Stress Management - Online Course

Stress is among the most common and harmful issues facing people in the working world. The information, practices, and exercises in this series will help you understand, control, and reduce stress.

This course is for anyone interested in learning more about stress in the workplace and how to help manage stress levels. This online course contains 4 lessons and should take approximately 4 hours to complete.

Lesson 1: Stress on the Job (1.0) hour

Stress on the Job teaches you how to list the signs of workplace stress, assess your own level of workplace stress, identify the faulty assumptions held by many workers that contribute to stress in the workplace, and develop realistic expectations to help eliminate workplace stress. This course provides information on the signs of workplace stress and the assumptions workers make that can increase stress. You will also learn about methods that can be utilized to reduce or eliminate stress on the job. Topics include Stress factors, Faulty assumptions, and Faulty reactions to stress.

Lesson 2: Resisting Stress (1.0) hour

Resisting Stress teaches you how to practice breathing techniques that allow you to deal with stress, use specific relaxation exercises designed for the workplace, identify the importance of self-awareness, and explain how your level of stress hardiness contributes to your well-being. In this course, you'll learn methods for reducing workplace stress including breathing techniques, exercises, and increasing your level of self-awareness. Topics include Breathing and stretching, Self-awareness, and Stress hardiness.

Lesson 3: Assertiveness (1.0) hour

Assertiveness teaches you how to describe how assertiveness relates to stress reduction, distinguish between passivity, aggressiveness and passive aggressiveness, explain the consequences of passivity and aggression, practice using the framework for assertiveness at work, and explain how the use of timing and tact facilitates being persuasive. This course describes how assertiveness relates to stress reduction. You will learn how to respond assertively at work and in your personal life. Topics include Defining assertiveness, Responding assertively, and Applying assertive behavior.

Lesson 4: Coping with Anger (1.0) hour

Coping with Anger teaches you how to identify what contributes to anger, assess your own level of anger, practice using reframing strategies to defuse anger, and describe the value of forgiveness for stress reduction. This course provides information on the nature of anger and the elements that contribute to it. You'll also learn tips on reducing feelings of anger, which will, in turn, lower your stress level. Topics include The nature of anger, Responding to anger, and Defusing anger.