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FOURNIER disAbility & Health encourages employers to facilitate and promote the awareness of mental health issues BEFORE they become a workplace and worldwide statistic. Investing in your employee’s Mental Health is critical in ensuring the organization’s on-going productivity.

Why Address Mental Health in the Workplace?

At some point in their lives, most people will be faced with an issue that requires professional help. A study conducted by Harvard University concluded that over the next 20 years, depression will affect more working people around the world than AIDS, Cancer and Heart Disease combined.

Workplace Managers, supervisors and Human Resource teams often don’t know how to properly manage Mental Health issues and have a tendency to ignore the situation until the employee either loses their job, or goes off on disability. Why? Because Mental Health issues are not often understood and carry a stigma. At times, employees may not even be aware of why they are feeling or reacting in a certain way and, in turn, ignore their symptoms rather than seeking medical attention.

Mental Health Management Services:

• Historical Corporate Analysis
• Co-Management Initiatives
• Policy & Program Development
• Internal/External Resources
• Education & Training
• Prevention & Wellness Programs
• Benefit and Cost Analysis
• Corporate Cultural Changes
• Family & Community Integration

FOURNIER disAbility & Health encourages employers to facilitate and promote the awareness of mental health issues BEFORE they become a workplace and worldwide statistic. Investing in your employee’s Mental Health is critical in ensuring the organization’s on-going productivity.

Mental Health Coaching in the Workplace

In order to address the growing absenteeism in the workplace and the increase in the number of disability claims, internal services for wellness need to be implemented. Offering EAP and benefits were once a solution, however in today’s times, more is required. With a passion for mental health and holistic wellness, Fournier Health offers Mental Health Coaching in the Workplace.

There is without a doubt a lack of mental health services in the community available to assist those in need.  Finding a counsellor or psychotherapist is extremely difficult and when one is found, the services are short and not always satisfying to the employee’s needs.

Disability management is a very reactive role where assistance is called in AFTER the employee has gone off work. In order to begin to address the number of escalating disability claims and manage the day-to-day disruption to the work environment, employers must implement internal services to address the gap.

This program:

• Helps employees manage emotional and negative thinking patterns
• Improves the employee’s skills as it relates to relationships
• Provides tools to manage daily stress and anxiety
• Includes stress management techniques
• Assists clients develop personal awareness of their thoughts and behaviours
• Addresses problems more efficiently and effectively
• Offers short term approach to growth and development of self
• 1-hour consultations with homework for employees referred
• Offers mental health program and policy, along with training and education for the organization and its leaders

This program:

• will make referrals to psychotherapists, psychologists and/or psychologists when deemed appropriate
• does NOT take the place of counselling or psychotherapy
• does NOT treat with medication
• does NOT manage those with diagnosed mental health issues

Benefits:

• increase performance
• increase confidence in managing simple challenges
• increases skill in managing change and emotions
• empowering process to help others manage their work  and home lives

Difference between Counseling and Coaching:

• Counseling – works on your past to assist you to deal with your current issues
• Coaching – works on your current day to day life to better manage challenges