About Stress Solutions

For over 30 years, Robert Lawrence Friedman, Ph.D., author, international speaker/trainer, and psychotherapist, has provided his keynote presentations, training programs, and workshops to Fortune 500 corporations, educational institutions, and health care organizations throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. He was awarded the Hearst Scholar Award in 2014.

  • His expertise in stress management, motivation, leadership development, and teambuilding has led to national and international media attention. He was featured on the year-long Discovery Health Channel documentary, Class of ’75, in which he mentored five highly stressed individuals, providing specific stress management strategies whose goal was to create positive and sustained lifestyle changes. Other appearances have included The Today Show (NBC), NY One News, Fox News, and news programs on Fuji and Sankei Television in Japan.

    He is the author of How to Relax in 60 Seconds or Less (Healthy Learning, 2011). This book focuses on providing readers with support in developing a greater level of sustained relaxation, health, and well-being. Dr. Friedman is also the author of two additional books on wellness. In addition, Healthy Learning, Inc., a California-based wellness company, has produced fifteen of Dr. Friedman’s workshops and seminars on DVD.

    Dr. Friedman has been interviewed for articles in the following print publications: The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News and World Report, Newsday, My Generation Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and The Washington Times.  He was recently interviewed for the Daily Beast and Self-Growth.Com. In addition, Robert was the Stresswise columnist in Healthwise Magazine for eight years.

    Dr. Friedman has offered workshops and training programs to such corporations as Accenture Corporation, American Express, BBDO International, Chase Manhattan Bank, Comedy Central, Forbes, HBO, Hyatt Hotels, Pitney Bowes, Saatchi & Saatchi, Schering Plough Corporation, Shiseido Corporation, Standard & Poors, Time-Warner, Viacom and Xerox Corporation, among many others. He has also provided his workshops to such health care organizations as Barnabas Health Care System and the Bon Secaurs Health Care System. He has provided programs to such educational institutions as Nassau Community College, New York City Board of Education, Queens College, St. Edwards University and many others. In addition, he has provided his programs to such health care institutions as Cornell Medical Center, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Newark Beth Israel Hospital, New York Hospital, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Saint Mary’s Hospital, and Saint Vincent’s Hospital for the past fifteen years.

    Dr. Friedman was the developer and Director of the Stress Management Corporate Training certification program for Queens College of City University, the first program of its kind in the United States. He designed two cutting-edge computer software programs and iPhone applications, Relaxation On-Demand and Confidence On-Demand for individuals seeking support in areas of stress relief and improving feelings of empowerment.

    Dr. Friedman is a professional member of the National Speaker’s Association.

    Stress Solutions has been featured in numerous press and media publications like the Wall Street Journal.

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