The We Talk platform speaks to the fundamentals of mental wellness in the workplace.
Across the business world we hear stories of disgruntled employees, high turnover rates and increasing cases of mental illness stemming from anxiety and work pressures. A depressed and complaining individual inevitably impacts coworkers.
Depressed and stressed employees also tend to have the highest healthcare costs among staffers, according to the CDC. “By addressing mental health issues in the workplace, employers can reduce health care costs for their businesses and employees,” the CDC says. Seminars or workshops are among the recommended ways to address the problem.
We have found poor mental health to be one of the most unrecognized and ignored aspects of company and corporate life.
If not addressed, an undertow of malcontent will drag down even the most efficiently run companies. The adage “you are only as strong as your weakest link” has never applied more aptly.
We have found poor mental health to be one of the most unrecognized and ignored aspects of company and corporate life.
We target key areas that we understand to cause distress in the workplace. The We Talk training is derived from research, studies of workplace distress and 25 years of psychological work in the state of California.
The CEO of We Talk Consulting is Katrina Wood, Ph.D. She is a an author, lecturer and blogger focusing on psychotherapy and emotional healing. She is a licensed psychologist and a certified life coach.
Wood is a successful entrepreneur with extensive experience in business operations with an emphasis on the importance of effective communication skills for the betterment of all in the workplace. Wood founded Wilshire/Valley Therapy Center in 1993, which along with its subsidiary Pacific West Counseling operates in four Southern California locations.
She is a longtime writer on mental health issues and the author of several self-help books, including That’s Not What I Said and Love Is the Answer. In 2008, she launched the blog healingpsych.com.
Born and educated in London, Wood is the daughter of British actor Percy Herbert, who was a prisoner of war during World War II. After four years in the Changi camp in Singapore, he returned to London suffering from severe posttraumatic stress syndrome. As a result of her childhood exposure to this syndrome, Wood developed a fascination with the field of psychology.
She completed her master’s degree at Antioch University in Los Angeles and subsequently received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from California Coast University in Santa Ana, California. She then obtained a two-year certificate in psychoanalytic analysis at the Contemporary Institute for Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles. Founding member of the institute Dr. Robert D. Stolorow, an expert in trauma, continues as her mentor.