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The Three Towns Stress Management Initiative is a pilot project aimed at providing Stress Management to people who live and work in the Three Towns of Ardrossan, Saltcoats and Stevenston.
The project is a joint venture with The Princess Royal Trust For Carers based in Irvine who cover the rest of North Ayrshire.
The Three Towns Healthy Living manages the Stress Management Initiative based on a successful similar project in the Inverclyde area. The initiative is being developed and co-ordinated by a development worker who is a qualified Holistic and Stress Management Therapist.
The service will be delivered by a team of sessionally employed therapists and students on placement from James Watt College in Kilwinning. All the students are already qualified and fully insured to practise. In this way the students are given an opportunity to gain valuable community work experience.
It is planned to use a validated self help IT package which would allow local people to raise their awareness of their own health and to build skills and confidence in accessing information technology.
The service is aimed at and delivered to the following groups of referral sources within the Three Towns:
- Self referrals
- Community/Voluntary Organisations
- GP/Social Work/CPN
- Smoking Cessation
- Business/Private Organisations – for a possible charge
Feedback from local outreach facilities has highlighted the importance of the service being delivered as part of an integrated approach to improve health and well-being.
As a result the Stress Management Initiative is already delivering the service in outreach centres within the community of the Three Towns – The Three Towns Resource Centre, The James Moffat Child and Family Centre and Ardeer House Community Centre with plans to expand into further into identified centres in the near future.
Stress is normal and even necessary for a healthy life. It is the tension created by external factors/pressures on the one hand and our reactions and feelings about our circumstances and ourselves on the other. It is only when we feel that we cannot deal or cope with it that stress has a negative effect on our lives. Stress effects anybody no matter their age or where they live.
Symptoms
Some examples are: short temper, can’t cope, anxiety, can’t sleep, smoking or drinking more, can’t concentrate, tension in your body, headaches, panic attacks, feel guilty when relaxing etc.
Who is it for?
The service is for anybody living or working in the Three Towns. You may book an appointment yourself or be referred by your GP or health care worker.
What do we offer?
There are many ways to deal with the causes or symptoms of stress. We can teach you those skills by using:
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Aromatherapy,
- Reflexology
- Indian head massage
- Holistic facial treatments
- Shiatsu “type” massage
- Therapeutic massage
- Physical assessment
- Exercise advice
- Diet advice
- Groupwork including exercise and on-site massage relaxation.
Who provides the service?
The Initiative is managed by a development worker Lorraine Mulholland a qualified holistic therapist with a diploma in stress management.
Treatment programmes will be drawn up and delivered by a team of students who are currently studying for a diploma in stress management at James Watt College school of beuty and holistic therapies. All students are already qualified and insured holistic therapists.
Where can I access the service?
The service is provided not only in Gp surgeries throughout the Three Towns, but also in the Three Towns Resource Centre, saltcoats, and a number of community venues across the three towns. So you don’t need to travel far if you do not want to.
How can I access the service?
If you would like to take a positive step and learn how to deal with your stress, then give us a ring on 466901 – if there is no answer, please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
How much does it cost?
No fixed charge – although donations to replenish consumables will be greatly received.
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