Anna M. Maravelas

Anna Maravelas, psychologist emeritus, is president of Thera Rising International and has resolved more than 300 workplace conflicts. She authored the book, “Creating a Drama-Free Workplace,” a blueprint for fostering a positive and productive environment for all employees.

Maravelas facilitates popular skill-building seminars such as "Drama-Free Work" and "Conflict-Savvy Leader," and trains trainers around the world. She helps people discover how they can avoid the subtle patterns that turn constructive disagreement into widespread, toxic power struggles.

Her organization, Thera Rising, (Thera is a Greek word, meaning "to heal") incorporates unique strategies that encompass neurobiology, psychology, system thinking and continuous improvement.

Maravelas's methodology has been featured in more than 35 publications including HR Magazine, MSNBC, and Oprah Magazine. The New York Times named her the best resource to resolving workplace irritability and tension, and FedEx purchased 2,000 copies of her book.

Maravelas has delivered hundreds of keynotes and seminars and her work is consistently cited for its excellence. Her most popular topic, “The Self-Defeating Habits of Otherwise-Brilliant People” receives enthusiastic responses across the United States and England. Anna Maravelas’ expertise, warmth, and humor merge into an unusual ability to express profound insights and convey powerful, lasting skills that result in permanent change.

Maravelas’ presentations are full of insight, laughter, and surprise, and reveal her techniques for creating the attitudes and skills that are necessary for employee and client satisfaction, eliminating the root cause of destructive, costly conflicts, dismantling invisible walls that destroy profit and relationships, and managing irritability in customers and colleagues. She shows how to be “hard on the problem but soft on the people,” replacing turf wars with climates of appreciation and achievement, and lowering the risk for heart disease and depression.

The combination of Anna Maravelas’ unique insights, unforgettable stories, humor, and warmth results in a delightful ability to convey profound insights in an entertaining and moving manner. Audiences are captivated by her wisdom and charm, and she is internationally recognized for her ability to transform negative cultures into climates of respect, fiscal responsibility, and pride.

Her clients include Fortune 500 companies, police departments, government bodies, and family owned businesses; a partial list includes 3-M, American Express, American Red Cross, the Corporate Assessment and Training Center, General Mills, Head Start, Honeywell, KPMG, Land Rover UK, Prudential Insurance, and Phillips Electronics, UK.