Posted By Brian Jones Can any of you recommend a training provider for Stress Awareness which contains some practical advice on the risk assessment process? We've tried a couple in the past, which seem to be very good on the soft issues, but not so good on the practical aspects such as risk assessments.

Posted By Kieran J Duignan Brian As a chartred psychologist and chartered safety and health practitioner qualifed in couselling and ergonomics, I have provided stress awareness training, risk assessments, expert witness advice, counselling and PTSD interventions. But I find your observation about 'the soft issues, but not so good on the practical aspects such as risk assessments' difficult to grasp. If a trainer is 'good about the soft issues', he or she is necessarily very good about the practical aspects and risk assessments - or there is a serious breakdown in understanding, communication or both. I wonder whether the difficulty underlying your question is that quite different kinds of stresses arise in different kinds of work and at different levels of your organisation? Accordingly, a 'one size fits all' approach to stress awareness training and risk assessments is misconceived. (To tell the truth, I learned this by making a big mistake of delivering an open workshop attended by delegates from very different industries and cultures) By contrast, the 'Acceptance and Commitment' Coaching and Personal Responsibility methods of work-related stress management can be modified to be as 'practical' as you wish and will pay reasonably for.

Posted By Jo Scott Smith We used these people who I would recommend http://www.andersonpeakperformance.co.uk/ Jo