Education

Corporate


Education

Barbara Wootton, with extensive experience in the field of education as both a teacher and senior manager, has witnessed the detrimental impacts of negative stress firsthand. Over the past 20 years, she has successfully established a private therapeutic practice, specialising in stress management, counselling, performance enhancement, and motivational training.

In addition to providing individual client support, Barabara has played a pivotal role in assisting schools through comprehensive INSET sessions and staff meetings, spanning either half or full days. Collaborative endeavours with senior management and heads have led to the development of targeted training programs for groups, teams, and individual staff members.

The overarching aim has always been to cultivate positive outcomes, including:

  • Cultivating a promising future with engaged, well-adjusted, and content colleagues.
  • Strategising and attaining short- and long-term objectives.
  • Enhancing staff retention while curbing turnover costs.
  • Mitigating expenses related to sick leave coverage.
  • Elevating overall results for both staff and students.

The realm of work-related stress, anxiety, and depression encompasses mental and emotional states that can manifest as physical ailments and illnesses. This particularly affects sectors like the public domain, with education being significantly impacted. The underlying causes often stem from excessive workloads, student behaviour, communication deficiencies, organisational changes, and interpersonal conflicts. If left unaddressed, stress-related issues can escalate from diminished concentration and sleep disturbances to diminished self-esteem, strained personal relationships, increased reliance on substances, and severe psychosomatic disorders such as gastrointestinal, cardiac, and musculoskeletal problems.

It’s important to recognise that stress is not confined to the confines of the workplace; it frequently results from a convergence of unresolved matters both at work and in personal life. Moreover, the repercussions of stress can extend beyond the individual who initially experiences it, setting off a chain reaction that ensnares colleagues, family members, and friends in its grip.

Session Types (Education)

INSET Training

INSET Whole Day

– Presentation and activities for individuals partners and groups
– In-depth stress recognition
– Realising the effects of living with negative stress
– Self-assessment

INSET Half Day

– Trialling relaxing techniques for staff or pupils and students
– Helping others
– PowerPoint presentation
– Work booklets provided.

INSET Twilight

– A taster to recognise stress symptoms.
– To understand the effects of negative stress.
– Trialling easy-to-master relaxing techniques.

Other Training & Consultations

Half Day Training

– Training in awareness treatment and prevention
– tailored to the specific needs of the group or team.

Private On-site

– Individual consultations at school

Private Off-site

– Discrete consultations at Local practice


Corporate

Barbara Wootton specialises in providing tailored professional services to businesses, focusing on the multifaceted impacts of stress within the corporate environment.

Aware of the substantial repercussions of negative stress on businesses, Barbara emphasises the significance of proactive measures. This approach entails not only mitigating the financial toll of sick leave and absenteeism but also addressing the underlying factors that lead to strained working relationships, disrupting departmental cohesiveness and overall efficiency.

Companies that choose to invest in Barbara’s proactive strategies can anticipate a workforce that is not only happier and motivated but also healthier, thereby fostering heightened productivity. This approach facilitates the realisation of short- and long-term goals, while concurrently curbing staff turnover costs and the financial implications of absenteeism due to illness.

Beyond their private practice, Barbara extends a comprehensive array of services, encompassing Consultation and Therapeutic solutions, Performance Enhancement, and Motivational Training. Drawing from their experience as an External Tutor (level 7) for University-accredited degree programs at the London College of Clinical Hypnosis, Barbara is equipped to guide businesses in optimising their work environment.

Barbara offers a diverse spectrum of assistance, including:

  • Raising awareness about stress symptoms, spanning initial indications through worsening conditions and progression to chronic issues
  • Distinguishing between short-term positive stress and sustained negative stress, illuminating the enduring repercussions of the latter
  • Imparting practical stress-reduction techniques that enhance efficient and productive thought processes and work practices
  • Exploring the benefits of improved working relationships and delivering strategies to achieve them
  • Enabling staff to identify signs of progress in attaining a relaxed, healthy, happier, efficient, clear, and calm state
  • Providing in-house support to groups and teams, fostering improved work dynamics and relationships
  • Offering guidance on fostering creative thinking and innovation
  • Ensuring individualised care with the utmost confidentiality
  • Facilitating both in-house and online sessions through web conferencing and counselling

Barbara invites businesses to discover the transformative potential of their services, aimed at not only enhancing the working environment but also nurturing the overall well-being and success of the organization and its employees.

Session Types (Corporate)

Whole Day

– Presentation and activities for individuals partners and groups
– In-depth stress recognition
– Realising the effects of living with negative stress
– Self-assessment

Half Day

– Trialling relaxing techniques for staff
– Helping others
– PowerPoint presentation
– Work booklets provided.

Twilight

– A taster to recognise stress symptoms.
– To understand the effects of negative stress.
– Trialling easy-to-master relaxing techniques.

Half Day Training

– Training in awareness treatment and prevention
– tailored to the specific needs of the group or team.

Private On-site

– Individual consultations

Private Off-site

– Discrete consultations at Local practice

+44 (0) 208 245 5280

+44 (0) 793 266 7425

Mon – Sat (9AM – 7PM)