Learn coping strategies and exercises that can be used to manage stress and anxiety in this free online course. This course teaches you techniques for coping with stress and anxiety. We study relaxation and cognitive techniques to provide maladaptive, problem-focused and emotion-focused methods to restore peace of mind. We investigate the link between exercise and stress as we describe useful exercises and their positive long-term effects. We also show you how to identify stressors in your life using a DIY strategy programme that we go through in detail.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 195302 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 3-4 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • List the different types of coping • Describe how to develop positive coping strategies • Explain how coping strategies differ from one individual to the next • Compare adaptive and maladaptive approaches • Distinguish between problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies • Indicate why images are used in relaxation techniques • Define ‘autogenic’ training • Explain the role of exercise in stress release • Describe its effect on the brain • Outline the long-term effects of exercise • Compare aerobic and anaerobic exercises |
| Course Code | 1502 |
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