Event Details

Confessions of a Former Corporate Counselor:
What Every Leader Should Know about Mental Health at Work

Presenter: Mark DeFee

What if you could reframe the conversation around mental wellness in your workplace? Make it less traumatic and more empowering. Can you imagine the ripple effect if YOU started taking care of yourself?

This session will provide: 

1. Strategies for large-scale organizational change
2. Techniques to manage your own wellbeing
3. Simple concepts to change your routines and habits
4. Increased comfort around mental health and wellbeing

Mark is a dynamic storyteller delivering messages on how to properly incorporate mental fitness and wellbeing into a work culture.  He has helped organizations of all sizes create mentally healthy workplaces.

The stories he shares follow his 20-year career in the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) field where he did everything from employee crisis intervention to designing custom wellbeing programs for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield's largest clients.

His goal is for audiences to view mental health in a different light with practical next steps and new approaches to supporting workplace wellbeing.

Mark is a licensed therapist (LPC) and certified coach (BCC).

SSCHRA is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®.  This program is valid for 1.00 PDCs for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit shrmcertification.org.