Stressbusters is a popular and sustainable wellness outreach program that creates frequent and positive connections between prevention services, students and staff. At its core, Stressbusters trains student rapid relaxation teams to become wellness ambassadors who calm and connect thousands of community members with free backrubs and resources via events during orientation, midterms and all year long. Well beyond backrubs, Stressbusters supports specific recommendations for campus mental health safeguards by reducing student isolation, encouraging help-seeking and teaching stress management skills. For the same cost as bringing a few one-time speakers to campus, swiftly expand your prevention activities and make Stressbusters a permanent catalyst for campus stress relief.

The benefits of Stressbusters are far-reaching and address

today's top barriers to academic success...

• Studies demonstrate that the type of backrubs provided by Stressbusters reduce anxiety, heart rate, blood pressure and depression.

• Stressbusters combines continuous training, interpersonal support, web-based tools and magnetic events to quickly become a staple of campus life.

• Stressbusters attracts sometimes hard-to-reach students and staff where they live, work and play.

• Stressbusters offers a way for students to get involved without major training and participation commitments.

"This program is an awesome idea!"

"That was amazing and the first backrub I've ever received."

"My stress has been busted--I'll be back!"

"That was the kindest thing anyone's done for me all week."

Learn more about Stressbusters and how it busts the belief that

nonstop stress is the only road to success...

Stressbusters: Well Beyond Backrubs

Campuswide Program Benefits At A Glance

FAQs About Stressbusters

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ACPA's Commission for Wellness Features Stressbusters (p. 4)

Read A Story On Stressbusters In The Columbia University News

Join St. John's, Harvard, NYU,

Wash U, Johns Hopkins and

Columbia in Making Stressbusters

the Centerpiece of Stress Relief

on Your Campus

"The interest and enthusiasm for Stressbusters at Johns Hopkins has been remarkable and it has really helped to enhance the visibility of our office. Jordan Friedman's guidance has been invaluable since he is so familiar with the program and provides all of the necessary start-up tools. Stressbusters has been a win-win all the way around, and I highly recommend that other schools implement the program."

Barbara Gwinn

Director of Health Education

Johns Hopkins University

"At NYU, we strive to be a 'health center without walls," and Stressbusters is definitely helping us to do just that. The program is enabling us to promote our services in a fresh and exciting way. Because Stressbusters is designed to travel, we're able to reach students wherever they are, connecting them to the services we provide at the Student Health Center. We have found Stressbusters to be a terrific asset to the community and to be one of our most popular programs."

Courtney Stein, M.Ed.

Manager of Health Promotion

New York University

“I just had my first real interaction with the Health and Wellness Center at a social for undergraduate students. A student group called Stressbusters was there to offer five-minute massages. I was soooo impressed. And truth be told, so was everyone else. It was incredible. The energy in the room afterwards was so much lighter, happier, healthier...I just cannot say enough good things about this group. I just wanted to let you know that you made a whole lot of people very happy today. Thank you!!!"