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About Us
Meet Our Staff
John Weaver, Psy.D., Licensed Psychologist,
Director
Nancy Brady-Freitag, Ph.D., Licensed
Psychologist
Kathie Koenig, M.S.W., CEAP,
Licensed Social Worker
Terry Bruett, Ed. D., Licensed Psychologist
Robert Verwert, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist
Paul Glass, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist
The Beginning:
I was at a Society of Human Resource Management
conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during
September of 2005 when the ideas for The Healthy
Thinking Initiative were born. As I listened to
a speaker describe the wellness program that
they had developed, it occurred to me that they
had covered many important areas for health
improvement but had not addressed the most
expensive cost, the cost of depression. So I
asked him about it. He agreed that depression
was the most expensive (and a growing) cost but
they did not know what to do about it.
As a psychologist, I knew that there were
researchers examining several strategies for the
prevention of depression. But their efforts were
not being applied in the workplace.
The Healthy Thinking Initiative is a developing
program that brings the best available
psychological knowledge to the business
community. We have selected our interventions on
the basis of ongoing psychological research and
we are gathering our own data to ensure the best
scientific foundations for our efforts on your
behalf.
John Weaver, Psy.D.
Licensed Psychologist
Program Director
The skills we teach:
Optimism
is a set of skills with the longest line of
research for the
prevention of depression. Many managers and executives
are very
aware of the benefits of optimism for high performance
but they are
surprised to find out that it can be learned.
Resilience
is a critical tool for handling the stress of
the real world
of business. In a recent poll taken by the American
Psychological
Association (2004), 68% of employees wanted more
training in
skills that would build resilience to stress.
Mindfulness
is the most recent development in the efforts to
prevent depression. It involves learning to pay
attention, on purpose,
in the present moment, without judgment. This brings
about
increased awareness that improves decision making.
Research,
which has been replicated, has shown it to be the most
effective
current approach to preventing the recurrence of
depression among
those who have previously been diagnosed.
Our Professional Staff
bring expertise in treatment and prevention of
mental disorders and in mental health promotion.
We are experts in depression. More than that, we
are experts in mental health and mental health
promotion.
We will help you reduce your risks and decrease
your costs associated with depression and
anxiety. We can help you cut the costs of
psychotropic medications (the fastest growing
pharmaceutical cost today).
We will also help you to build skills in your
workforce that will increase your competitive
advantage in the global market. A workforce that
is mindful, optimistic and resilient can meet
and exceed the challenges of today's business
climate. Building a psychologically healthy
workforce is more than building good health, it
is building good business.
About Stress Management and Mental Health
Clinics, Inc.
Modern
life is stressful.
Sometimes the pressures of life overwhelm you.
When you are worried that the resources you
possess will not meet the demands made on you,
we will be there to help.
We can assist you to understand and respond to
the depressive feelings, the anxiety and the
stress. We can help you find resources that will
meet and exceed the demands of daily life. We
can help you to find the strength to cope in the
future.
We provide additional specialties beyond those
commonly reimbursed through the insurance
system. The Healthy Thinking Initiative is
an opportunity to learn a way of life that gives
you more....
Get M.O.R.E. out
of life...
Mindfulness.
Optimism.
Resilience.
Experience the difference.
Members:
American
Psychological Association
Wisconsin
Psychological Association
Wellness
Council of America, Wisconsin Chapter
National Wellness Institute
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