What is stress?
Stress is the body’s response to pressure. It is a natural response of human beings that help in addressing threats and challenges in their life. All of us deal with stress differently depending on our genetics, early life events, personality, social and economic conditions
Why should we learn how to manage stress?
Deterioration in our daily performance is often a warning sign of our natural coping/ resilience being overwhelmed by the stressors. If no effort is made to reduce the stress in these circumstances, it can negatively impact the nervous system as well as other body organs and decrease our ability to combat infections. Therefore, long standing stress increases our vulnerability for sleep disturbance, memory problems, depression, anxiety, digestive problems including peptic ulcers, cardiovascular disturbances and infections. Hence different strategies to handle stressors and improving resilience against stress is essential for overall well being of individuals.
Benefits of Stress Management for Human Life
Stress management is essential for a better human life because it improves overall well-being, productivity, and relationships while reducing the risk of serious health problems. Here’s why stress management is beneficial:
- Reduces the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke.
- Strengthens the immune system, making the body more resistant to illness
- Helps regulate sleep, reducing insomnia and fatigue
- Reduces anxiety, depression, and emotional exhaustion.
- Improves focus, memory, and decision-making.
- Encourages positive thinking and emotional stability.
- Helps manage time effectively, preventing burnout.
- Enhances creativity, problem-solving, and efficiency.
- Improves motivation and work-life balance
- Reduces irritability and mood swings, leading to better interactions.
- Encourages open communication and conflict resolution.
- Helps maintain healthy relationships with family, friends, and colleagues.
- Encourages self-care and relaxation.
- Helps in achieving long-term goals without unnecessary pressure.
- Increases overall happiness and satisfaction in life.
Stress management – group therapy is a psychological treatment conducted with the following purpose:
To learn new ways of managing one’s symptoms and discomforts
Learning to explore the relationship between own symptoms and / or discomforts and one’s thoughts and / or actions in different situations and social relationships
To learn how one may apply the newly learn patterns of thoughts and behaviours for relief from distressing symptoms.
Therapist
Alakananda Dutt
MD Psychiatry, PGIMER
Chandigarh Consultant, Kolkata
Registration No: 59842 of WBMC Kolkata
Phone number: 9831070821 (own) and 9831400821 (secretary)
- Dr Alakananda Dutt pledges to apply her best efforts for the betterment of the group using the skills learnt in her 14 years of experience in the field of Psychiatry but cannot guarantee it.
1hr in duration once in 2 weeks which is expected to follow the structured mentioned below
- Session 1: What is stress & when should it be controlled? Outline of management principles
- Session 2: Biological basis of stress. Detailed discussion of each stress management principles
- Session 3 & 4: Detailed description of stress management principles with efforts to actively involve clients and members
The following key points are expected to be on the agenda of each session -
A. Pre – session preparation –
- The Perceived Stress scale (PSS) rating & scoring by each member– The PSS is a validated scale (in English) for assessment of the severity of stress felt by an individual in the past 1 month.
- The document or its link (whichever is more user friendly) will be sent by secretary of the therapist at least 24 hours before the commencement of each session.
- Clients and members are expected to respond to the scale & send their response to the therapist on their registered whatsapp number at least 12 hours before the commencement of their session if they wish to know their stress scores before the commencement of each session.
- If completed document is sent after the appointed time the results will be sent to them after the session.
B. Session proper -
- Teaching – with focus on the topic of the day
- Exercises
- Discussion
- Homework if any
- Conclusion and round-off
- Registration fees for each client for the entire course has to be transferred to the account of the therapist at least 48hrs prior to the scheduled commencement of the 1st session (ACCOUNT DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED BY SECRETARY OF THERAPIST)
- Documents that need to be sent by whatsapp to both the therapist (9831070821) and her secretary (9831400821) at least 48hrs before start of the 1st session for confirmation of booking are –
1. Demographic details of the client (Name, age, education in number of years, occupation, whatsapp number)
2. Transaction statement of registration fees
3. Valid photo ID of the participant
4. Completed informed consent form
- Conducted in a group of 6-8 participants under the supervision of a therapist for 4 sessions over a period of 2 months.
- Participants who have registered for the treatment with the therapist
- Duty of secrecy: Participant are not allowed to breach the privacy of other participants of the group or discuss anything with others outside the group in a manner that leads to a breach of privacy.
- During the sessions everyone has the right to say no when asked about private matters during exercises, etc., if they do not feel up to it.
- Each participant is responsible for giving herself or himself a chance to enjoy a better quality of life by getting the most out of the treatment.
- 2nd & 4th Sunday of April-May 2025 from 3.15 pm – 4.15 pm
- It will be conducted on Google meet - link will be sent 30 minutes before the scheduled time of each session only to those who fulfil the pre-requisites of the treatment by the secretary of the therapist
