Resilience: A course for people who want to deal more positively with stress at work or home

Introduction:

This course offers a great way of exploring, in a supportive environment, some of the problems and the potential of living with stress and anxiety.  It offers the opportunity to learn and gain support from others and to share your own experiences.

This course will offer an opportunity to build on your strengths and develop more resilience.

This group will meet weekly for six weeks. It will be a small group (with an absolute maximum of 6 participants) to allow for lots of high-quality one-to-one and small group feedback and discussion.

Participants often say that being in a training group is a useful part of the work: knowing that others experience similar things and learning how others cope.

We will focus on a different topic each week and part of the time will be spent in sharing experiences with others who may face similar problems.

The course trainer/facilitator will also be active in supporting you to learn new skills with which to respond to the situations you identify as stressful.

We will have a here and now, problem solving, practical orientation and we will expect participants to leave with new skills and strengths and improved resilience, as well as gaining some insight into what might have contributed to life’s difficulties in the first place. 

Course trainer/facilitator:

Jo Lucas MSc. Jo has many years of experience in running courses and groups for carers of people with mental health problems, for people experiencing stress at work and in their lives, and in assertiveness training. She is an international social work trainer and consultant and is in the final stage of her second MSc, in Integrative Psychotherapy.

Who can attend?

People who are experiencing one or more of the following:

1. • Experiencing stress at work, possibly including bullying,
   

2. • Experiencing stressful events, like bereavement, divorce, moving home or relationship difficulties,
   

3. • Dealing with other stressful issues or,
   

4. • Wanting to develop their resilience to future stress or difficult issues.
   

Depending on the needs of participants, sessions can include:

1. • Resilience
   

2. • Stress management
   

3. • Dealing with bullying at work
   

4. • Anxiety management /relaxation
   

5. • Emotional management
   

6. • Thoughts/feelings/behaviours (CBT)
   

7. • Lifeline/attachment
   

8. • Relationships
   

By the end of the programme you can expect to be:

1. • Managing stressful situations with increased confidence
   

2. • Acknowledging more of your inner strengths
   

3. • Using stress management techniques effectively
   

4. • Doing things differently
   

Dates and times:

The course runs on a rolling basis and a new course is started each time we have enough people to begin a new one. Please get in touch to add your name to the waiting list.

Most courses have taken place on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings - although other times of the week may be possible, so please say what days of the week you can attend when you get in touch.

Cost

The group costs £30 per session. The sessions are 90 minutes long (with a short break in the middle) to allow everyone a chance to a one-to-one focus when wanted. A limited number of reduced fee places of £15/session may be available to people on low income - please get in touch to check.

The facilitator will usually suggest a short phone call (up to 10 minutes), which has no charge, to check whether the training is right for you and clarify your aims.

Payment is in full in advance, by cash or cheque at each session or by direct debit. The cancellation and missed session policy will be sent to all participants in advance. If, after the first session, you decide the course is not for you, it is possible to drop out with no problems and no additional charges.

To sign up or to find out more:

Phone: 01223 261061 (leave a message and someone will get back to you)

Email: admin@cambridgecounsellingservice.co.uk