Don Norum has been a licensed psychotherapist for 28 years. He has a master's degree in social work and a post master's degree in marriage and family therapy.

His work in stress management has coincided with a shift towards a more holistic approach to health care in the last decade. In 1995 he developed a stress management class to deliver mindfulness training to people struggling with stress and its related symptoms. His self-help booklet and accompanying audiotape, "Health: The Body/Mind Connection," has been used extensively within these classes. He has become increasingly interested in working with people who suffer from physical symptoms related to unhealthy stress reactions.

In an effort to put effective stress management within reach of a wider audience, Mr. Norum has improved and refined his stress management program, renaming it the STRESS SOLVER. He has published the information he teaches in his classes into 5 lessons. The lessons make it possible for people to learn the program at home at their own pace without attending a class. The STRESS SOLVER also offers the added option of a CD for people who prefer a CD rather than a cassette tape.

Don Norum enjoys teaching STRESS SOLVER tools because he is fascinated by the ways in which the body and mind work together. He regularly uses the tools in his daily life and finds it to be particularly useful when working with patients. He enjoys the challenge of looking for new ways to use the STRESS SOLVER tools in his daily living.  He is looking forward to e-mail messages as people share how they handle stress better..