Mental Health Education · Training · Consulting

Workplace mental health, training & human-centred consulting.

HumanWell Consulting helps organizations build healthier people, stronger teams and more sustainable workplaces through mental health education, compassion fatigue and burnout prevention, trauma-informed communication, facilitation and human-centred program consulting.

Led by Disha Mehta, BPH, CAPM — a public health professional, Certified MHFA Facilitator through Opening Minds and TEND Academy-trained compassion fatigue trainer based in the Greater Toronto Area, working with organizations virtually across Canada and in person by arrangement.

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Core workshop topics

30 min

Free discovery call

Canada-wide

Virtual delivery available

Workshops & trainings for healthier teams.

Evidence-informed sessions designed for frontline, client-facing and mission-driven organizations — plus custom training built for your team.

Compassion Fatigue: Caring Without Burning Out

A practical workshop for teams in helping roles. Recognize the signs of compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and burnout; build sustainable self-care, boundaries, and team supports.

  • • Recognize the signs
  • • Sustainable coping
  • • Team resilience

Mental Health First Aid: Certificate from MHCC

Official Mental Health First Aid courses from the Mental Health Commission of Canada, delivered by a certified facilitator. Choose the 8-hour MHFA Standard or the 16-hour MHFA certification course — both lead to official MHCC certification.

  • • MHCC Certification
  • • Reduce stigma
  • • Practical action plan

Trauma-Informed Communication

Build safer, more responsive conversations with clients and communities. Learn trauma-informed principles, de-escalation, and communication strategies that protect both staff and the people they serve.

  • • Trauma-informed practice
  • • De-escalation
  • • Client & staff safety

Beyond Burnout: Building Sustainable Workplace Wellbeing

A strategic session for leaders and teams ready to move past burnout. Assess current pressures, identify protective factors, and co-create a practical plan for sustainable workload and culture.

  • • Burnout prevention
  • • Organizational culture
  • • Action planning

90-minute, half-day, full-day or customized · Virtual Canada-wide · In-person by arrangement

Every workshop and training starts with a free 30-minute consultation. We'll discuss your team's needs, group size, format, timing, certification and reporting requirements.

Who we work with

Teams whose work involves people — often people under stress.

  • Healthcare
  • Nonprofits
  • Social Services
  • Community Organizations
  • Education
  • Caregiver-Support Organizations
  • Settlement & Newcomer Services
  • Client-Facing Teams
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Grounded in evidence,
led by empathy.

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Needs Discovery

We start by listening — what your team is carrying, where the pressure sits, and what has already been tried.

02

Co-Design

We build solutions with your staff, not for them, ensuring long-term sustainability and buy-in.

03

Iterative Growth

We use logic models and program evaluation to refine impact and prove efficacy over time.

Start with a conversation.

Detailed workshop outlines, formats and answers to common questions live on the workshops page.

Free 30-Minute 1:1 Consultation · Google Meet

Book a free 30-minute consultation call.

Not sure which workshop fits? Let's talk it through — free of charge, 30 minutes, over Google Meet. A meeting link is sent with your calendar invitation, so there's nothing to install. On the call we'll discuss your requirements, what your team actually needs right now, how many people you'd like to train, your preferred format and timing (virtual or in person, full-day or half-day), budget, and any certification or reporting you need. You'll leave with a clear recommendation and next steps.

  • • Your goals and current challenges
  • • Group size and who should attend
  • • Format, length, and scheduling
  • • Certification, pricing, and logistics

Free · 30 minutes · Hosted on Google Meet

Certified MHFA Facilitator through Opening Minds and TEND Academy-trained compassion fatigue trainer, delivering training to settlement-sector and newcomer-serving teams across Canada.

Official MHFA curriculum · Mental Health Commission of Canada · TEND Academy
Case Studies

Training delivered for settlement service providers.

A look at the sessions I facilitate, the teams they were built for, and what participants walked away with.

MHFA certification for settlement-sector frontline staff

Context
Settlement service providers supporting newcomers and refugees, where staff regularly hear stories of displacement, loss and trauma.
What I delivered
Facilitated the official Mental Health First Aid course from the Mental Health Commission of Canada, adapted with newcomer-serving scenarios and discussion prompts drawn from settlement work.
Result
Participants completed the course certified, with a shared action plan and shared language for responding when a client or colleague is struggling.

Compassion fatigue support for newcomer-serving teams

Context
Client-facing staff carrying high caseloads and repeated exposure to distressing disclosures.
What I delivered
A practical session naming compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and burnout, followed by team-level boundary setting and recovery practices they could apply immediately.
Result
Teams left with individual reset practices and team agreements on debriefing after difficult client interactions.

Trauma-informed communication for intake and reception roles

Context
First points of contact where a single conversation shapes whether someone returns for service.
What I delivered
Scenario-based practice on tone, pacing, choice and consent in intake conversations, including de-escalation and warm handoffs.
Result
Staff adopted concrete phrasing for difficult moments and clearer escalation paths to supervisors.