Workplace Mental Health Workshops and Consulting Services

Length of workshop: 1 hour

This interactive webinar serves as a foundation for building mental health literacy in the workplace context. Participants are introduced to the spectrum of mental health, discuss prevalence and indicators of poor mental health, as well as the impacts of focusing on mental health in the workplace. For those unsure of how to communicate with peers surrounding topics of mental health, this workshop provides a framework to help guide the conversation. Topics center on the role and responsibility that peers, leadership, and organizations play in fostering a culture that promotes psychological health and safety, destigmatizes mental illness, and promotes early intervention and mental wellbeing.

A complimentary PDF review of the workshop will be provided to participants for future reference.

Learning objectives:

• Understand the spectrum of mental health and the various risk factors that affect vulnerability
• Recognize some of the common signs and symptoms in individuals who may be struggling with their mental health
• Understand the business impact of not addressing employees' mental health
• Recognize the role that organizations, leaders and colleagues play in reducing stigma and supporting employee’s mental health
  
   

Length of workshop: 2 hours

The demands and stressors in our everyday lives, including workplace stress, can leave us feeling anxious, worried, and overwhelmed. Over the course of this workshop, participants will explore practices to help shift their mindset to one that protects their mental wellbeing while also strengthening their ability to adapt to demands in the workplace. The objective is not to remove all stress, but rather to change how we view and respond to it. Building resilience will allow all staff to increase their feelings of self-efficacy, equipping them to tackle life’s inevitable challenges. 

The supplementary activity journal is a personal resource for participants, thoughtfully designed to help you dive deeper into the positive psychological practices introduced during the workshop. It offers space for you to reflect, capture your insights, and continue exploring these concepts on your own.

This course consists of two parts: the facilitator-led webinar (1 hour) with activity journal, followed by five self-paced eLearning Modules (1 hour) which participants will have access to for 30 days following the delivery of the workshop. 

• Understand the relationship between mental health, workplace stress and burnout
• Define the meaning of personal resilience and identify constructs that positively affect mental wellbeing
• Apply positive psychological practices that foster self-awareness, emotional regulation, social connectedness and purpose
• Create a personal resilience action plan (post-session)

Module 1. Introduction to Stress and Resilience 

Learn about chronic stress and common symptoms, the link between stress and wellbeing, and the four qualities of resilience (5-10 minutes).

Module 2. Self- Awareness 

Perform a mindfulness exercise and learn about how daily mindfulness can improve your resilience.

Module 3. Social Support 

Review your social support network, how it affects your resilience, and the importance of maintaining it.

Module 4. Emotional Agility

Learn about affect labeling and its ability to improve your locus-of-control and ability to regulate negative emotions.

Module 5. Sense of Purpose

Explore your personal “ikigai” – the Japanese concept of finding your purpose in life and how it can build your resilience. 

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Length of workshop: 2 hours

We spend a significant amount of our week engaged in work, so it makes sense that the workplace would play an important role in our ability to manage our mental health. This workshop uses experiential learning activities and scenarios to increase mental health literacy and reduce stigma around mental health and addiction. Participants will learn key signs and symptoms to recognize signs of psychological distress in a colleague, and a framework for reaching out from a place of support.

Note: Anonymous employee feedback is collected during the workshop through focus group-based discussion, providing organizational leaders with an opportunity to see what stressors are currently affecting their employees’ mental health, a pulse check on the perceived psychological safety of the workplace, and recruit employees’ ideas for increasing the psychological health and safety of the organization.

A complimentary PDF review of the workshop will be provided to participants for future reference.

• Understand the relationship between mental health, workplace stress, and burnout
• Recognize some of the common signs and symptoms in individuals who may be struggling with their mental health
• Identify strategies for creating psychologically safe and healthy work environments to support employees’ mental health
• Understand the business impact of not addressing employees' mental health
• Challenge personal biases and assumptions surrounding mental health and addiction issues
• Know key steps for reaching out to a colleague who may be experiencing a mental health issue

Length of Workshop: 90 minutes 

This workshop will help you to unlock the power of psychological safety in your workplace. Guided by the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace and the best available evidence, employees will understand the foundational need for psychological safety in transforming culture, breeding innovation, bouncing back from failures, and achieving high performance, as well as the role all staff play in creating psychological safety within their teams. By engaging in small groups to work through real-life case studies, participants will gain practical strategies to build trust, navigate challenging conversations, address conflicts, and foster open communication – placing their teams in a position to thrive.

A complimentary PDF review of the workshop will be provided to participants for future reference.

