Training workshops are an important aspect of personal, professional and organizational development.

All the training programs featured below are offered through my long standing organizational health consulting and training role with Fisher and Associates (www.fisherandassociates.org). Fisher & Associates Solutions Inc. are international specialists in Organizational Health and Employee Wellness. I participate as a member of their Executive Team and I have authored or co-authored all the training programs offered below. 

Please note, these programs are contracted by organizations for their employees for both professional development as well as part of the overall employee wellness strategy within a workplace. 

“The training and support provided through Fisher & Associates have given us a common language and helped to forge a shared commitment to building a healthy organization that places a priority on both collective and personal wellness in all that we do.”
—Sydney Misener, MSW
Executive Director
Grey Country Children’s Aid Society
Owen Sound, Ontario

“In my opinion the best feature of the [Fisher & Associates] program is that it has the potential to change the culture of an organization to one that puts more focus on the health and well-being of employees as the foundation for the success of the organization.”
—Pam Scott
Correctional Service of Canada
Regional Coordinator
EAP-CISM

Proven Results

The Fisher & Associates training programs have proven efficacy. Follow-up studies with two large organizations that completed the Core Workplace Wellness programs found measurable positive impacts including:

• decreased absenteeism
• improved productivity
• decreased job stress
• better physical and mental health

Training Programs

Through Fisher and Associates, we offer a number of their specialized training programs; below is a list of programs that I have been part of creating with Fisher and Associates, including course descriptions (click on the pdf link). All of these programs have been designed for helping professionals who are exposed to both high stress and trauma (primary or vicarious) within the work they do. The following training programs are available for your staff and organization:

• The Stressbuster Workshop Series: Train the Trainer
  co-authored by Lynda Monk, MSW, RSW, Monica Flexhaug, MHS, & Jane Katz, MA, RCC, CHRP © 2008, Fisher & Associates Solutions Inc.
• Shiftwork: The Self-Care Challenge
  authored by Lynda Monk, MSW, RSW © 2008, Fisher & Associates Solutions Inc.
• Peer Support Through Life Coaching Skills: Listening, Acknowledging, and Championing
  authored by Lynda Monk, MSW, RSW © 2008, Fisher & Associates
• Stress Reduction Strategies: The Mind-Body Connection
  authored by Monica Flexhaug, BSc., MHS © 2008, Fisher & Associates Solutions Inc.
• The Art Of Successful Communication: Having “Crucial Conversations”
  authored by Monica Flexhaug, BSc., MHS © 2008, Fisher & Associates Solutions Inc.
• When Working Hurts: Stress, Burnout and Trauma in the Workplace
  co-authored revisions to the original specialized two-day training program by Dr. Patricia Fisher, Lynda Monk, MSW, RSW & Jane Katz, MA, RCC, CHRP © 2006, Fisher & Associates Solutions Inc.
• Coping with Change in the Workplace
  co-authored by Dr. Patricia Fisher, Dr. Susan Turnbull & Lynda Monk, MSW, RSW ©2005, Fisher & Associates Solutions Inc.
• Maintaining Wellness While Coping with High Risk/High Needs Clients and Personnel
  co-authored by Dr. Patricia Fisher, Dr. Susan Turnbull & Lynda Monk, MSW, RSW ©2005, Fisher & Associates Solutions Inc.
• Prevention and Intervention: Primary and Secondary Traumatic Stress in High Risk Professions
  co-authored by Dr. Patricia Fisher & Lynda Monk, MSW, RSW © 2005, Fisher & Associates Solutions Inc.
• When A Client Dies: Healing and Recovery in the Workplace
  co-authored by Dr. Patricia Fisher & Lynda Monk, MSW, RSW © 2004, Fisher & Associates Solutions Inc.

Contact me by email, or call me toll free at 866.619.9542 to learn how to bring these valuable training programs to your organization! Fisher and Associates also offers a comprehensive organizational health assessment and consultation. Contact me to learn more!