Stressworks
Counselling & Psychotherapy for Loughborough
Leicester & the East Midlands

Both in our personal lives, and also in our workplace, we frequently encounter stress , and stressful situations. Stress can be a positive force; we all need a certain amount of stress in order to function and be well. Often, though, its effects can be experienced as wholly negative.

Stress incapacitates preventing them from becoming confident, successful, self-determining human beings. When we are stressed, we feel ill, frightened, unable to think, paralyzed, we want help but we don't know how to reach out. We become isolated, alone, withdrawing from love and support. We are just running scared. The overwhelming feeling is of being completely out of control and on our own.

Stress undermines organisations, breaking down lines of communication, lowering motivation and morale, destroying teamwork and the ability to work together effectively. For organisations and businesses, stress frequently means being out of control. Everything starts to break down, illness and absenteeism increase, avoidance and passive aggression replaces co-operation and constructive communcation. People dread going to work, things don't get done, mistakes are made and no-one wants to own them or take responsibility. Again, the feeling is overwhelmingly of being completely out of control and on our own.

~ STRESSWORKS ~ offers a practical alternative. We specialise in helping you to understand and manage the complex reactions we all suffer in response to, or in relation to, such disabling and quite overwhelming experiences as:

We can help you to manage the symptoms associated with these. However - and more importantly - we can also help you get to the root of them. We help you to tackle not only the symptoms but, more importantly, the actual causes. We work with you to help you break the circle.

~ STRESSWORKS ~ offers counselling and psychotherapy working gently to help individuals understand what is underneath and behind their current difficulties, so that they can feel in control, empowered, and able to make the most of their potential.

We also provide individual and Life Skills coaching supporting individuals in discovering and practising new ways of being, and new skills and techniques, which will enable them to live fuller and more effective lives, both at work and in their personal lives, and to enjoy fuller and more effective relationships.

Our style of training encourages individuals to take responsibility for themselves, and to grow as much in self-awareness as in knowledge and skills.

We also offer consultancy, working within organisations to help identify problems and new ways of going forward.

~ STRESSWORKS ~ takes seriously the findings and recommendations of the latest cutting edge research into well-being and the balance between the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual needed for optimum health. We therefore offer a range of holistic options for those who feel this would suit them better. These are provided by our sister company ~ Universal Energy Works ~ They include one to one and group sessions in the following: