Welcome to the
Stress Management and High Performance Clinic

Providing self-regulation skills training for performance and health
to clients from university, health care, and community settings
in group, private, and on-site programs.

All programs and services are open to adults in the community.

Thousands of people... University of Guelph students, faculty, staff, and interested members of the public... have participated in Clinic programs since 1979.

Group Programs

• Relaxation and Stress Management Skills Training program for stress management, relaxation, and high performance.
              develop the skills to relax tight muscles, calm emotions, settle a busy brain,
              re-energize body & mind, and better cope in a busy world.
• Relaxation "BOOSTER" for former participants

           refresh and strengthen your relaxation skills
• Preventing Repetitive Strain at Computer Tasks program

           for a healthy relationship with your computer
• Better Sleep Program

           fall asleep more easily and get more energy from sleep
• Better Sleep for Peri-Menopausal Women workshop

           decreasing mid-life sleep disturbances
• Decreasing Headaches program

           more than 2 or 3 headaches a month are too many!
• STOP Worrying!

           decrease worrying and avoid the pitfalls that perpetuate it
• Stress Less for Tests

           decrease test anxiety to enhance focus and performance
• Any of the above programs, or portions of them, provided at your location as onsite programs for business, teams, interest groups, and others

Private training sessions are available throughout the summer.

• Individual training appointments teaching any of the skills offered in the group programs
• Biofeedback
  Health insurance reimbursement

Relaxation CDs and booklets

Lunch & Learn presentations for your workplace or interest group

Suggested further readings and resources :

• stress management
• relaxation training and techniques
• stressful self-talk and worry
• anxiety
• exam anxiety
• stress and stomach function , including Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• pain management , including headache management
• sleep
• biofeedback
• teeth grinding and jaw pain

History of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic

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Kathy Somers, B.Sc.(H.K.), BCB
Stress Management and High Performance Clinic
Box 7323 UC, University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
N1G 2W1
Phone : 519 824-4120, extension 52662
e-mail : ksomers@uoguelph.ca

Please send any comments concerning this web site to Kathy Somers at ksomers@uoguelph.ca .