SMT | What is stress? | Who the course is for | What to expect | Courses and fees

One-off sessions are aimed at developing a personalised short-term and long-term strategy to help you better manage stress in your life and alleviate its harmful effects.

If you take the whole course, this consists of 8 fortnightly sessions, each lasting an hour.

Each session of the course focuses on one particular aspect of stress and stress management. Areas covered include:

• the nature of stress
• the effects of stress on your body
• muscular tension
• how relaxation training works
• working with the breath
• the nervous system
• challenging negative thinking habits
• examining your lifestyle

You will be given factual information about stress, its causes and effects. There are a number of questionnaires for you to fill in to help you look at your life in an objective way, and to be used for discussion and reflection. You will practice a guided relaxation exercise at each session.

Anything discussed during a one-to-one session will of course remain confidential. However it is not necessary for you to share your personal problems if you do not wish to.  This is a practical training course rather than counselling.

SMT | What is stress? | Who the course is for | What to expect | Courses and fees