Understanding Stress – for you and your clients
Stress is one of the biggest barriers to people living a rich and fulfilled life and is the precursor to larger mental and physical health concerns. This course provides you with a comprehensive learning of both the theoretical aspects and practical tools for managing mental wellbeing to better support your clients in navigating this very complex and increasingly important area of health.
Understanding Stress – for you and your clients
Study Method
Self Guided, online program
Start Date
Enrol and start anytime
Student Suitability
No pre-requisites
Course Fee
$370
In today’s world, we are seeing more and more people experiencing a sense of overwhelm and mental exhaustion due to the increasing demands of daily life. Balancing the expectations of work and family life, keeping up with social norms and external factors such as global issues often start to snowball to where our mental health and wellbeing is compromised. Stress is one of the biggest barriers to people living a rich and fulfilled life and is the precursor to larger mental and physical health concerns. It underpins so many other areas of our health and lifestyle where if left unmanaged, we become stagnant and unable to move forward with any of our health goals.
Understanding Stress-for you and your clients provides you (as a coach) with a comprehensive learning ofboth the theoretical aspects and practical tools you need to better support your clients in navigating this very complex and increasingly important area of health. It explores the role that stress plays in our lives, the sources of stress, the damaging mental and physiological effects it plays on our bodies through our innate stress response. The course takes a holistic approach to managing stress and provides a comprehensive range of practical strategies (both mental and physical). Arming you with a complete ‘toolbox’ to draw from, you can support your clients in helping them design a happier, more fulfilled life. Information within the course has been drawn from many sources and we have attempted to overlay a coaching approach that identifies “stress” as an inevitable and potentially positive part of life. We have included many tools and references for you to use and explore further beyond your studies that could actively assist in your work.
Who this course is for:
- Graduate Coaches or coaches-in-training who are wanting to increase their awareness and be armed with the practical tools to work with clients to improve mental wellbeing
- Anyone who is seeking a course that provides them with personal ap proach to managing their own stress to lead a more healthy and happy life
Ideal course for qualified coaches who require gap training for lifestyle related studies in order to meet criteria to become a full member with the Health Coaches Australia and New Zealand Association (HCANZA)
This course will enable you to:
- Understand what stress actually means and how it looks for different genders and age demographic
- Become aware of the physical and psychological responses and the short and long term effects of negative stress
- Understand the origins of stress, common causes and how our cognitions affect our experience of stress
- Become familiar with the various ways of measuring stress and experience a range of tools to do this
- Identify ways of determining how an individual experiences stress and key strategies for controlling it
- Learn different ways of managing stress using physical strategies and consider options to suit individual needs and preferences
- Learn different ways of managing stress using physical, mental or life management strategies and consider options to suit individual needs and preferences
- Understand how to elicit the relaxation response and the benefits of doing this in building resiliency
- Be familiar with eating patterns that can help combat the stress response
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Frequently Asked Questions
You will receive immediate access to the online learning portal, simply check your email with details on how to get started and receive your login details
Yes hard copies of the course text are available for an additional fee of $xx including shipping within Australia. You can order a copy by clicking here<insert link to the shop product>
You have 8 weeks from time of enrolling to have completed all the course sections including the online quiz for each section
Certificates are issued direct to you on email within5 business days of passing all online quiz sections in your learning portal.
Yes. You have access to our student knowledge base to search any prior support questions that students have asked or you can directly contact our support team with your questions and they will provide direct guidance back to you within 1 business day.