The workshop is a half-day of non-confrontational training that is designed to inform and educate. Participants are not asked to interact with each other or to make personal disclosures. There is no group bonding for example.
The workshop is focused on the "process", the "how" question. So, we don’t ask, “why am I stressed”, we ask, “how am I stressed?” The “how” question describes stress-symptoms as an outcome, due to a process made up of steps. The process is the same for everybody.
The content, on the other hand, is unique to each individual and is quite probably sensitive and private. Content is not discussed in this workshop. Also, participants will not be given time in the workshop to ventilate their gripes and complaints about the workplace. The seminar workshop is not intended in any way to be a forum. It is intended to inform and educate at the “process” level, or the “how it happens” level.
The seminar workshop assumes no prior knowledge. People will commonly claim to possess accurate knowledge about stress from their own experiences. The seminar workshop is not about personal experiences, it is about developing a sound knowledge-base for how it works and what to do about stress-reduction.
At the conclusion of this seminar workshop participants will…
- understand what “stress” is,
- understand what “internal and external stressors” are, and
- to be able to explain how stress-symptoms are an outcome from a process, and
- to be able to explain the steps in the process for stress-reduction.
The individual coaching sessions step-off from the seminar workshop.
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workplace stress reduction program