This presentation will be held at the Blair County Convention Center

Registration and Presentation Timeline:  

• Meeting Registration: 7:30 AM - 7:50 AM
• Breakfast served during registration
• HRMABC Business Announcements at 7:50 AM
• Presentation begins at 8:00 AM
• Presentation ends at 9:30 AM

Recertification Credits: 1.5

Topic: “Mental Health Management and the Workplace”

Speaker: Sarah Pipetti, LPC, Lytle EAP

Details:

This program will provide a comprehensive overview of Mental Health Management in the Workplance.  The program will include:

1)Mental Health in the Workplace

a) Workplace statistics

 2) Understanding Mental Health

a) Depression

b) Anxiety

c) Other mental health diagnoses

d) Stress

3) Resilience

a) Reviewing specific tips to strengthening resiliency

b) How to implement them in into daily living and working

 4) Supporting workers by supporting workplace mental health

                a) Understanding mental health support in the workplace

                                i. Protection from Harm

                                ii. Community and Connection

                                iii. Opportunity for Growth

                                iv. Mattering at work

 5) Understanding mental health stigma

                a) Identify ones one stigmas

                b) Reviewing tips to reduce stigma

                c) Learning best practices for offering support

 6) Offering additional assistance to employees

                a) Understanding how to lead effectively

                b) Understanding effective communication

                c) Understanding EAP and its resources

                d) reviewing additional community resources

7) Q&A

Presenter Bio:

Sarah Pipetti is an EAP clinician with Lytle EAP with more than a decade of experience in the mental health field. Sarah specializes in providing short-term, supportive, solution focused therapy under the umbrellas of Employee Assistance and cognitive behavioral therapy. In addition to her EAP work, she has had the opportunities to work in community mental health, a university setting and as a civilian in the marine corps, working with active duty and reservist marines. Sarah has a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Pennsylvania State University and a master’s degree in community counseling from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She enjoys being Aunt Nina to her niece and nephews as well as traveling, live music and her 2 orange cats.