Mental Health in the Workplace
Tailored strategies to promote mental health in the workplace
- Leaders face unique challenges due to the stigma associated with well-known stereotypes associated with mental health. For example, they fear being considered weak for seeking mental health care.
- Understanding the needs of work environments with programs that promote and maintain mental health is not a luxury but a necessity
- Our team of counselors have a lot of experience in all aspects of health, especially mental health, and expertise in developing mental health strategies in the workplace.
My Services
1. Pandemic Response & Recovery
Dr. Salomon leverages clinical experience from the SARS, H1N1, and MERS outbreaks to address the unique stressors of the COVID-19 era.
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Audit & Assessment: Evaluating current protocols and work-from-home stressors.
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Best Practices: Preserving employee well-being during active pandemic cycles.
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Transition Planning: Developing protocols for the “new reality” of the post-pandemic workplace.
2. Organizational Challenges & The Cost of Neglect
Mental health is a critical pillar of operational success, directly impacting the bottom line.
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The Productivity Gap: Mental health issues account for over 30% of absenteeism, presenteeism, and disability.
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Multifaceted Stressors: Recognizing that wellness challenges are often a mix of professional and personal factors.
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The Stigma Barrier: Stigma remains the primary obstacle to workplace wellness; overcoming it requires specific expertise and targeted strategies.
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Strategic Benefits: Prioritizing mental health leads to lower attrition, higher engagement, and reduced disability incidence.
3. Targeted Evidence-Based Solutions
Moving away from “one-size-fits-all” models toward personalized organizational health.
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Anti-Panacea Approach: Rejecting generic “packaged” self-help models that fail to address unique workplace cultures.
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Organization-Specific Strategies: Tailoring solutions to the specific “unhappy family” dynamics of an individual company.
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Contextual Impact: Analyzing how a specific environment uniquely influences its employees.
4. Evaluation & Diagnostic Services
A granular, best-practice-compliant diagnostic process to establish a baseline for health.
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Current State Analysis: Mapping well-being department by department.
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Factor Identification: Pinpointing specific elements negatively influencing employee health.
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Actionable Roadmap: Providing a strategic plan to reach mental health goals.
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Metric-Driven Improvement: Establishing measurements for long-term monitoring and continuous growth.
5. Psychological Health, Safety & Compliance
Ensuring the workplace meets established regulatory frameworks and safety standards.
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Standard Regulation: Alignment with CSA standard Z1003-13 (R2018) for psychological health.
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Compliance Assessments: Comparing current practices against government-prescribed standards.
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Staff Training: Educating key personnel on compliance best practices.
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Annual Audits: Providing recurring checks to ensure ongoing adherence to safety standards.
6. Change Management & Risk Mitigation
Supporting mental health during periods of high-risk organizational transition.
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Identified Risk Triggers:
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Acquisitions, divestitures, or amalgamations.
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Implementation of new technologies.
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Physical office moves or relocations.
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Continuum of Care: Offering full-service risk mitigation from the initial planning phase to the final completion of the organizational change.
Dr. Judeline Salomon
Dr. Judeline Salomon has had a brilliant career in the field of mental health, including:
- Her doctoral thesis was funded by the Mental Health Commission of Canada and focused on best practice strategies to reduce stigma in mental health
- Mental Health Instructor for McMaster University, Trent University, Queen University and Fleming College students
- Guest speaker at the World Mental Health Summit in Mumbai, India
- Guest Presenter – Joint Webinar for the Canadian Association of Nursing Schools and the Mental Health Commission of Canada – Over Coming Stigma in Mental Health
- Speaker – Centre for Multicultural Resources and Counselling for Women – The Impact of Domestic Violence on Mental Health
- Mental Health Program Director (Quinte Health Care)
- Responsible for the Academic Rigor of the Bachelor of Sciences in Nursing, Practical Nursing, Addiction and Mental Health in Major Community Colleges in Ontario
- Mental Capacity Assessor Designated by the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario
- A lot of operational experience in mental health departments
- A lot of operational experience with correctional facilities, the institutions specializing in the treatment of the most severe psychiatric diseases in Ontario (Ontario Shores, Quinte Health Care Centre).


