Talks, Workshops & Corporate

“I found Helen’s knowledge of her field really impressive and the delivery of the session was excellent. She has an engaging style which staff found both insightful and comforting. I would recommend Helen to anyone providing wellbeing initiatives or mental health supports to staff.”

– Linda Murray, Staff Development Team, TU Dublin.

Mental health training & workshops

Helen Vaughan is our Director & well-known mental health broadcaster. She leads corporate training and workshops for businesses and organisations looking to improve the wellbeing of their managers, staff, or clients.

She will help support your business to cope with a crisis and provide practical tips, real examples and up-to-date research to help your team boost their personal and professional health.

Helen is a “brilliant communicator” (Ciara Kelly, Newstalk), who spent 15+ years working as a journalist and broadcaster, and she can break any complex topic down to be both interesting, understandable and useful.

Any mental health talks can be tailored to the unique challenges and dynamic needs specific to your organisation, and can be both work and person focused. The training aims to provide mental health skills that are useful and relevant both to your organisation and the individuals within it.

We have a range of topics available and the duration of the training can range from one hour, up to half or full days.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

Dealing with anxiety – how it works, why it exists & how to improve your handling of stress in a crisis
Facing uncertainty – what to do when you feel out of control & practical tools to improve your resilience
Stress management – learning to deal with & reduce your stress levels, how our bodies react when anxious and coping better with stress to boost productivity
The challenges of going back to work during a pandemic – building practical skills to cope & think better
The impact of Covid-19 on our mental health
Building resilience – what resilience is & how to cultivate it within yourself & your team. Creating a mental health toolkit to help come back from a crisis
Social anxiety & Covid-19 – shouldn’t I be less anxious now that restrictions are easing?
Tips for parenting
How to work better from home – learning about boundaries, managing your time more effectively, and improving your mental fitness
Financial hardship – dealing with the stress of financial uncertainty and how to create a plan that works for you going forward
Using Mindfulness during a pandemic – practical skills (breathing & body techniques) to focus on the present, how mindfulness targets stress & the science behind it
Improving wellbeing as we emerge from Covid-19 – a practical toolkit on the key elements of self-care & how to build them for yourself and your team
Burnout – dealing with pandemic fatigue & all that brings with it. Skills on building your resilience, controlling what you can and how to rest (without stimuli!)

HELEN HAS WORKED WITH

Hear from some of our valued clients

“Helen delivered two excellent workshops on tacking anxiety as society reopened following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. Feedback from staff was very positive and we would recommend the workshops as key tools for organisations as they emerge from the pandemic."

“Helen joined an expert panel discussion about resilience in a thought-leadership events series run by the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association. As a psychotherapist, she brought expertise and empathy, with practical advice and anecdotes that resonated well with attendees. She demonstrated a natural and authentic communications style and an impressive command of her subject matter and expertise.”

“Helen has an easy and engaging style and there was lots of positive feedback after the talks such as 'very useful and well delivered', 'very helpful tips' and 'very informative'.”

“I thought the presentation was well delivered and appropriate. Identifying the different thinking styles was very interesting and learning how to think usefully was helpful. I also found rating anxiety interesting and will try to put this into practice.”

“I liked the information provided and how it was delivered, with clarity, very well-described and illustrated. I warmed to the guidance and reassurance of the facilitator.”

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