Part 2 of Stress Today

Published on 3rd December 2018

Part 2 Stress Today- The Causes of Stress

Three causes of stress have been identified;

Organisational
Life events
Ourselves!!

As a therapist it is important once you have gained your qualification in anatomy ad physiology and studied the stress response, also known as fight, flight or flee to have a good understandinbg about the causes of stress and to ask your clients about their stress levels.

Organisational Causes of Stress

Increased workload/excessive workload
Job insecurity
Rapid change
Long working hours
Work intruding into home life
Continual crisis management
Poor communication
Lack of recognition
Personality factors
No work culture or support
Bullying
Sexism
Employee complaints
Managers
Not enough work
Harassment
Too much work
Racism
Work too repetitive
People who don't deliver
Too many rules
Lack of interest
Appraisals
Lack of trust
Fear of redundancy
Being isolated
Fear of redeployment
Boring work
Threat of others being better
No involvement in decision making
Lack of promotion opportunities
Lack of interest of manager
Lack of support from manager
Environmental Factors
Poor work environment
Air-conditioning
Central Heating
Noise
VDU'S
Lack of space
Light
Phones
Travelling

Life Events

No matter how professional your therapy clients, it is sometimes impossible to prevent their private lives from encroaching on their work.

Employee assistance schemes (EAP’S) and counselling have been in place in the UK for more than twenty years and are proving cost effective, according to the EAP Association. A third of the US workforce is now thought to be covered by a programme and in the UK, where programmes are available, usage varies from 2 per cent to 30 per cent of the workforce. A usual EAP will consist of up to eight one hour sessions, covering issues such as financial and legal problems and one to one counselling. if is worth asking a very stressed client if they have suc a scheme at their place of work.

Ourselves

We all have moments of courage, confidence, certainty, productiveness, joy, contentedness, achievement, inspiration, creativity..... Yet sometimes along the way people lose their direction, drive and commitment.

Stress management for your clients through your therapy can help to "unpeel layers of the onion"; blocks and barriers that have developed over time to quash a person's potential, for example:

Negative or set ways of thinking

Stressors

Loss of confidence

Loss of direction

Loss of motivation

Lack of self belief

Poor communication

Loss of energy

Next week we will look at the stress response in detail.

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