Stress Management Level 3 Certificate Course

There are 8 lessons:

1 Body Changes

• Modern Day Stressors
• Symptons and Effects of Stress: The Muscles Response, The Gastrointestinal Response, The Cardiovascular Response, The Skin Response
• The Fight or Flight Response (GAS)
• Effect of Stress on Health and Well-Being: Stress and the Immune System
• A Stress Management Response Program

2 Easy Living

• Easy Living: Understanding Your Stress Symptoms, What Exactly Is Causing Your Stress?, Decide How to Deal With Your Particular Stressor
• Terminology: Anxiety, Depression, Tension, Fear, Phobia, Unconscious Anxiety, Free-floating Anxiety, Panic
• More on Self Image
• Tips for Relaxation: Massage, Aromatherapy, Exercise, Get a Hobby, Hypnosis, Autogenics
• Controlling Stress: Dealing with a Crisis, Responses to crisis (Physical, Mental, Emotional, Behavioural)
• Too Little Stress

3 Drugs and Alcohol

• Alcohol: How Much Is Too Much?
• Drugs: Over The Counter and Prescription Drugs, Illegal Substances
• Seeking Help

4 Self Esteem

• What is Self Esteem?: The Importance of Self-Esteem
• Realistic Expectations - Stress and Perfectionism
• Altering Your Perception
• Social Support: Low Self-Esteem in Teenagers
• Building Self Esteem In Others

5 Managing Your Own Career

• Work Satisfaction
• Managing Your Career
• Reviewing Your Career
• Standing Out And Progressing

6 Security and Decision Making

• Self Assurance: Development of Security and Self Assurance, Analysing Ourselves
• Decision Making: Strategy

7 Relaxation & Nutrition

• Nutrition: Dietary Fibre, Vitamins and Minerals
• The Balanced Diet: The Food Pyramid - Summarised, The Basics for Healthy Eating
• Carbohydrates, Proteins And Fats: Carbohydrates, The Glycemic Index, Proteins, Fats
• Problems Of Nutrition And Diet: Eating
• General Principles Of Weight Loss: Attitudes, Progress, Exercise, Balance, Cause and Effect
• Tips For Healthy Living
• Food Allergies/Intlerance: Food Intolerance, Allergies
• Sleep Disorders: What is Sleep Apnoea? Is There Any Treatment?
• Relaxation
• Alternative Methods For Relaxation And Reducing Stress: Reiki and Stress Management Techniques, Breathing Exercises, Crying, Crystals, Sex to Reduce Stress, Humour and Stress Relief, Yelling Loud
• Anger: Expressing Anger

8 Personal Style Inventory

• Classic Research: Other Personality Traits and Stress
• Ideal Self: Trait and Type Approach
• Genes And Personality
• Personality Disorders
• Personality Index
• Introversion - Extroversion

Your learning experience with ADL will not only depend on the quality of the course, but also the quality of the person teaching it. This course is taught by Iona Lister and your course fee includes unlimited tutorial support throughout. Here are Iona's credentials:

Iona Lister
Licentiate, Speech and Language Therapy, UK, Diploma in Advanced Counselling Skills.

Iona has been a clinician and manager of health services for fifteen years, and a trainer for UK-based medical charities, focusing on psychosocial issues, mental health disorders, and also the promotion of communication skills for people in helping roles. She tutors and facilitates groups via workshops and teleconferences, and now specialises in Sight Loss. As a freelance writer, she contributes regular feature articles for magazines, has written five published books, as well as published courses relating to personal development and counselling skills.

Iona has also written published books, courses and articles across a wide range of subjects, mostly in the areas of health, counselling, psychology, crafts and wildlife.

She has drawn experience from clinical and managerial experience within the NHS as well as medical and humanitarian subjects. She has been a regular feature writer and expert panel member of a national magazine for six years.

Books include: A Guide to Living with Alzheimer's Disease (and associated dementias), The Psychology of Facial Disfigurement; a Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals, When a Medical Skin Condition Affects the Way you Look; A Guide to Managing Your Future, Facing Disfigurement with Confidence, Cross Stitch: A Guide to Creativity and Success for Beginners.
Courses written include: Mental Health and Social Work, Counselling Skills, Understanding and Responding to Substance Misuse, Journalling for Personal Development, Guided Imagery, Stress Management.

Current work includes: Tutor: Courses associated with Creative Writing, Counselling Skills, Psychology, Holistic Therapy, Certified Hypnotherapist and Hypnotension Practitioner.

Facilitator of Teleconference Groups: Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)

Trainer (Skills for Seeing): Macular Society

Reviewer of Books/Information: Macmillan Cancer Support

Fundraiser: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Embroidery/Art Groups Facilitator, Board Member

Website Manager: The Strathcarron Project, Coordinator (Delaware & Tennessee) Human Writes