Stress Management in Performance Situations

Aims

• Increased awareness of symptoms signaling stage fright (development of an "early warning system")
• Basic competence in using different approaches to deal with stage fright
• Improved ability to radiate confidence and competence nonverbally
• Development of a repertoire of simple relaxation exercises

Content

Performance situations can be particularly challenging on both the psychological and physical levels, a challenge that sometimes makes it difficult to fully achieve one’s personal potential. Therefore, it is important to ensure that the acquired skills can also be reliably accessed in a high-stakes situation – ideally, transforming stage fright into performance-enhancing energy. This course offers a diverse range of easy-to-learn and scientifically proven methods for coping effectively with the challenges of performance. Topics include:

• Types of stage fright
• Approaches to dealing with stage fright (physical, cognitive, mental, etc.)
• Exercises for optimizing muscle tension
• Three distinct phases of performance situations
• Creating one’s own personal anxiety management plan

Methods

A combination of input from the instructor and active participatory phases (individual work, pair work and group activities).

Target Group

All Doctoral Candidates and Postdocs
(This course is aimed at doctoral candidates and postdocs who wish to improve their skills in managing stress under performance conditions (e.g., when giving academic presentations or defending their dissertation, etc.).)

About the Trainer

Dr. phil. Dirk Hausen, Alexander-Technik und Stressmanagement

Workload

Total of 8h (1x 8h course attendance)

Feature

Should the covid-19 situation change and we are required to switch to an online format, the course will take place on 09.12. & 10.12.2024, from 09:00-13:00.

Once registration is open, applications will be collected for 24 hours and course places allocated by lot. All registrations received after the initial 24h period will be put on a waiting list and assigned on a first come, first served basis.

Course places/places on the waiting list will be confirmed by e-mail. Course registrations can only be canceled before the registration period ends (send an e-mail to grace@unibas.ch). Full course attendance is mandatory. Participants who fail to attend a course without prior notification or withdraw after the registration deadline are subject to a fee of CHF 30. In addition, participants who cancel their course registration at a later point in time, are absent without an excuse or do not attend the entire course will, for reasons of fairness, not be considered for course registration in the following semester and will be removed from other courses offered in the same semester. Please find the detailed regulations on the Transferable Skills Homepage.