Learning objectives:

• Understand the concept of psychological safety and its importance in the workplace
• Implement a framework for creating safe and inclusive interactions
• Utilize best practices for creating a psychologically safe working environment 

Length of workshop: 4.5 hours

This workshop provides participants with the skills and confidence to support people during challenging interactions. This program is rooted in the foundations of a trauma-informed, customer-centered approach. The CSDT course is designed with a customer service delivery process in mind and a focus on building collaborative communication and de-escalation skills. The program fosters a psychological safe environment for all by exploring resilience building, self-care practices. Through a comprehensive needs assessment and evaluation process, our team will deliver a program that is customized for your unique needs.

This program consists of two parts: the prerequisite self-paced eLearning (approximately 1 hour) and instructor-led workshop (3.5 hours).

A Needs Assessment is conducted 6-8 weeks prior to the first workshop. 
An Evaluation Report is provided 6-8 weeks following the final workshop.

Learning objectives:

• Explain the relationship between mental health and mental illness
• Identify self-awareness and self-management strategies
• Describe the application of de-escalation skills
• Discuss the de-escalation skills you would apply in a specific scenario

Module 1. Mental Health Awareness

Explore foundational knowledge to increase participant’s awareness of mental health. 

Module 2. Self-care and Psychological Resiliency

Learn about the potential effects of high stress work environments and the importance of building personal self-care practices that support and increase psychological resilience. 

Module 3: Dimensions of Safety

In Module 3, participants will learn about the 4 dimensions of safety, which help you explore different factors that affect your feeling of safety in the workplace and interventions that will help to mitigate these feelings.

Workshop

Participants will engage with each other to share ideas and practice the skills in real time. At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify self-awareness and self-management strategies
• Describe the application of de-escalation skills
• Practice and discuss the de-escalation skills you would apply in a specific scenario

Length of workshop: 90 minutes

Burnout is increasingly being recognized as a critical issue in the modern workplace, with unprecedented levels of employee exhaustion, disengagement, and turnover. As a leader, understanding the root causes of burnout and knowing how to effectively address it is key to building a resilient and thriving team. This research-based workshop equips people leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to identify early signs of burnout and create environments where employees feel supported, energized, and valued.

In this 90-minute session, participants will explore the systemic and individual factors that contribute to burnout, from workload pressures to organizational culture. Through practical examples and real-world strategies, this workshop provides actionable insights that leaders can immediately apply to safeguard their teams from burnout and enhance the overall psychological well-being of their organization.

Leaders will engage in focus group-style discussion to identify opportunities for systemic improvement within their organization. These takeaways can then be used as a jumping off point for transformative change.

A complimentary PDF review of the workshop will be provided to participants for future reference.

Learning objectives:

• Define a psychologically healthy and safe workplace and understand the impact of burnout on team performance
• Recognize the six areas of work life that can contribute to burnout
• Identify strategies for decreasing the risks of workplace burnout while creating a culture of support and well-being
  
   

Length of Workshop: 90 minutes 

This workshop will help you to unlock the power of psychological safety in your workplace. Guided by the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace and the best available evidence, leaders will learn the foundational need for psychological safety in transforming team culture, breeding innovation, bouncing back from failures, and achieving high performance, as well as the role leaders play in creating psychological safety within their teams. By engaging in small groups to work through real-life case studies, participants will gain practical strategies to build trust, navigate challenging conversations, address conflicts, and foster open communication – placing their teams in a position to thrive. 

A complimentary PDF review of the workshop will be provided to participants for future reference.

Learning objectives:

• Understand the concept of psychological safety and its importance in the workplace
• Implement a framework for creating safe and inclusive interactions
• Utilize best practices for creating a psychologically safe working environment 
  
   

Length of workshop: 4 hours

Supporting employees through mental illness or addiction can be one of the most difficult and sensitive challenges for leaders; many feel they are not equipped to respond effectively and appropriately. This interactive workshop will help leaders build the knowledge, skills, and confidence to better support employees experiencing mental illness and/or addiction. Through a series of experiential learning activities and hands-on case studies, leaders will practice essential skills to successfully approach a staff member who may be struggling with their mental health, balance the management of performance and mental health-related issues, and manage overall team dynamics and maintain a positive work environment while supporting an individual in need. Leaders will also gain deeper insight into the accommodation process, and learn how to successfully re-integrate employees who are returning to work after a mental health-related leave.

This course consists of two parts: a prerequisite eLearning that takes approximately 30 minutes and the facilitator-led virtual workshop (4-hours)

Prerequisite eLearning objectives:

• Understand the spectrum of mental health and the various risk factors that affect vulnerability
• Understand the role that organizations can play in reducing stigma and supporting employees’ mental health
• Identify strategies for creating psychologically healthy and safe teams in the workplace

Workshop learning objectives:

• Challenge your own biases and assumptions about mental health and addiction in the workplace 
• Apply given framework for approaching an individual who may be suffering from a mental health or addiction issue
• Understand the role and responsibilities of a team leader when an employee is on leave and how to manage the return-to-work process