Stress Management
Being an accountant is a stressful job. Workloads pile up, deadlines loom, and burnout can creep in. This course offers practical ways to reduce stress and stay balanced.
£150 +VAT
Stress Management
£150 +VAT
365 days’ access
This course will enable you to
- Understand the causes and signs of stress
- Evaluate your workload and prioritise tasks effectively
- Adopt self-care practices that support wellbeing
- Develop personal resilience and coping strategies
- Use mindfulness techniques to reduce day-to-day pressure
About the course
Accountancy can be a rewarding profession, but it also can be stressful – you’re responsible for the financial health of your organisation or your clients, and that can take its toll. Workloads often pile up and, sooner or later, we find ourselves feeling burnt out.
This course explores what stress means in a professional context and how it affects both the body and mind. You’ll reflect on how different people experience stress, and learn practical ways to reduce demands, manage your workload, and build up the personal and professional resources that help you cope. The course also looks at how to maintain long-term balance through resilience, self-care and mindset – so you’re better prepared to navigate high-pressure situations when they arise.
By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped with strategies to recognise, manage and reduce stress – helping you maintain focus, protect your wellbeing and perform at your best.
Contents
Module 1: Understanding Stress, Its Causes and Warning Signs
Explore what stress is and how it affects physical and mental wellbeing. Understand common causes of workplace stress, why people respond differently to similar situations and how context influences stress levels. Learn to recognise warning signs and use self-reflection to identify your own stress triggers and behaviours.
Module 2: Managing Workload and Reducing Stress
Discover practical strategies for reducing workplace stress by managing the demands placed on you. Learn how to evaluate your workload, prioritise tasks, set boundaries and say no when necessary. Explore how accepting imperfection and managing immediate pressures can help create a more sustainable approach to work.
Module 3: Building Resources for Stress Management and Wellbeing
Explore ways to strengthen your capacity to cope with workplace demands and manage stress more effectively. Discover techniques for combating fatigue, developing positive thinking habits and embracing self-care. Learn how to create a personal wellbeing development plan that supports your mental and physical health.
Module 4: Developing Resilience, Mindfulness and Emotional Balance
Learn how to maintain a healthier balance and prepare yourself to handle stressful situations. Explore techniques for building personal resilience, recognising the influence of core beliefs and practising mindfulness. Develop greater empathy and consider how to manage difficult relationships while maintaining your own wellbeing.
Author
Anna Faherty
Writer, lecturer and consultant working across the publishing, museum and charity sectors.
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Lydia Hakeney –
A great course with useful strategies both for helping yourself to deal with stress and giving advice on how to deal with others who may cause you stress. Highly recommended
Ulrike Niederle –
Comprehensive, provided practical strategies
James Warren –
Very practical tips for managing stress and self-care
Patrick Fitzpatrick –
Very helpful and informative with lots of great advice
Wai Wing Li –
Very helpful and can apply in the work place
Phoebe Elliott –
Would highly recommend when you are in a stressful situation, and feeling overwhelmed with work. Can’t wait to apply this to my practice and work
Allan Young –
Some very useful tips and insights into how to deal with stress. Helped me to understand my reactions to stressful situations.
Tina Vincent –
Excellent course with a good combination of videos & helpful insight into stress
Kakale Mosalagae –
Great course,would highly recommend to everyone.
Taboka Moloi –
Amazing and important and helpful
Masego Pearl Balopi –
Impactful as we are living in the forever changing times and so we need to manage stress.
Tlang Thomelo –
its woth reading as a professinals
Emma Teeson –
This was a great reminder about stress management. At times I have not felt on top of things lately and this course reminded of things I used to do naturally which helped me unwind and the need to get back to that normality.
Tracy Maidment –
An interesting course, a lot to remember to try and put into practice.
Annah Seile –
This course is so insightful and informative,
Richard Marles –
A very useful course with good insight on identification and stress management activities. The techniques covered will be useful in how I manage stress moving forward
Catherine Yaxley –
Great course with lots of practical advice and tips. Really helps you think about how you are and how you deal with situations
Trevor Hogg –
Really helpful with an area that many of us tend to ignore