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Workplace Mental Health Collaborative
The NAMI-NYC Workplace Mental Health Collaborative (Collaborative) connects and supports employers taking action to promote employee mental health.
Employers in the Collaborative are committed to reducing stigma towards mental health challenges by publicly acknowledging and supporting the importance of mental health. By creating mentally healthy workforces, we can create mentally healthy communities. Learn more about how the Collaborative has grown over the past three years: 2024, 2023, and 2022.
Thank you to our presenting sponsor, Alight!
We are grateful to our members: Atalaya, Citi, Deutsche Bank, FOX, FS Investments, Goldman Sachs, Houlihan Lokey, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Mizuho Americas, OBERLAND, OUTFRONT Media, Santander, Seward & Kissel LLP, SMBC, The Riverside Company, UBS, Uncommon Goods, and Värde Partners
Reach out to our Workplace Mental Health Director Rachael Steimnitz at rsteimnitz@naminyc.org to join.
Presenting Sponsor
Collaborative Members
We use a public health approach to support employers to target change across multiple levels of influence.
We support you to facilitate change at both the organizational and individual level:
Steering Committee Targets Organizational Change
Employee Trainings Target Individual Support
- Representatives from each employer across Human Resources, Benefits, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Wellness, and Employee Resource Groups collaborate in the Steering Committee.
- Members join monthly virtual one-hour meetings based on the U.S. Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being.
- NAMI-NYC provides access to research, tools, and resources to inform best practices, as well as support employers to implement specific, tactical workplace solutions.
- Members network, learn about what other employers are doing for workplace mental health, cross-pollinate ideas, and share their experiences.
- Employees attend five evidence-based, one-hour virtual trainings focused on teaching employees a skill-based model of resilience.
- Trainings teach employees to integrate workplace skills around resilience, managing stressors, coping, positive psychology, and burnout in a strengths-based approach.
- NYU’s external evaluation of the curriculum found a significant increase in knowledge and attitudes of resilience and workplace mental health, use of coping strategies, and experiences of positive emotions.
See What Employers Are Saying
“Through the Collaborative, we’ve discovered unique approaches to mental health support and innovative tools and resources. This diversity of perspectives has enriched our discussions and encouraged us to think outside the box.” – Deutsche Bank case study testimonial
“In just two years, NAMI-NYC’s Mental Health Collaborative has made a tremendous impact, advancing support and education initiatives that are helping to diminish the stigma associated with mental health challenges among the financial services community. We are proud to partner with NAMI-NYC and play a role in accelerating awareness, advocacy, and empathy to support individuals and families affected by mental illness.”
– Mizuho Securities USA
“Mental health is still often overlooked, especially in the workplace. Partnering with the NAMI-NYC Workplace Mental Health Collaborative is one of the many steps we take at Riverside to promote and enhance mental health among our colleagues.”
– The Riverside Company
“Over the past year, we have seen first-hand how the organization benefits our colleagues through their educational programs, resources, and commitment to improving the financial services workplace. We look forward to another year in which NAMI-NYC and Houlihan Lokey work together to make a positive impact in the communities in which we work and live.”
– Houlihan Lokey
“This program serves as a significant collaborative effort to share ideas with other HR teams and to hear what different organizations are introducing to their employees. Our participation in this forum has also provided us with relevant literature and training to assist in our company’s mission to fight the stigma connected to mental health issues.”
– SMBC
“Värde employees shared overwhelmingly positive feedback on the sessions, which facilitated more candid conversations about mental health and ways we can support our colleagues.”
– Värde Partners