The 2016 National Employee Mental Wellbeing survey indicate that 25% of adults will experience a mental health issue at some point, with almost 20% of working age adults currently experiencing a mental health condition.\u00a0 The survey indicated that stress was linked to 43% of lost work days and 34% of work related ill-health issues.\u00a0 However, it reports that a staggering 95% of employees gave a reason other than workplace stress as their reason for absence, due to stigma.<\/p>\n
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The Mental Health Foundation (2016)<\/a> report that people with mental health issues find there is a social stigma associated with mental ill-health and that the discrimination they experience can actually have a negative influence on their lives, worsen their difficulties and make it harder to recover.\u00a0 Furthermore, despite the Equality Act 2010 making it illegal to discriminate against people with mental health problems in many aspects, including work and education, people can still experience this stigma in numerous ways. \u00a0Yet, most people who experience mental health problems never fully recover or develop satisfactory coping and management strategies.<\/strong><\/p>\n Workplace stress can refer to experiences where the demands placed upon an individual exceeds their ability to cope.\u00a0 This will vary from individual to individual and addressing workplace stress can require a holistic and flexible approach.\u00a0 Despite an ever-increasing understanding of the health effects of workplace stress, the Health and Safety Executive report that the number of cases of stress in the workplace has remained broadly constant for the past decade.\u00a0 Stress and anxiety are areas where hypnotherapy can be highly effective in generating positive and beneficial change. \u00a0A good hypnotherapy training course will teach students how to observe the signs of stress, assess stress, and explore lifestyle and workplace strategies that can reduce the excessive demands that the individual is struggling with.<\/p>\n A range of approaches and models can be applied to lifestyle and workplace stress.\u00a0 Lynne et al. (2015) talk of social, cultural, cognitive, and neurophysiological aspects, both in and out of hypnosis, with dynamic interaction within the multifaceted experience of hypnosis.<\/p>\n Hypnotherapists trained in behavioural <\/strong>approaches will be able to address the unhelpful habitual responses of clients.\u00a0 People get into a routine of responding a certain way.\u00a0 If you have ever experienced the sales \u2018yes set\u2019 then it shows how easy it is to become accustomed to responding a certain way.\u00a0 Perhaps your client always says \u2018yes\u2019 to overtime, when really they want to say \u2018no\u2019. Working with a client can help them become more assertive, both linguistically (what they say) and non-verbally (body language).<\/p>\n Cognitive<\/strong> approaches, such as Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), enable a hypnotherapist to work with a client to identify unhelpful thought processes and generate new, more helpful ways of thinking and responding.\u00a0 Sometimes clients can get caught up in self-suggested demands such as \u201cI should be able to cope with all the work-load, I can\u2019t bear it if I can\u2019t and it shows I am a useless person<\/em>\u201d. \u00a0\u00a0These rigid \u2018absolute\u2019 demands are unhelpful and can lead to disturbance when they are not met.\u00a0 Cognitive work can help clients gain a more rational perspective.<\/p>\n At times, a client may wish to get insight into their responses, or feel that their responses are ‘sub-conscious’ or automatic.\u00a0 Here an analytical<\/strong> approach, such as Parts Therapy, Inner Child or IMR therapy can help the client explore the \u2018unconscious drivers\u2019 behind their present ways of responding to situations.\u00a0 With new insight and understanding, work can then occur to create meaningful change.<\/p>\n Also, within the stress and anxiety experienced, there may be avoidance or phobic responses that may benefit from regression<\/strong> approaches, whether working with sub-modalities or perhaps a desensitisation approach, the skilled hypnotherapist can help to develop the client\u2019s ability to cope in anxiety-provoking situations.<\/p>\n Whilst it may be most common for therapists to work within individuals on a one-to-one basis, stress management can also be a good topic for group therapy sessions.\u00a0 Here, with good session management, those within the group can form a support structure for all of those within it.<\/p>\n A hypnotherapist who understands the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of a range of hypnotherapeutic approaches will be able to effectively help a client experiencing workplace stress reduce their experience of stress to a more manageable level.<\/p>\n Note: If you’re personally suffering from stress in the workplace and you’re looking for a professional hypnotherapist to help you, a good place for you to search is The General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\nHypnotherapy for stress management<\/h3>\n
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