The Western Health and Social Care Trust is promoting a free online ‘Stress Control’ course.
Dr. Adrian McKinney, Clinical Director of Psychology, for the Trust explains: “Stress is a normal reaction to the rapidly changing and uncertain times we are all currently living in. If you are feeling a bit more stressed than usual and would like to learn some great ways, free-of-charge, to deal with common problems like anxiety, depression, panicky feelings, poor sleep and at the same time support your mental health and emotional wellbeing then you could utilise this online Stress Control course.
“‘Stress Control’ is a six-session cognitive-behavioural therapy class. The renowned course, developed by Dr. Jim White, consultant clinical psychologist, has been used extensively in community-settings by the NHS (UK) and HSE (Ireland) and across the world,” said Dr. McKinney.
The format of the online course via YouTube, six sessions. Each session will play twice a day (at 2pm and repeated at 8.30pm) on Mondays and Thursdays beginning on the Monday, August 10 2020.
If you are interested in finding out more please visit www.stresscontrol.org where you can learn more about the class and get the dates. Everything you need to successfully complete the class is available at the website.
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