What is Mental Health, Anyway? IBEW37 TTF Webinar with Elizabeth Eldridge
This 30-minute workshop serves as a perfect introduction to mental health in the workplace, offering a fresh, new perspective.
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About this event
Participants will gain insight into how mental health affects us all, at work and at home. Talking about mental health doesn’t have to feel uncomfortable and every member possesses the ability to help a person who’s struggling to connect with appropriate support. Proactive approaches to wellness at work will also be explored.
**Participants will receive details on how to participate in this event in the days leading up to the event! The event will take place via Microsoft Teams**
Faclitator Elizabeth Eldrige:
Elizabeth Eldridge is a Certified Psychological Health & Safety Advisor and Professional Speaker who has changed the way thousands of Canadians think about mental health.
After several years of clinical work supporting individuals with psychiatric conditions in inpatient, forensic and community-based care, Elizabeth founded Arpeggio Health Services. She played a key role in making the Mental Health Commission of Canada's Mental Health First Aid program and other evidence-based training opportunities publicly accessible in Eastern Canada. Fuelled by a desire to fight stigma, improve understanding and empower members of the public to provide support to persons in distress, she has personally certified more than 3,000 people in these important programs.
As a consultant Elizabeth works with companies large and small that are striving to optimize workplace mental health to boost productivity, decrease absenteeism and improve employee satisfaction and workplace culture. She has developed several original workshops on mental health awareness, workplace wellness and resilience.
A favoured keynote speaker, Elizabeth has taken the stage for conferences and professional development events across Canada. Her sense of humour and interactive approach allow her to deliver even the most sensitive subject matter in a way that feels non-threatening and accessible to participants and audiences. Elizabeth's promise to her clients is to deliver not only an engaging experience during her sessions but also one that inspires lasting, meaningful change in attitudes and actions around mental health in the workplace.