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The Psychology of Stress

Practical Tips on Managing Workplace Stress

The 21st Century has been called the age of anxiety. Stress is among the most common and harmful issues facing people in the working world and the number of people who have succumbed to stress-related diseases are increasing. It is estimated that about 85% of the mental and physical ailments today are related to stress. Studies have shown that reducing workplace stress and managing the causes of job related stress can lead to significant benefits in terms of productivity and personal well being of a staff.

In this invaluable one-day seminar, you will learn about what stress is, what it can do to you if it is left unchecked, what makes you vulnerable to stress and how you can cope and manage it more effectively in your life. The information, practical know-how, practices, and exercises in this seminar will help you understand, control, and reduce stress. This seminar also provides information on the signs of workplace stress and the assumptions workers make that can increase stress, all of which are relevant information which can help you manage stress more effectively.

Course Outline

• What is stress?
• What causes stress?
• Symptoms and effect of stress - personal & organisational
• How can stress affect you?
• How prone to job related stress are you?
• Stress Management techniques
• Managing yourself positively and assertively under pressure

Course Objective

• Understand the causes and recognise the early symptoms of stress in the workplace
• Assess own level of workplace stress
• Identify faulty assumptions and erroneous perceptions held by many workers that contribute to stress in the workplace
• Develop realistic expectations to help cope and reduce workplace stress
• Identify the importance of self-awareness in dealing with stress
• Gain practical know-how of managing stress through tested and proven stress management techniques
• Learn how to handle job-related stress more effectively
• Reduce stress in your personal lives
• Enhance your ability to concentrate and focus on tasks

Who Should Attend?

About the Trainer

Rasimah Jar, the Managing Director and Co-Founder of ProWISE Consultancy Pte Ltd (S’pore), has more than 18 years of work experience in the field of Leadership and Management, Psychology, Child and Family Development and Education. She has brought her varied expertise and leadership and managerial experiences to professionals and organisations in countries like Australia, Spain, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Rasimah has provided her corporate consultancy and training services to private companies in Singapore and abroad to a wide variety of industries including:

• Government agencies
• Information Technology
• Building and Manufacturing
• Health Care and Social Services
• Educational Institutions

She regularly conducts talks and workshops on professional development such as Management and Leadership skills, Personal Effectiveness and Relationship Enhancement at Work through various Personality Styles and Coaching. She conducts counselling and mediation works for individuals, couples and families on a regular basis and coaching for individuals and company owners and their key staff. She also conducts marriage enrichment and preparatory workshops and counselling sessions for to-be married and newly married young couples on a regular basis. She had sat on several national committees which looked into national concerns like work-life balance, health, anti-drug abuse, voluntarism and youth action. Rasimah has shared her varied expertise with the public through her various publication works and has on various occasions been interviewed by the Singapore Mediacorp’s TV and radio channels.

Besides being a busy entrepreneur, and a parent to four young children, Rasimah is also a sought-after Associate Lecturer for several private educational institutions in Singapore. Her fun, creative, practical and highly interactive method of teaching has earned much of her students’ respect and liking for her. Rasimah also develops Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) WSQ standard training curricula for training companies. She had also sat on several Singapore national committees which looked into national concerns like work-life balance, health, anti-drug abuse, voluntarism and youth action.

Among other certifications, Rasimah has been certified as a:

• Professional Trainer by IPMA, UK,
• Coach-Parenting^TM Certified Coach, USA
• NLP Master Coach by the International NLP Federation
• NLP Trainer and Master Practitioner, ABNLP, USA
• Time Line Therapy® Trainer, TLTA, USA
• Hypnotherapy Master Practitioner, ABH, USA
• Advanced Behavioural Coach and Consultant, IML Inc., USA
• WDA ACTA, S'pore (Full Certification) and
• Marriage Facilitator, MCYS, S’pore

Rasimah is also a registered member of the Singapore Training and Development Association (STADA), a professional membership institution (recognised by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency, WDA) committed to the advancement of human capital development (HCD) field in Singapore, a registered member of the International Professional Managers Association in UK, and also a registered member of the American Board of Hypnotherapy and Time Line Therapy Association, USA.