Training services

• Mental health problems at work? Your management is part of the solution! 

This training seminar promotes the early identification of mental health problems by encouraging managers to act quickly to reduce or avoid the costs associated with it. It also addresses the specifics of managing a disability due to mental illness, covering all stages up to the return to work.
 

Main objectives:

- Demystify mental illness in the workplace, determine the impacts and costs for companies, and increase knowledge for managers, particularly on mood disorders.

- Define the main manifestations of mental health problems and the behavioral problems associated with them, and present possible solutions to prevent or correct the situation.

- Understand the importance of the manager’s role and responsibilities in the prevention, screening and management of mental health issues and the process of accommodation in the workplace.


Format: Interactive presentation and case study. A training manual and an evaluation questionnaire are given to each participant.

Duration: 3 hours 

Personality disorders: How to manage unique employees

This course helps managers to better recognize and understand the manifestations of personality disorders. It also addresses the specifics of managing employees with behaviors associated with different personality disorders.

Main objectives:

- Raise awareness and increase managers’ knowledge about personality disorders.

- Recognize the main manifestations of these disorders and associated behavioral problems.

- Establish avenues for intervention to better manage employees with behavior associated with these issues.

- Understand the importance of the manager’s role and responsibilities in the management of personality disorders.


Format: Interactive presentation and case study. A training manual and an evaluation questionnaire are given to each participant.

Duration: 3 hours

• Mental health problems at work? Your management is part of the solution!

This workshop aims for better management in preventing or reducing the mental health problems in the workplace. It enables the managers to review certain practices and to recognize risk and protection factors within their team.
 

Main objectives:

- Demystify mental illness in the workplace, determine the impacts and costs for companies.

- Identify the main manifestations of mental health problems and the behavioral problems associated with them, and present possible solutions to prevent or correct the situation.

- Understand the importance of the manager’s role and responsibilities in the prevention, screening, management of mental health issues and the process of accommodation in the workplace.

- Present the main risk factors that may contribute to the development of mental health problems in the workplace and the protective factors to promote a better working environment.

- Effectively prepare a meeting with an employee.

- Encourage better management in order to prevent the onset of mental health problems in the workplace.


Format: Interactive presentation includes exercises and role playing. A training manual and an evaluation questionnaire are given to each participant.

Duration: 6 hours 

• Personality disorders: How to manage employees with personality disorders

This workshop aims to raise awareness and increase managers’ knowledge about personality disorders. It allows them to better recognize and understand the manifestations of these disorders. It also discusses the specifics of managing employees with behaviors associated with different personality disorders, as well as actions for improving relations between employees and the work environment.

The second part deals with a predominant characteristic of people with behavior associated with personality disorders: manipulation. It equips managers to recognize the relational characteristics of the manipulator, teaches them to communicate with them and suggests attitudes to be adopted.
 

Main objectives:

- Become familiar with major personality disorders as well as the prevalence and origin of these disorders.

- Recognize the main manifestations of personality disorders and behavioral problems related to them.

- Define courses of action to better manage employees with different behaviors associated with personality disorders.

- Explore the concept of manipulation within the person with a personality disorder, recognize what manipulation is and learn to counter it.

- Understand the importance of the manager’s role and responsibilities in managing the problems of personality disorders.


Format: Interactive presentation includes case studies, exercises and role playing. A training manual and an evaluation questionnaire are given to each participant.

Duration: 6 hours

We offer three 60-minute conferences on current workplace themes: depression, stress and anxiety, and personality disorders. They are presented in a dynamic and interactive way by psychologists and mental health professionals in order to promote discussion among participants.

• How’s it going?

This conference helps participants to become aware of the signs of depression. It promotes early identification by encouraging employees to seek appropriate resources.

Main objectives:

- Demystify mental illness and increase employee knowledge about depression.

- Recognize the "warning signs" and understand what to do to get help for themselves or a colleague.

- Become familiar with the realities of returning to work for a colleague and the attitudes to adopt.


Format: Interactive conference. An information leaflet and an evaluation questionnaire are given to each participant.

Duration: 60 minutes

 

• Me stressed? No way!

This conference aims to educate employees about the manifestations of stress and anxiety. It helps them recognize the signs and symptoms, and it encourages them to adopt healthy lifestyles to promote good mental health and prevent the onset of these disorders. It also promotes the early identification of anxiety disorders in encouraging employees to seek appropriate resources.
 

Main objectives:

- Demystify mental illness and increase staff knowledge about stress and anxiety.

- Define the risk factors and consequences of stress.

- Understand the importance of a quick consultation and present possible solutions to prevent and better manage stress and anxiety.


Format: Interactive conference. An information leaflet and an evaluation questionnaire are given to each participant.

Duration: 60 minutes

• Relationship problems at work... that's hard work!

This conference educates and equips employees to help them to recognize the signs of narcissistic, histrionic, paranoid and obsessive personality disorders. It also aims to promote sound practices to improve the working environment and relationships between colleagues.

Main objectives:

- Educate employees about of personality disorders, and help them understand people’s perceptions and behaviors.

- Present possible solutions to reduce tensions at work related to personality disorders.

- Promote sound practices to improve the working environment and relationships between colleagues.


Format: Interactive conference. An information leaflet and an evaluation questionnaire are given to each participant.

Duration: 60 minutes

• A network of peers... that's helpful!

Peer helpers are identified by their colleagues and recognized for their communication skills and the trust placed in them. The network they create is also recognized by the employer. They are not a substitute for professional help or employee assistance programs (EAP); they act as intermediaries between employees and professional services.  Their role is to identify and support employees in their efforts to receive professional help, during their sick leave and in their return to work.

This workshop aims to equip peer helpers to better recognize the signs of mental health disorders in their colleagues and to support them as they seek help from a professional. The workshop spotlights the method for approaching and helping colleagues who have a problem as well as the importance of confidentiality and the ethics of a peer helper.

Main objectives:

- Educate peer helpers about mental illness in the workplace.

- Define risk factors and attitudes or practices that promote good mental health.

- Clarify the role of the peer helper, their responsibilities and limitations in identifying mental health problems and in helping relationships.


Format: Interactive workshop includes role playing. A training manual and an evaluation questionnaire are given to each participant.
 

Duration: 6 hours

Coaching

Nothing's Working? offers individual and group follow-ups to enable managers and peer helpers who participated in our training to review the steps they needed to make with regard to their employees or their colleagues. These follow-ups are intended to reinforce their approach and obtain advice from the trainer.
 

Information booth

Organizing a health and wellness activity, conference or convention? Want to raise the awareness of your employees with regards to their mental health? We can help you achieve this goal by providing practical advice and information pamphlets to your staff.