Relaxation: Developing Ways to Effectively Reduce and Manage Stress

Relaxation: Developing Ways to Effectively Reduce and Manage Stress is a self-paced online course designed for individuals who feel stressed, anxious, overwhelmed, or stuck in survival mode due to school, work, relationships, or life demands. Stress can come from many sources, especially when challenges feel constant or unmanageable. This course supports those who want practical ways to relax, slow down, and regain a sense of balance while learning how stress affects their thoughts, emotions, and daily functioning.

The course helps participants learn how to reduce and manage stress by building awareness and developing relaxation skills that can be used in real-life situations. Rather than forcing change, participants are guided to learn how to allow life to unfold with greater ease while gaining tools to calm the mind and body. Through education, reflection, and skill-building, learners explore strategies and techniques that help reduce stress-based thoughts, emotional pressure, and reactivity.

What makes this course unique is its focus on connecting concepts with real-time skill development and practice. Participants are encouraged to take inspired action by actively practicing relaxation strategies that educate, engage, and empower them. By the end of the course, learners gain practical solutions for managing stress more effectively, increasing self-awareness, and building confidence in their ability to respond to life with greater calm, clarity, resourcefulness, and resilience.

After completion of this online portion of the course there is a 15-minute Q & A with Dr. Wilson (To be determined) regarding strategies and practices for using the content. 

Cost-$50

Objectives:

1. Define and discuss stress, stress management, and relaxation strategies and skills.
2. Demonstrate and discuss using relaxation strategies and skills.