Understanding anxiety and 
managing it without drugs
A one-day course with tutor: Joe Griffin
Course outline:
Panic attacks, social anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), phobias, psychosexual problems, obsessional compulsive disorders (OCD) and anxiety related to work, money, health, surgery, childbirth, terror threats and death are a problem for many.
Prolonged anxiety makes us all susceptible to a wide range of mental disorders and physical illness. Joe Griffin shows how ill health causes anxiety in normal people but that the reverse is also true (for example, when raised anxiety levels suppress the immune system).
It is therefore essential that health and welfare professionals have the knowledge and skills to reduce anxiety in people quickly – so they can offer more effective treatment and care.
| What you will gain from the day: | |
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New information about the biological and psychological forces that make people anxious and how they affect treatment |
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Techniques to give you confidence when treating panic attacks, social anxiety, phobias, PTSD, psychosexual problems, OCD and anxiety related to health, death, surgery and childbirth |
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An understanding of the ‘fast phobia cure’ or ‘rewind’ technique and how to use it to resolve post traumatic stress in one session |
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New ways to reduce your own anxiety levels. |
| Who should attend? | |
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All health and welfare professionals: if you have to deal with, treat or care for people suffering from anxiety orders, and wish to be more effective. |
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Anyone who works or lives in a stressful environment that raises anxiety levels, or is simply curious about more effective and rapid ways to reduce anxiety, will find this training day fascinating. |
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If you need to deepen your understanding of anxiety disorders for personal or professional reasons, this course is for you. |
Course programme:
Registration: 8.30am to 9.30am (Tea or coffee served until 9.25am)
9.30am – Anxiety and the mind/body link
The mind/body links between excessive stress and illness – new research. The reasons for the rapid growth in anxiety based illness in recent decades. How moderate stress actually strengthens the immune system. Factors that inoculate against the harmful effects of stress. The effectiveness of appropriate psychotherapy compared to chemical treatment for anxiety. Why improving the knowledge of effective anxiety management can save vast amounts of money and improve the lives of millions. Why therapy for anxiety should be brief.
11.00am — Tea/coffee
11.30am – Effective techniques to overcome panic disorders
How to measure anxiety levels. The principles behind cognitive-behavioural therapy, interpersonal therapy, guided imagery and solution-focused therapy that make them effective treatments for anxiety disorders. How to tell if panic attacks are caused by hyperventilation. Four ways to stop hyperventilation. Effective ways to treat the physical, mental and behavioural components of anxiety. The eight core beliefs that generate panic attacks and how to effectively challenge them. How to reduce social anxiety. Agoraphobia – how it starts and how to cure it.
1.00pm — Lunch
2.00pm – How to overcome a major phobia or PTSD syndrome – in one session
The one session ‘fast phobia cure’ and why it works for so many different types of problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The essential principles for treating psychosexual anxiety disorders and working effectively with people suffering from obsessive/compulsive disorder (OCD).
3.00pm — Tea/coffee
3.30pm – The essential tips for dealing with anxiety (including your own)
How to reduce anxiety related to death. Two ways to drastically reduce the amount of drugs needed in childbirth. How to reduce the drugs needed in surgery and speed up postoperative recovery. The 5 most effective techniques for dealing with anxiety, including your own.
| DUBLIN:* | Date: Thursday 24th May 2012 Venue: Marino Institute of Education Times: Each day starts at 9.30am and ends at 4.30pm. Course Code: JX06 EVENT POSTPONED. To be rescheduled. |
| LONDON: | Date: Thursday 5th July 2012 Venue: Regents College Times: Each day starts at 9.30am and ends at 4.30pm. Course Code: JX07 |
| MANCHESTER: | Date: Wednesday 26th September 2012 Venue: Old Dining Hall, Hulme Hall Times: Each day starts at 9.30am and ends at 4.30pm. Course Code: JX08 |
| LONDON: | Date: Wednesday 12th December 2012 Venue: Friends House Quaker Meeting Centre Times: Each day starts at 9.30am and ends at 4.30pm. Course Code: JX09 |
| PRICE: | £160 plus vat (£192) per person. Fee includes tuition, course notes, attendance certificate, lunch
and refreshments
*Dublin price: £175 per person. Fee includes tuition, course notes, attendance certificate, lunch and refreshments ______________________________________________ Thinking of booking 5 or more courses?
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To book by phone, call: 01323 811690
Alternatively, you can download an application form and post or fax it to:
Human Givens College,
Chalvington,
East Sussex,
BN27 3TD
fax: 00 44 (0)1323 811486
Also see, How to Book.
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