This course will discuss the nature of stress and the coping process. First, the key elements of stressful situation will be identified, namely: threat(especially to self-esteem), need for action, uncertainty, conflict, anxiety, and symptoms. Then coping techniques will be discussed, especially coping through cognitive restructuring (thinking) and coping through action. Concrete examples and cases will be used. (An expansion and elaboration of a one-hour talk given at The Jefferson School in 1989).