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TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AT WORK CAN FEEL HARD. BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE.

The Workplace Mental Health Method™ helps businessES get mental health at work right.

The Workplace Mental Health Method™ is a skills-based training company that teaches businesses, leaders, and employees how to talk about mental health at work. We help employers, teams, and employees collectively learn the education, skills, and accountability needed to have effective conversations about mental health and stress at work.

Whether it’s learning how to talk about mental health at work, helping your teams communicate, or how teams can work together better - we can give you the events, training, & consulting your business needs. To equip every employee and leader with the skills they need for their NEXT conversation. In a customized and sustainable way. With employee engagement, productivity, and business outcomes in mind.

Because when it comes to mental health at work, awareness is great - action is better™.

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OUR FOUNDER, Melissa DOMAN, is on a mission: to create real conversations & CHANGE.

Organizational Psychologist, Former Therapist, & Author

Melissa has one core goal: to equip companies, leaders, and employees with the education and skills to talk about mental health at work, team dynamics, and communication - even the hard parts. She creates lasting change in how companies talk about mental health in the workplace through simple, actionable education, a hefty dose of accountability, and a clear picture of what it looks like to get it right. She promotes honest action-oriented conversations so companies can create real change.

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Workplace mental health is a critical business conversation.

Companies don’t have the time, and shouldn’t have to be, experts on MENTAL HEALTH AT WORK.

Employers, leaders, and employees need the education and skills to talk about mental health at work. As the world and Work of Work evolve, the conversations should too. The first step to creating change is starting conversation with a workplace mental health specialist.

THE WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH METHOD™ WILL HELP your business to:

✔️ Create sustainable, customized, and scalable workplace mental health programs and initiatives.

✔️ Empower your employees and leaders with practical strategies to talk about mental health at work.

✔️ Embed workplace mental health into your company culture, training & development, as a critical business conversation.

Whether it’s training your leaders to talk to their teams, partnering with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), teaching employees how to talk about their mental health at work, or partnering with HR and L&D to develop a strategic roadmap — The Workplace Mental Health Method™ can help.

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"Melissa's visit to our Club was nothing short of remarkable. She not only captivated our team with her expertise and passion for promoting mental health (in the funniest and most approachable way) in the workplace but also led a thought-provoking book signing event afterward. The impact of Melissa's visit reached the highest echelons of our organization. We received overwhelmingly positive feedback from our C-suite, who collectively agreed that she was the best speaker our Club has ever brought in."

— Orlando City FC Soccer Club, Monica Nieves, Director of People & Culture
“The applications, logic, and energy behind Mel’s session on mental health wowed the whole team. Thank you for your ongoing support.”

— Salesforce, Teresa López Mazón, Analyst - International Private Equity Practice
“Mel is an amazing speaker and a subject matter expert on mental health. She spoke about difficult and complex topics in a very easy-to-understand and relatable way. Our employees were motivated by the energy that Mel brought to the room. She shared tools and coping techniques that employees can leverage to manage their situations on a daily basis. It was my pleasure to have been able to work with such a gifted talent.”

— The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., Latricia Parker, VP of Global Benefits
“Her messaging was simple and actionable, and the feedback from the many attendees was overwhelmingly positive.”

— VMware, Sheri Byrne-Haber, Senior Staff Accessibility Architect
“Starting a mental well-being conversation in a corporate setting of over 400 professionals can be challenging but inviting Mel to guest speak at our monthly call was a game-changer. She spoke in a professional yet down-to-earth and non-scripted manner that left everyone feeling refreshed and comfortable. We were amazed by the level of engagement that Mel brought out in our team and the positive response that we received following the session. She went above and beyond our expectations by sending written answers to the questions that we didn’t get to during the session so that we could share them with the team. We can’t recommend her enough.”

— Siemens, Steve Kanaplue, Director - Risk Management
“From start to finish Melissa was professional, flexible, genuine and an absolute wealth of knowledge in the mental health field. She worked with us on customizing content for a very specific audience - she nailed the message we wanted to convey and in a very authentic way. I was so impressed with Melissa's approach and expertise I purchased her book to learn more on my own about how to support my team with mental health conversations at work. Anyone that leads people or works in a team environment would greatly benefit from Melissa's resources and tools.”

— Aveda, Rachel Sawyer, Sales Director
“Melissa is a thought-provoking, entertaining, and talented keynote speaker who is an asset to any conference. She draws on her considerable professional experience but delivers it to her audience with a light touch that is palatable to non-specialists. She’s sparky and gently challenging with an energy which makes her ideal for opening a conference or lifting an audience when they are flagging.”

— BBC, Alistair Macdonald, AMTV Crisis News Management and former BBCTV Reporter/Producer
“The authentic approach Melissa takes in helping companies understand the importance of talking about mental health at work is necessary for every company! Her expertise and knowledge on this subject are delivered in a way that all audiences leave touched, moved, and inspired for change. We were honored to have her teach a Mental Wellness Series at Bumble and bumble. Thank you Melissa for sharing your knowledge with the world!”

— Bumble and Bumble, Julie Cassidy, Director of Sales NA East

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