Stress Management in the Workplace

A Bad Day Does not Equal a Bad Life

“We could never learn to be brave or patient if there were only joy in the world.” (Helen Keller)

Stress can serve a purpose and even be a motivational force. The key is to control it with stress management, before it controls you.

Chronic workplace stress can result in decreased performance, rigidity, addictive behavior and stress-related diseases. Ultimately, unmanaged workplace stress greatly reduces the likelihood of goal attainment. Experts estimate that businesses lose billions of dollars each year for workplace stress-induced absences, tardiness and loss of productivity. Employers’ rising health care costs are exacerbated by unmanaged chronic stress, leading to cardiovascular disease, asthma, bronchitis, ulcers, colitis and weakened immune systems as well as depression. Stress management techniques taught by Dr. Reisner can greatly reduce the loss of productivity associated with workplace stress

Dr. Reisner teaches professionals the stress management techniques to manage workplace stress before it negatively impacts their professional and personal lives. She details a three-pronged approach to workplace stress management which includes techniques centered around behavior, cognitive thinking and relaxation.

• professionals in high-pressure positions such as law, sales or management;
• high-powered executives and board directors;
• working mothers juggling career and family obligations; or
• self-proclaimed "type-A" personalities and "perfectionists."