Practical corporate stress management training, building emotional resilience and prevention of burnout. The training combines science-based approaches from cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), Polyvagus theory and contemporary models of emotion regulation.

Benefits to the organization and employees:

Dysregulated emotions and chronic stress can lead to impulsive decisions, difficult communication, conflicts, reduced productivity, errors, turnover and increased organizational costs.

In a state of stress response, employees and managers have limited access to knowledge, your skills and abilities, which directly affects the quality of decisions, leadership and organizational effectiveness.

Emotional regulation is a strategic skill, which directly affects the organizational climate, the quality of work and decisions and the overall effectiveness of the organization.

Practical learning outcomes:

  • Increased psychological resilience of employees and ability to cope with workload, criticism, errors, conflicts or changes;
  • Better concentration, productivity and quality of work in a dynamic environment;
  • More constructive communication and more effective conflict management - in the team, between departments and in customer relations, partners and suppliers;
  • More conscious behavior, more adaptive decisions and more assertive communication in difficult situations;
  • Reduced risk of burnout, absenteeism and turnover;
  • Higher engagement, satisfaction and well-being of the team.

*Suitable for managers, team leaders and employees.

What will participants learn?

  • What are emotions?, what is their function and why are they important;
  • How brains work, the nervous system and emotions and how they interact with each other;
  • How stress and different emotional states affect thinking, the behavior, communication and decision making;
  • How to recognize automatic and impulsive responses to different emotions and how to replace them with more conscious and adaptive patterns of behavior;
  • Practical techniques for anxiety regulation, fear, anger, sadness, guilt, shame and other difficult emotions through cognitive restructuring, change of perspective, body and breathing techniques, Mindfulness;How to recognize the three main states of the nervous system - safety and connectedness, mobilization ("fight or flight") and immobilization ("turn off");
  • Practical techniques, based on the polyvagus theory, to regulate stress reactions and restore the balance of the nervous system more quickly;
  • How to build long-term psychological resilience, flexibility and skills to deal with a sustained workload and change.

Host: Desislava Hristova

Desislava Hristova is a psychologist, cognitive behavioral therapy consultant and emotional intelligence coach. Leads practical trainings to build stress management skills, emotional regulation and psychological resilience.

Her long-term corporate experience contributes to the practical orientation of the trainings and a good understanding of the dynamics and challenges in organizations. He combines cognitive-behavioral therapy in his work, Polyvagus theory and modern approaches to working with emotions and the nervous system.

He is the creator of EmoFit ("Emotional Fitness") - author's program for practical training on emotional intelligence