Stress Management Training: Has the Bubble Burst?

It is hypothesised that there is an increasing gap between organisations′ concerns about stress at work and what the standard stress management training courses provide. To tackle this hypothesis two questions are asked. Why do organisations demand interventions to help manage stress, and what interventions do the stress management suppliers provide? It is tentatively concluded that what is required is to deal directly with organisational issues, such as workaholic expectations and changes at work which are not often dealt with by stress management programmes. Three approaches are suggested to confront these sorts of issues directly: team building, management action groups and one to one development counselling.