In today's competitive environment, we need to be focused, sharp, and alert so that our service delivery is impeccable. Have you sometimes felt that our close ones, colleagues and team mates can work better if only they pay more attention to their mental health? Many of us emphasize taking care of our physical health, but we neglect the most important organ of all, our MINDS. Someone takes longer to complete a run, she cannot concentrate, he operates machinery dangerously, and another needs to take time out. Mind your Mind, and that of our team mates as well!

Our multi-disciplinary team of specialists offers a comprehensive range of Mental Health Courses, Workshops and Coaching Sessions. We respect Privacy and Confidentiality and assure Stability and Continuity. We can also help evaluate what's best for your organization.

Mental Health Courses

STRESS! How does the modern person cope?

Stress management is an essential skill for all of us living in a modern and fast paced society. If unrecognised and poorly managed, stress is likely to result in problems of coping with daily life and poor job performance. In extreme cases, stress can affect our physical and emotional health.
Stress management techniques, when learned and practiced regularly, can lead to a more productive and fulfilling life for all of us. Our programmes empower everyone with the basic knowledge, skills and techniques to deal effectively with their daily stresses and help others to do likewise. Our modules include:

• Dealing with Work Stress and Burnout
• Anger and Stress Management
• Balancing Family and Work
• Identifying Stressors and Coping styles
• Learning to Relax
• Practical Relaxation Techniques

Overcoming DEPRESSION

It is human to have mood swings. Some of us have seen colleagues despair when a close one fades away. Do you know what depression is? What are the signs and symptoms of depression? How can depression be treated?
Everyone has felt sad at one time or another. Usually it is due to a disappointment, frustration or the loss of someone. Such sadness is normal. Time heals, the mood lifts and people continue to get on with their lives. But for some people, depression can be so severe that it dominates their lives, preventing them from coping as they are used to. Depression of this degree is an illness and needs treatment.

Mental Health Services for Different Groups

THE YOUNG ONES

The pressures that children face today are tremendous and it can be disastrous if initial problems are not identified and treated early. Our Child Guidance Clinic is well known for getting children back onto track. We cover areas that include:

• Helping Children Cope With Grief, Stress
• Understanding Teenage Stress
• Learning Difficulty
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Helping Troubled Children
• Communicating With Your Child
• Autism
• Sexuality
• Self-harm Behaviours

ADULT CHALLENGES

Help achieve positive emotional management for an improved work-life!

Geriatric /Elderly Issues

Do not neglect the aging population. Do we know how to cope with growing old and how do we help relatives cope? Old age is often characterized by multiple losses and grief. However, grief can exacerbate not only physical morbidity but psychiatric morbidity as well. Among others, we coach to deal with:

• Depression
• Mental Illness In The Elderly eg. Dementia
• Retirement and Aging Gracefully

Workplace Emotional Health Programme (WEHP)

Many corporations encourage their supervisors to take care of their subordinates through coaching and supervision. However, the main focus tends to be more work-related due to the constraints involved. Often employees do not sufficiently trust their supervisors or Human Resource Departments, who are themselves ill-equipped to deal with personal issues. Unfortunately, this may nevertheless impact their work effectiveness.
We work with corporations to offer Emotional Health assistance for employees who need expert counselling on a personal, one-to-one level. We assure confidentiality and allow the employee to confide in a third party so that they will seek help without fear of undue repercussions.

Hotlines

We offer hotlines for employees to seek help with acute emotional conflicts or distress. A single dedicated number is made available and will be manned by counsellors trained to provide online assistance.

Employee Guidance Clinics

Arrangements can be made for staff that might require extended help. Our Consultants will provide this guidance service in a private clinic.

Train the Trainer

Our trainers will come to your premises to train your staff so that they can train others. We would like to share with you so that you can pass on and in turn help others. For example, our StressBusters Workshop is designed to help trainers deliver talks on stress management to their own organizations and to prepare them to serve as stress management facilitators in the organizations they represent. The course emphasizes experiential learning and has been developed by our experts.

Customised Programmes & Workshops

The above are by no means exhaustive. Customisation to meet your organisation's needs is a service we would be happy to offer as we want to ensure that both your organisation and employees get the best out of our programmes.

In a KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY,
the best thing you can do for your staff
may be to help him with his Mental and
Emotional Well-Being.

For Larger Pro-Active Organisations

CRISIS MANAGEMENT

Can your organization cope if there is a crisis? Experience has taught us that we cannot just wait for expert counselling help. It is very important that staff from the same workplace are able to offer critical assistance to their colleagues during a crisis.
We conduct Crisis Management Workshops to give participants a basic understanding of psychological reactions in a crisis, and to equip them with the basic skills. Participants will be equipped with counselling skills to assist affected parties during any incidents.

Lessons include:

• Breaking bad news. Learn how to break difficult news and discuss tough issues with tact, empathy, and compassion. The goal is to help you tell the truth while fostering understanding and keeping relationships intact. You will also be able to better manage the emotional upheaval.
• Basic Helping Skills
• Crisis intervention
• Listening Skills
• Crisis Counselling

THE LEARNING PROCESS - How do we teach?

Participants will have the opportunity to practice key skills in realistic case studies, role-plays and team activities. Our dynamic approach to training maximizes the transfer of learning from the training session to everyday life and develops the ability to learn more effectively.
We can come to your premises and teach you tools onsite, or if you would rather learn in a more relaxed environment, come and share our facilities beside a fountain. Let us share with your colleagues and help them manage negative emotions.

For more information, please contact the following:

Ms Annette Aw
Executive, Corporate Consulting Services
6389 2832
annette_aw@imh.com.sg

Ms Gina Teo
Health Promotion Officer, Corporate Consulting Services
6389 2832
gina_teo@imh.com.sg