Creating Safe Spaces for Conversations on Mental Health

YMCA WorkWell Team • September 11, 2024

YMCA WorkWell’s community survey data over the past three years has found that many people are reporting experiencing burnout sometimes to extremely often. We are also seeing an increase in people reporting unhealthy mental well-being scores and asking for more mental health supports in their workplaces. We need to be able to have conversations about mental health at work, but this is often difficult for a variety of reasons. In this session, we will share practical tips for creating psychologically safe spaces at work and review current research on how we can facilitate supportive conversations about mental health for ourselves and our employees.

Learning Outcomes

Identify signs of struggle in others, particularly as it relates to mental well-being
Identify the importance of psychological safety to creating safe spaces for conversations on well-being
Explain what disclosure might sound like, and how supervisory style influences feeling safe to disclose
Apply the four step framework to starting a conversation about mental health
Identify personal and organizational actions to enhance psychological safety within your organization

Creating Safe Spaces for Conversations on Mental Health

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Fostering Psychological Safety in the Workplace