Stress Management
Understanding Stress
Stress is so common these days, yet it comes with a cost to health and well-being. While a certain amount of stress is tolerable and can even be a motivating force, too much can begin to wear you down, causing or aggravating symptoms such as angina, high blood pressure, cardiac arrhythmias, pain, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances and headaches. Stress can leave you feeling irritable, overwhelmed and exhausted. In addition, what many do to cope with stress, such as excessive eating, smoking, alcohol and substance use, can further increase your health risk.
There is much you can do to manage stress more effectively. Although you can’t eliminate all external stressors, anyone can learn to respond more positively to stress and reduce its negative effects. By doing so, you can become happier, healthier and more effective at managing your life amidst any circumstances.
U-M Cardiovascular Medicine at Domino's Farms considers stress management to be an essential component of wellness. We offer individual and group services for patients, their families and the community to help reduce stress and enhance health. All programs are held at the Cardiovascular Medicine Clinic at Domino's Farms.
Individual Stress Management Consultations
Individual consultations are available anyone who wishes to be personally instructed in stress management coping skills. Sessions may include strategies for life balance, instruction in relaxation techniques, such as mindfulness meditation, guided imagery, bodyscan, breathing techniques, progressive muscle relaxation, and EFT, and coaching to implement behavior change. This is a good option for people who are more comfortable working in a one-on-one format and want a program tailored to their individual preferences and needs.
Our highly trained stress management specialist helps clients set and achieve their stress management goals, and assists them in integrating stress reduction techniques into their daily lives. Individual stress management sessions are 1 hour in length and can be scheduled through the Cardiovascular Medicine Clinic at 734 647-7321.
They are not covered by insurance.
Instructor: Sandra Finkel, MPH
Cost: $74 for 1-hour session
Restoring Balance: Tools for Stress Management
Stress takes a toll on physical health, psychological well-being and performance, but you can learn strategies that increase your resilience and enhance a greater sense of ease and flow. You can't control all external circumstances, but you can learn more effective ways to respond to events with greater awareness, calm, and power. In this six week class participants gain a deeper understanding of what provokes stress, learn effective ways of responding and a variety of mind/body practices, such as breathing practices, meditation, imagery, EFT, journaling, and more, to restore balance.
"Every week I have learned something that has created a positive change."
"The class helped me anticipate stress and influence it. I feel much more in control."
Instructor: Sandra Finkel, MPH.
Cost: $118 for a 6-week class
No refunds after class starts.
Oct 26 - Nov 30, 2009
Mondays 5:30-7:00 pm
Jan 11 - Feb 15, 2010
Mondays 5:30-7:00 pm
Feb. 24 - Mar. 31, 2010
Wednesdays 5:30-7:00 pm
For more information call 734-998-5679.
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Beginning Meditation
Meditation is an age-old practice of intentionally focusing the mind. It is a learned skill that results in quieting conditioned and habitual patterns of thought, thus bringing greater awareness and reducing stress. Mindfulness meditation trains one to observe each moment without judgement. The deep relaxation that results has been shown to boost the immune system and reduce cardiovascular risk. It has been effective in managing high blood pressure, sleep disorders, lifestyle changes and coping with pain.
This 4-week training is designed for people new to meditation and can be followed by the 5 week Deepening Meditation course. The instructor, Martha Kimball, ACSW, BCD, teaches mindfulness meditation and trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Instructor: Martha Kimball, CSW, ACSW, BCD
Cost: $82 for a 4-week class
No refunds after class starts.
Nov. 30 - Dec. 21, 2009
Monday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Feb. 2 - Feb.23, 2010
Tuesday, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Apr. 14 - May 5, 2010
Wednesdays, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
For more information call 734-998-5679.
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Deepening Meditation
This 4-week series is for meditators who have finished the first training (Beginning Meditation) and/or those who have had a personal meditation practice for at least several months. The sessions are designed to help those who are sincerely trying to make meditation a part of their everyday lives. It introduces new strategies and provides participants with the support of a community of other practicing meditators.
Instructor: Martha Kimball, CSW, ACSW, BCD
Cost: $107 for a 4-week class
No refunds after class starts.
Wednesdays, 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the aerobics room
Feb. 3 - Feb. 24, 2010
March 10 - 31, 2010
May 19 - June 9, 2010
For more information call 734-998-5679.
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