Positive and negative stress is a constant influence on all of our lives. The trick is to maximize the positive stress and to minimize the negative stress. Your participants will be shown how stress can be positive and negative, and we’ll look at the Triple A approach that will form the basis of this workshop. 
The Stress Management workshop will give participants a three-option method for addressing any stressful situation, as well as a toolbox of personal skills, including using routines, relaxation techniques, and a stress log system. They will also understand what lifestyle elements they can change to reduce stress.

OBJECTIVES

• Identify the best approach to a stressful situation (Alter, Avoid, or Accept)
  
• Understand what lifestyle elements you can change to reduce stress
  
• Use routines to reduce stress
  
• Use environmental and physical relaxation techniques
  
• Better cope with major events
  
• Use a stress log to identify stressors and create a plan to reduce or eliminate them
  

COURSE OUTLINE

• Module One: Getting Started
  
• Module Two: Understanding Stress
  
• Module Three: Creating a Stress-Reducing Lifestyle
  
• Module Four: Altering the Situation
  
• Module Five: Avoiding the Situation 
  
• Module Six: Accepting the Situation
  
• Module Seven: Using Routines to Reduce Stress 
  
• Module Eight: Environmental Relaxation Techniques
  
• Module Nine: Physical Relaxation Techniques
  
• Module Ten: Coping with Major Events
  
• Module Eleven: Our Challenge to You
  
• Module Twelve: Wrapping Up