Course Details
924: Stress 101: Tame It and Find Balance
July 6, 8, and 10
11:45 AM -
1:15 PM
In-Person
Stressed out? Overwhelmed? Struggling to focus in the midst of life's pace? This course will provide a "biopsychosocial" overview of stress—how stress affects the body, cognitive processes, and emotions; how it can be both useful and destructive; indicators that it's out of balance; and strategies to manage it to our advantage. Each class meeting will feature guidance in the practice of science-backed stress-regulation techniques. Lecture and discussion will focus on a little neuropsychology and a lot of exploration of positive human behavior.
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Class Type: Lecture and Discussion
Class Format: In-Person
Hours of Reading: No reading
Study Group Leader(s):
Carole SebenickCarole W. Sebenick, PhD, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Virginia with more than 30 years of experience in private practice and in university and government settings, specializing in psychotherapy and career counseling. She has taught as an adjunct faculty member at several local universities, including a widely enrolled psychology of happiness course at the University of Maryland, and as a Study Group Leader for a spring OLLI course on the same topic. An active community volunteer, she has served on nonprofit boards and taught English to adult learners.