Workplace Mental Health Workshops and Consulting

Length of workshop: 1 hour

This interactive webinar introduces participants to some of the signs and indicators in the workplace where there may be a mental health and/or addiction issue. Topics focus 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.

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 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 lead 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. This is not about removing stress, but rather changing how we view and respond to it. Building resilience can move employees towards gaining the internal locus of control to tackle the many life challenges. 

This workshop consists of two parts: the instructor-led webinar (1 hour) and five self-paced eLearning Modules (1 hour) which participants will have access to for 30 days following the delivery of the workshop. 

Learning objectives:

• 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 instructor-led 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.

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 the concept of “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 we may very well be the first to recognize signs of psychological distress in a colleague. This workshop uses experiential learning activities and case studies to increase mental health literacy and reduce stigma around mental health and addiction.

Note: This workshop will provide an opportunity for leaders in the organization to see what stressors are currently impacting their employees’ mental health, a pulse check on the perceived psychological safety in the workplace and ideas for increasing the psychological health and safety in the organization.

Learning objectives:

• Understand the relationship between mental health and workplace stress and burnout
• Identify strategies for creating psychologically safe and healthy work environments to support employees’ mental health
• Know key steps for reaching out to a colleague who may be suffering from a mental health issue

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: 75 minutes

Organizations are seeing unprecedented levels of burnout in their employees. In order to combat burnout and increase the psychological health of workplaces for everyone, leaders need to understand the causes of burnout and strategies for mitigating the risk to employees. Grounded in research, this workshop will cover the root causes of burnout and provide concrete strategies organizations can employ to decrease the risks of workplace burnout.

Learning objectives:

• Define a psychologically healthy and safe workplace
• Recognize the six areas of work life that can contribute to burnout
• Identify strategies for decreasing the risks of workplace burnout

Length of Workshop: 75 minutes 

Have you ever had a staff member who had difficulty working with others? Or perhaps a staff member whose actions negatively affect important deadlines? This workshop will equip you with skills to practice assessing and breaking through these and other common - yet challenging - interactions in the workplace. Learn to navigate unprofessional behaviours, difficult team dynamics, and increase self-awareness to create workplace interactions that are psychologically safe to all members on your team. 

This workshop will help you to unlock the power of psychological safety in your workplace. You will gain practical strategies to build trust, navigate challenging conversations, address conflicts, and foster open communication, helping you to cultivate a supportive work culture within your organization.

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

Supporting employees who are experiencing mental illness or an addiction can be very challenging for leaders; many feel they are not equipped to respond effectively and appropriately. This workshop will help leaders build the knowledge, skills, and confidence to better support employees who are experiencing mental illness and/or addiction. Using experiential learning activities and case studies, learners will have the opportunity to practice how to approach an individual with possible mental health and/or addiction issues, explore how to manage team dynamics while supporting an individual with mental illness or addiction, and discuss how to successfully re-integrate an individual returning to work after a mental health-related leave.

This program consists of two parts: the prerequisite eLearning (approximately 30 minutes) and instructor-led virtual workshop (4 hours).

Additionally, a supplementary participant guidebook is provided for this workshop.

Workshop learning objectives:

• Recognize 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

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