The personal and commercial costs of stress related illness are vast, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) highlight that it is well recognised that stress at work is a huge problem. They report that "According to the Labour Force Survey1 in 2007/8 an estimated 442,000 employees in the UK believed that work-related stress was actually making them ill. Any stress can reduce employee well-being, and it is well recognised that excessive or sustained work pressure can lead to stress. Occupational stress poses a risk to most businesses and compensation payments for stress are increasing. It is important to meet the challenge by dealing with excessive and long-term causes of stress".  It is also recognised that the reported absences due to stress related illness, is not the whole story, as many people continue to work in a stressed state until they reach a breaking point.

Brighter Tomorrows can help you with identifying stressors, avoiding stress and managing stress in those unavoidable situations. We run 2 seminars on stress:

• A 1 hour session to bring awareness of stress and introduce techniques for coping with stress
• A 1 day course which covers stress

1 hour stress awareness course

This 1 hour session highlights the impact stress has on our lives and of those all around us, armed with this awareness and some very useful techniques, participants will be better prepared to cope and avoid stress where possible

• What stress is and its impact on us
• What the common sources of stress (stressors) are
• How you can avoid stress
• Coping with unavoidable stress
• Relaxation techniques (self hypnosis will be introduced)

The price of the 1 hour course is £250 for up to 10 attendees and can be run in house or off site

1 day stress management course

The day is planned to be very interactive with a number of discussions and exercises, you will achieve greater benefit from the day if you come prepared with your thoughts on the topics mentioned in the plan, and are prepared to participate and contribute fully. By the end of the day you will not only have a better understanding of stress in general but what causes you to be stressed, how you currently deal with it, some techniques and tools to reduce your stress levels and why you must!

• Understanding stress
• Understanding stress response
• Impact of stress on our lives
• Understanding stressors
• Personality types and reactions to stress
• “Holmes and Rahe” stress scale
• Stressors checklist completion
• Managing stress strategy
• Relaxation techniques
• Personal action plan
• Recap and Group discussion

A more detailed course overview can be found here.

The price of the 1 day course is £995 for up to 10 attendees and can be run in house or off site for £1295