the US, UK, and Australia. Each version has statistics about stress management pertinent to their country.

Presented by Patricia J. Crane, Ph.D. and Rick Nichols

According to a New York Times article, the cost of stress to businesses is $200-$300 billion a year in absenteeism, lost productivity, turnover, and illness.

How is it affecting YOUR Company?

Results from the Gallup Poll (2000),
“Attitudes in the American Workplace VI”

Approximately one million employees in the US are absent daily due to stress or stress-related conditions
78% of Americans respond that their job is stressful
Another 74% felt stress was impacting their coworkers negatively
In California, Worker’s Compensation claims for stress related illness have topped one billion dollars annually
80% of workers feel stress on the job, and nearly half of those say they need help in learning how to manage stress
Prescriptions for anti-depressants, anti-anxiety drugs and sleep aids rose 27% between 2000 and 2002

Dear Rick and Patricia,

Many thanks for your recent Stress Management courses which you ran at my office. It proved most helpful. I felt the benefit. Your sympathetic and amusing presentation went down very well indeed – even I laughed at Rick’s jokes.

Stress in the workplace is no laughing matter but humour is a good reliever. I know that you take this subject very seriously but the fact that you can engage your audience with such charm and sincerity is a massive bonus in encouraging participation.

In the end we all need help from time to time and it’s nice to know that people like you exist to give it.

I look forward to seeing you both again soon.

Best wishes,

Jim Beresford

Beresford Solicitors
Doncaster, England

Clearly, business faces a major challenge. With no intervention, the losses due to stress will only cost businesses more as time goes on.

According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, job stress is a combination of worker characteristics and working conditions. While the focus of this Stress Management Training and Certification is on individual strategies for reducing stress, suggestions for analyzing working conditions will be offered.

Stress Management Training Materials:

The facilitator manual with 147 pages includes the following sections:

The cost of stress to the individual and the business
The nature of stress
Definitions: stressor, stress, eustress
Statistics relating to stress
Signs and symptoms of stress
Assessing stress triggers and levels
Major vs. minor stresses
Techniques for physical relaxation (i.e., breathing methods)
Techniques to relax mentally
Techniques to deal with anger and frustration
Time Management skills
Communication skills
Developing stress resistant values and goals
Using a support system
Environmental tips for reducing stress
Stress management as part of an overall wellness program

There is an 85 slide PowerPoint presentation to accompany the facilitator manual.

The participant workbook is 88 pages and includes numerous exercises for assessing individual physical and psychological symptoms of stress, stress buffers, relaxation methods, thought-changing skills for reducing stress, improving time management, identifying values that affect time use, and effective communication strategies.

If you would like to see samples of the materials, please email patricia@heartinspired.com.

The materials cost $395US (approx. 275GBP) plus s/h and include one year unlimited reproductions of the workbook. After the first year there is a $75/year fee for the workbook copying in unlimited numbers.

If you would prefer to download the materials, they are $319US.