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Audience Mental Acuity Test

Staff Counselling, Relaxation and Hypnotherapy? – The Objectives To briefly explain the ‘free to staff’ counselling service provided to Queen’s Staff. Understanding some of the barriers to relaxation. To have some knowledge about how the mind works and how it can be influenced/manipulated. Use some techniques used in ‘Hypnotherapy’ to help you to relax.

What is an Employee Assistance Programme? And how can it help me?

-Freephone 24 hour immediate telephone support -Structured telephone counselling -Structured face to face counselling available across NI -Financial advice -Legal advice Employee Assistance Programme QUB Staff - Overview carecallwellbeing.com

-Independent -Self-referred -Confidential -Free service -Complementary to professional support mechanisms -Complementary to personal support networks Employee Assistance Programme Employee Counselling Service carecallwellbeing.com

-Freephone number -Answered 24/7, 365 days a year -Immediate support -Staffed by professional, qualified & experienced personnel -Appointments within 3 working days Employee Assistance Programme Telephone Support carecallwellbeing.com

-Networked with 100 counsellors province-wide -Best match of counsellors to issue -Structured counselling sessions: -6 x1 hour session model -Counselling available within 20 mile radius -Counselling available between 9am - 6pm - (9am to 9pm Wed & Thu) Employee Assistance Programme Face-to-Face Support carecallwellbeing.com

-One hour sessions -Time limited, practical & solution focussed -Clear boundaries of confidentiality -Moves from analysis of the problem to identify your own skills, strengths & resources -Helps you to find a solution Employee Assistance Programme Counselling Model & Process carecallwellbeing.com

-General Counselling Support -Training Services -Performance Issues -Dealing with Work Colleagues -Work Stress -Office Politics -Critical Incident Support Your Working Life carecallwellbeing.com

-Bereavement -Caring for relatives -Family frictions -Childcare -Losing independence (self or others) -Drug & alcohol abuse -Personal crises -Ill health -Depression & anxiety -Discrimination -Divorce Your Personal Life carecallwellbeing.com

For free, confidential and immediate support call It helps to talk. Staff Counselling ‘Freephone’ Number

Does anyone have any previous experience of Hypnotherapy? Relaxation and Hypnotherapy? I promise: At precisely 8 pm tonight – you will not be clucking, and walking around your home like a chicken.

Relaxation and Hypnotherapy? What are the main barriers to relaxation? The ongoing pressures of work. Pressures from your personal/social life. Not being able to stop worrying about things I can’t get to sleep! Noise. Distractions and other stimulants (TV? Technology?). , text messages, Facebook, Linked-In, Twitter – the 24 hour communications network!

Relaxation and Hypnotherapy? Why is it important to be able to relax? Relaxation it the best way to deal with excessive stress in your life.

What is Stress?

Defining Stress: “Stress is the result of an imbalance between the perceived demands on people and their perceived capabilities” - Cox and Mackay “The adverse reaction people have to excessive pressure or other types of demands placed on them” - HSE “The Fight or Flight reaction with nowhere to run and nobody to fight” – Paul McKenna What is Stress?

Physiological Effects : When Confronted with Stress. Chemical messengers released into blood stream. Stimulates release of corticoids and adrenalin. Corticoids help the body to acquire energy from energy stores in the body. Adrenalin causes the physiological changes which produce fast, short-term high energy levels required for fight or flight. The effects of excessive stress.

How to relax and reduce your stress levels. Here is one very simple but surprisingly effective technique to help you relax and to reduce your stress levels.

How to relax and reduce your stress levels. Breathing Exercises Benefits: Slows the heart beat. Releases tension in the body. Promotes oxygenation of brain and body. Can reduce blood pressure. Relaxes the mind and body and boosts the immune system.

How to relax and reduce your stress levels. Breathing Exercises Please all stand up and try this simple technique.

How our Mind Works. So………… How does your mind work? How can this information be used to help you to manipulate your own mind and to induce a state of deep relaxation?

Our subconscious mind is located in the primitive parts of our brain: the medulla oblongata and the limbic system. Our conscious mind resides in the cerebral cortex and this is the area used for thinking and logical reasoning. What is the difference between your conscious and sub-conscious brain? How our Mind Works

How our mind works. The conscious mind is the part of your mind that is responsible for logic and reasoning. Our conscious mind protects us and blocks, filters, distorts and deletes incoming information. The subconscious mind is the part of your mind responsible for all of your involuntary actions like emotions, your heart beat and your breathing. Your subconscious mind is also the storage area of all your beliefs and memories. Changing beliefs and unwanted emotions can be done through hypnosis; by sending suggestions to the subconscious mind.

How our Mind Works There are 5 key occasions when your conscious mind hands over bodily control to your sub- conscience. Can anyone tell me what these 5 occasions are?

Look what I can do!

You can notice a certain sensation. You are listening to the sound of my voice and you can begin to relax. You are breathing in and out and your are curious about what you might learn. As you sit there smiling, you can begin to go into a trance. You’re curious about hypnosis – you may be wondering what I will say next. Indirect Elicitation Patterns (Use of Hypnotic Language) How our Mind Works

Hypnotherapy Relaxation Technique Over the next 8 minutes, I will show you how to use this relaxation technique (used in hypnotherapy) to help relax you and to help reduce your stress levels. How our Mind Works

Relaxation and Hypnotherapy?