Stress and Health Coaching
Ways Coaching Can Help:
- Clarify your goals and overcome barriers
- Build meaning, strengths and patterns of success
- Increase life satisfaction in relationships, family, work and school
- Improve physical, emotional and mental well-being
Drawing on the research from the science of positive psychology, I provide coaching to enhance career and school performance, physical and mental functioning, as well as self-care, family life, and relationships.
Through a process of daily, weekly, or monthly phone, Skype, and/or face-to-face sessions, I help you identify your priorities and goals, offer a range of tools to identify your strongest motivators, and support you to take charge of your desired growth and changes. Imagine having the support to help you stay motivated and on track so that your new attitudes and behaviours become a satisfying way of life.
The coaching relationship brings proven methods for understanding where you are now, where you want to go, and your best ways to get there. I use brain-based coaching in helping you maximize your potential in family, career and in life.
Individualized Health Coaching & Stress Counselling
Stress is a significant factor at the core of most underling health conditions and symptoms. Research validates that a stress management program suited to your lifestyle can lower the incidence and severity of stress related syndromes and illness, including: insomnia, anxiety, fatigue, irritable bowel issues, immune function, chronic pain, migraines, mood, and mental attention issues.
Health Coaching & Stress Counselling:
- Draws from research in neurobiology and positive psychology
- Uses specific assessment tools for understanding your stress style
- Helps you reduce symptoms and build pathways to greater health and resilience
- Enables faster recovery from stress, illness, and problems
- Improves your vitality and functioning at work, school, and in relationships
Do You Need Stress Counselling?
Find Out With This Quick Stress Test:
Recognizing your personal stress level is the first step to getting better control of stress.
After each statement below write down a number from 0 to 3 to show how often you have experienced these feelings in the past month.
0 = haven't had this feeling at all
1 = somewhat
2 = often
3 = constantly or nearly constantly
How often have you had this feeling in the past month?
1. I felt tense, nervous, anxious, or upset _____
2. I felt sad, depressed, down in the dumps, or hopeless _____
3. I felt low energy, exhausted, or unable to get things done _____
4. I couldn't turn my thoughts off long enough (at nights or weekends) to feel relaxed and refreshed the next day _____
5. I found myself unable to sit still, and had to move around constantly _____
6. I was so upset that I was losing control of my feelings _____
7. I have been preoccupied with a serious personal problem _____
8. I have been in unpleasant situations that I felt helpless to do anything about _____
9. I felt tired in the morning, no energy to get up or to face daily activities _____
10. I have had problems in concentrating on things or remembering things _____
11. I feel I could be doing more to take care of myself and be healthy _____
12. I don't feel I have much control over the events in my life _____
13. No matter how hard I try, I can't seem to accomplish what I want _____
14. I have been frustrated in my life by bad breaks and by people who are not living up to my expectations _____
15. My standards are very high for my own activities _____
16. When something difficult is coming up, I find myself thinking about all the ways things can go poorly for me _____
17. My life is empty and has no meaning _____
18. I often run into problems I can't solve _____
19. I am not able to give what I would like to the people closest to me _____
20. I have not felt close to or accepted by the people around me (family and friends) _____
If your score is 16 or below, you are experiencing a statistically normal stress level.
If your score is above 16, there are warning signs that you are experiencing a high level of stress. You are paying too high a stress-price and can benefit from stress counselling.
I have over 20 years experience as a Stress Management Therapist in a hospital setting, helping people improve their mental and physical health and functioning in life through individualized stress counselling.
Two Stages of Stress Counselling:
1. In phase 1, the first two appointments are assessment and action oriented. Together we look at your types and levels of stress, how they are affecting your life and health, and identify key action steps to improve your life satisfaction and manage your stressors. These first two appointments are booked one week apart and this is followed up with monthly appointments or phone sessions.
2. Phase 2 involves monthly sessions where we identify your stress coping style and focus on key strategies to improve your health and core resiliencies. You can expect to learn a lot about yourself and how to integrate specialized lifestyle practices, mental perspectives and motivational techniques that have you feeling more in control of symptoms.