Getting on top of stress at work

In the last of his series of four articles for Independent Practitioner Today, consultant psychologist Dr Michael Sinclair gives five more tips for managing stress on the job – without trying to eradicate it.

I can recommend some strategies that might be useful alternatives to the usual ways you have attempted to feel less stressed in and around your work.

If you find that trying to control, suppress or eradicate your stress has made your experience of stress worse and possibly moved you further away from being the kind of doctor you’d prefer to be – or living the life that you would prefer to have – then I hope these alternatives can help in some way.

Try these out: