Psycho-social and health consequences of stress at work. Methods and techniques for dealing with stress

The Centre for Human Resource Development and Regional Initiatives will host a training on "Psycho-social and health consequences of stress at work. Methods and techniques for dealing with stress" on June 6^th and June 7^th , designed for employees in managerial and expert positions from the administration of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy. Lecturer on the topic will be Stoyko Ivanov PhD, teaching psychology at the Rousse University "Angel Kanchev", psychotherapist and longtime lecturer of CHRDRI.

There is stress at the workplace which causes significant decrease in productivity, creativity and competitiveness of employees in the administration. It also leads to interpersonal conflicts and reduced quality of the services provided.

With this training Prof. Ivanov, together with the methodologists of the Center, aims to increase the knowledge of the employees of the MLSP administration on the nature, manifestations and varieties of stress at work; to increase their knowledge and skills to cope with the stress caused by the application of digital technologies in the daily work in the state administration; to assist in learning different models and techniques for dealing with stress at work and burnout; to help participants improve their individual strategies for dealing with stress by managing time, both personal and working hours.

On the first day of the training, attention will be paid to post-traumatic stress, the impact of AI on the lives and work of employees. And during the second day, the work of the participants will be concentrated on the burnout phenomenon.

With the last sessions of the seminar Prof. Ivanov will present mechanisms for optimizing the level of stress at work through changes in habits, lifestyle and through practicing of various efficient techniques such as progressive muscle relaxation, meditation, autogenic training and neurolinguistic programming.

Finally, some stress causing situations at work due to the increasing use of digital technologies and artificial intelligence will be presented and discussed by the participants in the training, which they have shared earlier on the Smartnet discussion platform.