WORKPLACE PROFESSIONAL & MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING

We help executives, managers and colleagues to build brave spaces, teach tools for compassionate communications, and learn creative tools and strategies to not only support their business, but also support the emotional vitality of your company and its people.

INVESTING IN A MENTALLY HEALTHY WORKPLACE IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS

"When employees receive effective treatment for mental illnesses, the result is lower total medical costs, increased productivity, lower absenteeism and decreased disability costs. The bottom line: investing in a mentally healthy workforce is good for business."

American Psychiatric Association

OUR TRAINING PROGRAMS

We partner with companies, universities, and non-profit organizations to create a shared understanding of mental health, teach tools for compassionate and effective communications, and support teams and their leaders in harnessing creativity to build a culture of engagement, resiliency and trust.

Leadership Training

Helping those in leadership gain knowledge, tools, resources, and awareness on how to best support their team through increasing your knowledge on team building, presentation skills, effective communication, your company's mission as well as your employees' mental health and overall wellness.

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Mental Health Training

Research-based, interactive workshops and trainings to build a shared understanding of mental health and teach skills for leaders, managers, and teams to create a trusting and inclusive culture for mental health at work. We take a proactive approach through a management lens to design custom trainings.

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Sexual Harassment Training

Almost half of all US states are enacting training requirements for businesses on workplace harassment. Through interactive learning techniques, and real-world case studies, our curriculum breaks down important laws for ease of retention. In addition to learning how to recognize and avoid workplace harassment, our workshops include training on how to effectively react to uncomfortable situations.

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Creativity improves your health, increases happiness, elevates mood, alleviates anxiety, boosts brain function and helps you feel more

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What Makes us Different

We are pioneers in using theater and improv to create cultural change and improve mental health in the workplace. Join us on this transformative journey and discover the power of storytelling, empathy, and collaboration in fostering a truly inclusive and thriving organizational culture.

We support a mental health culture so that people will seek the support they need

In a healthy workplace culture, disclosing a mental health condition is considered a sign of strength. When employers and leaders speak up about mental illness, they send a powerful message to employees that it’s OK to get help.

We harness a leadership psychology lens

Our team of leaders are highly experienced, clinically licensed psychotherapists and executive professionals who use their extensive knowledge in psychology, team building, creativity, management and emotional intelligence to support the overall wellness of your company and its employees.

We help you create a culture of support for emotional wellness

Our preventative approach to mental health helps to ensure that your culture of care supports your team's mental health throughout the year to achieve measurable and lasting change.

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OUR TRAINING TEAM

Our team of seasoned therapeutic improv professionals are ready to guide your employees on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth. Through engaging workshops, dynamic training sessions, and interactive performances, we empower individuals to break free from their comfort zones, fostering a culture of open-mindedness and fearless communication.

Azizi Marshall

Founder & CEO

Azizi Marshall is the Founder & CEO of the Center for Creative Arts Therapy, an arts-based psychotherapy practice and training center in Chicago. She also is Owner of Artful Wellness and creator of the Therapeutic Performance Initiative model, used to promote social justice through the use of role play and enactment. Azizi has led over 1,000 trainings for businesses, schools, and organizations looking to make a change in their culture.

She has been featured in Oprah Magazine, CNN, NBC News, Bustle, Reader's Digest, The Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Glancer Magazine. She speaks regularly throughout the country on Creative Arts Therapy, and guest posts on national news articles about workplace wellness and creativity.

The Stigma Free Players

Counselors, Artists & Business Leaders

As experts in the field of psychology and counseling, the Artful Wellness team offers you and your organization comprehensive training services. Learn healthy and proactive ways to achieve wellness and balance in their lives through experiential learning, personal and professional attention, compassionate communication, and creative research-based interventions to achieve the best outcomes for success.

The Impact of Workplace Mental Health Training & Advising

Of the 1 in 5 adults diagnosed with a mental illness each year, more than half of those individuals will go untreated. Respecting and treating mental illness on par with other medical illnesses is the first step to improving employee quality of life -- the foundation of an effective workplace.

Support benefits utilization & reduce stigma

Opening a workplace dialogue and teaching coping strategies can go a long way in aiding employees' mental health, but sometimes people need professional treatment. When mental health is a supported topic at work, employees are more likely to use their mental health benefits.

93% of our workshop participants felt more able to create a strategy for self-care.

Culture of inclusivity

Providing individually tailored accommodations that consider the inclusivity of the individual is the first step to ensuring that an employee's diverse needs are addressed in the workplace, especially when an individual is returning to work from a mental health-related absence.

82% of our workshop participants said they better understood the prevalence of mental health issues amongst their colleagues.

Workplace Mental Health Training | Maximize productivity and engagement

Maximize productivity & engagement

Unsupportive environments can increase stress and mental health symptoms. Organizations that support the overall well being of their employees will increase employee engagement and productivity, thus reducing absenteeism, and preventing crisis situations. You’ll find yourself with healthier, happier, and more productive employees.

Investing in workplace mental health yields a 4x ROI.

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WORKPLACE PROFESSIONAL & MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING

We help executives, managers and colleagues to build brave spaces, teach tools for compassionate communications, and learn creative tools and strategies to not only support their business, but also support the emotional vitality of your company and its people.

"When employees receive effective treatment for mental illnesses, the result is lower total medical costs, increased productivity, lower absenteeism and decreased disability costs. The bottom line: investing in a mentally healthy workforce is good for business."

American Psychiatric Association

OUR TRAINING PROGRAMS

WANT TO LEARN MORE?

INSPIRED AND ENGAGED.

What Makes us Different

OUR TRAINING TEAM

The Impact of Workplace Mental Health Training & Advising

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