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In this session, participants focus on the “big picture.” They learn how to identify their own stressors and how to avoid the three most common stress traps: misperception, misspending, and overcontrol. Participants examine stressors in their lives and learn the important stress management skills of relabeling, prioritizing, and letting go.
No matter what your lifestyle, stress sometimes piles up! In this skill-packed session, participants learn how to identify stress overload and explore three important types of stress management strategies. Participants learn to recognize stress overload in all its forms. They also acquire skills for surviving an immediate crisis, managing recurring stress, and making long-term healthy lifestyle adjustments
Nothing has more effect on overall well-being than relationships. In this session, participants learn to identify the relationship stressors that can affect their lives. Participants develop communication and relationship skills to help minimize conflict, deal with difficult people, and build a positive network of support.
Many negative, addictive behaviors, such as overeating, arguing, smoking, or drinking too much, have a single common source—stress. This session investigates the relationship between stress and negative coping patterns. Participants identify negative coping patterns in their lives and learn to develop a wide range of healthy, effective alternatives for managing their stress.
Stress can turn any job into drudgery—but it doesn’t have to be that way! Participants assess their job stress by identifying drainers and energizers in the workplace. Participants learn the symptoms to watch for, the beliefs that feed into stressful patterns on the job, and the skills for coping with the pressures of their work setting.
Life’s demands change constantly. Old tried-and-true stress management strategies may have worked in the past, but are they still effective? In this session, participants reevaluate their current coping patterns and their personal values. Using their values, participants set goals and make a plan to develop a new repertoire of effective coping skills.

