Stigma...in Our Work, in Our Lives
This interactive workshop is designed to reduce stigmatizing behaviors, attitudes and practices within the mental health and addiction recovery communities. Participants identify stigmatizing behaviors and attitudes and their impact on the design, delivery, and receipt of services, and develop possible solutions and action steps. (3 hours)
Stigma: Language Matters
In this experiential workshop, participants explore the power of language as it relates to stigma. They also develop alternatives to stigmatizing language and learn to integrate these concepts into their professional and personal lives. (2 hours)
Responding to Stigma: Effective and Applicable Strategies for the Workplace
Reducing stigma and discrimination requires individual, community, and systemic responses. This workshop applies a multi-layered approach to identify and implement individual and systemic solutions and to develop anti-stigma principles to guide our work in systems and organizations. (4.5 hours)
Stigma: It Doesn’t Discriminate
The consequences of stigma create barriers to providing and receiving competent and effective mental health treatment and services. In this session, six thought-provoking and realistic skits take the audience on a journey through the many facets and faces of stigma, paying particular attention to the intricacies of language and culture. (2 hours)
All workshops combine a variety of learning approaches such as group discussion, role-playing, assessment surveys, and analysis of videotaped interviews. In addition, our videotape titled “Stigma...in Our Work, in Our Lives,” is a valuable education and training tool designed to prompt meaningful thought and conversation among all those who have been affected by mental illness.
