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IACT STRESS MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT CERTIFICATION

PLUS BONUS Program

THE PRACTICE BUILDING WORKSHOP

An intensive and experiential workshop endorsed by International Association of Counselors and Therapists (IACT)

 Record numbers of workers are blaming stress for emotional problems. The medical community estimates that 75% of the symptoms they treat daily have stress-related components. Stress can significantly increase the risk of medical disease .” - U.S. New and World Report

Stress is costing companies over $150 billion a year through diminished productivity, absenteeism and medical costs .” - American Psychological Association.

Eighty percent of people's thoughts are negative. Depressed employees cost employers billions of dollars a year. The main problems are absenteeism and lost productivity due to illness and fatigue. Alcoholism and dependency on drugs are major costly issues in our society. Companies spent billions of dollars a year on training programs for its employees because stress-induced loss of profits amounts to even more!

Common forms of stress escapism are alcohol, eating, smoking, drugs, medicine, sleeping pills, prescription drugs, withdrawal, anxiety, anger and worst, self destruction.

Rise to the challenges and help solve the problems. Be certified as a Stress Management Consultant and you can:

  • Act as professional temporary help to individuals or corporations
  • Undertake a contract with defined end-service to deliver
  • Maintain a private practice for professionals and the public

We live longer than our forefathers; but we suffer more from a thousand artificial anxieties and cares. They fatigued only the muscles, we exhaust the finer strength of the nerves ~Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

WHO IS IACT?

IACT is a multi-disciplinary group with the common thread of holistic techniques incorporated into the clinics and practices of individually members. It was created out of a conviction that those in the helping and healing professions require a forum in which they may exchange ideas, information, techniques incorporated into the clinics and practices of the individual members. It has an advisory board that includes Raymond Moody, MD, Bernie Sigel, MD and John Bradshaw. It has thousands of members worldwide. It welcomes hypnotherapists, counselors, educators, therapists and those in the healing and helping professions.

For more information on IACT, please visit www.IACT.org

COURSE OUTLINE

Stress Management Consultant Certification
  • History of Stress
  • Burn Out Prevention
  • Positive versus Negative Stressors
  • Panic Attacks – Prevention and Management
  • Stress and Divorce
  • Stress Inoculation Technique
  • Hypnosis and Stress Management
  • Effective Breathing Techniques
  • Rational-Emotive Therapy
  • Coping Skills
  • Learned Optimism
  • Worry Control
  • Authentic Happiness
  • Corporate Opportunities
  • Job Related Stress Management
  • Stress and High Trauma Situations

In Addition: A secret technique more effective than medication – Talk Therapy! It has no side effects and low relapse rates.

Bonus Program:
Practice BuildingWorkshop

How do you get more clients? This is one-day workshop is designed to create professional success by building a private practice clientele. It is a step-by-step instruction with a holistic approach.

“Oftentimes a new member contacts me with the conversation ‘I've got my license. I know I can help people. I only have one question: Where do I find clients?' Or even a long establish member calls into the office and says, ‘I want to change my life and see clients full time. I currently have a part-time practice How do I get more clients?' This workshop is dedicated to getting clients in your office.” – Jillian LaVelle

FREE BOOKS

The following manuals and books will be issued free at the workshop.

1. Workshop Manual

2. The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook by Martha Davis, PhD, Elizabeth Eshelman, MSW, Matthew McKay, PhD. Fifth Edition.
Over 500,000 copies sold!

Simple, concise, step-by-step directions for master of: breathing, progressive relaxation, mediation, self-hypnosis, visualization, refuting irrational ideas, thought stopping, worry control, coping skills, exercise, nutrition, time management, assertiveness, job stress management and quick relaxers.

“This comprehensive workbook deserves to be in the library of every active therapist but it shouldn't be left on the shelf! The authors have empowered the reader with straightforward instructions in every major approach to stress management known”

- R. Reid Wilson, PhD, author of Don't Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks

"This text remains, after 20 years, the clearest, best-organized and most readable book on stress management. It has achieved the status of the classic self-help reference in the field."

   - Edmund Bourne, PhD, author of The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook and Beyond Anxiety & Phobia

"An exemplary book on stress; it is lucidly written, it is rationally ordered, it is comprehensive and each section is densely packed with instructions and exercises which make the workbook easy to practive."

   - Somatics: Journal of the Mind/Body Arts and Sciences.

3. 101 Hypnotic Suggestions by Jillian LaVelle

4. The Empowered Therapist – Practice Building Techniques
by Jillian LaVelle

“Everything you need to know to make your practice a financial and emotional success. The Empowered Therapist sparkles with real life examples and Lavelle's brilliant ideas. I highly recommend it.”

   - Shelley Stockwell, PhD, Founder of International Hypnosis Federation"

“This is by far one of the most comprehensive practice building literary workbooks that I've seen. The reading is easy. The content is filled to the brim with quality ideas that can be implemented immediately.”

   - Linda Otto, Advisory Board Member of IACT and international Medical & Dental Hypnotherapy Association

FACILITATORS

Jillian LaVelle , BA (Psychology) University of South Florida, CHt, President and CEO, International Association of Counselors and Therapists, Certified Stress Management Consultant, Master Clinical Hypnotherapist, Recipient of 2002 Member of Year Award (IMDHA), 2001 Counseling and Therapy Award (International Hypnosis Federation), Outstanding Clinical Contribution (National Association of Transpersonal Hypnotherapists) Special Ambassador to China (Citizens' Ambassador Committee - Hypnotherapy) Author, Empowered Therapist – Practice Building Techniques, 101 Hypnosis Suggestions

Michael Lum , PhD, M.Com, B.Acc. Grad Dip (Training), ABC True Hero, American Board of NLP Trainer, American Board of Hypnotherapy Trainer, Time Line Therapy ® Trainer, IACT Stress Management Consultant, Louis Allen Program Leader, NGH Hypnotherapist, American Management Association Trainer, Advanced Toastmaster (Gold), Laughter Yoga Instructor, Transaction Analyst (under supervision), Author, I Once Wore Diapers, Who Broke My Rice Bowl? From Beggars to Millionaires, Theory K.

“The only time we are not reacting to stress is when we are dead.”

   - Hans Selye

CERTIFICATION

Successful graduates of this program will receive internationally recognized Professional Stress Management Consultant Certification (CSMC) from the prestigious International Association of Counselors and Therapists (IACT) and are authorized to use CSMC after their names. IACT is based in Florida , United States .

They will receive IACT Certificates personally signed by its President and CEO. Additionally, they also become members of IACT with one year subscription paid.

ENDORSEMENT

"I love Jillian. She is the master of words and walks her talk. This workshop is a treasure of information we need to override turbulent times.”

   - Shelly Stockwell, Founder of International Hypnosis Federation"

" Jillian makes learning fun and easy. You should sign up now to expand your knowledge base and skills.”

   - William Horton, NLP Trainer and Master Hypnotist"

" Jillian blends current scientific research with unparallel insights into both clinical issues and compassionate approaches to care.”

   - Sr Lucille Durso, co-founder of Academy of Professional Hypnosis

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Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow. ~Douglas Pagels

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