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Mar 11th, 2025
Mental Health Website Review 2024
We have checked available UK online mental health (MH) support and here is our breakdown…
Nov 07th, 2023
Nurturing resilience in Critical Occupations
Being asked to host an online session at the Insights23 event was a tremendous compliment and a validation of my work spanning criminal justice, psychology, and professional wellbeing over the past 25 years.
Jan 25th, 2023
The Petros Story
People often ask why Petros is called Petros and, as with most things, there is a story behind it. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin …
Oct 24th, 2022
Introducing the Model of Dynamic Adaption (MDA)
Understanding how to enhance positive outcomes for staff while reducing the negative is not simply laudable, it’s necessary.
Sep 28th, 2022
Unlocking Your Budget and Existing Resources to Thrive
Empowering people to thrive at work is challenging, not least because of how complex and diverse we all are. And because of the dynamics that result from a myriad of different mental ill-health outcomes when we fail to thrive. We’ve devised a range of solutions, interventions and strategies to enhance the psychological wellbeing of your employees.
Sep 07th, 2022
Levels of Intervention
Most organisations have tertiary interventions in place in the form of Employee Assistance Programmes, Occupational Health services or external referrals. Reacting to dysfunctional outcomes, however, whilst necessary, should not be the full extent of organisational response to promoting and supporting mind health.
Jul 28th, 2022
The Specific and Unique Nature of Your Business
Understanding how to enhance the positive while reducing the negative is not simply laudable, it’s necessary. Even looking at the most conservative statistics about impact, the financial cost of mental ill-health is substantial. Empowering people to thrive at work is challenging, not least because of how complex and diverse we all are.
Jul 26th, 2022
The Business Case for Addressing Mind Health at Work
People spend a significant proportion of their time at work (today, many of them doing so from their homes) and research tells us that working practices have a considerable impact (positive and negative) on our wellbeing. Even looking at the most conservative statistics about impact, the financial cost of mental ill-health is substantial.
Jul 26th, 2022
The Business Case for Addressing Mind Health at Work
People spend a significant proportion of their time at work (today, many of them doing so from their homes) and research tells us that working practices have a considerable impact (positive and negative) on our wellbeing. Even looking at the most conservative statistics about impact, the financial cost of mental ill-health is substantial.
Jun 28th, 2021
United Response
The Head of Health and Safety at United Response approached the company’s insurer because of a seemingly intractable problem with workplace stress and high staff turnover. Despite having stress risk assessments for work activities and individuals in place, together with the provision of an Employee Assistance Programme, and having tried all the recommended HSE initiatives, there still appeared to be serious underlying issues, particularly around sickness absence and retention.
Jun 28th, 2021
We are This Can Happen 2021 Award Winners
This Can Happen is an organisation that supports employers and employees across the world to create a positive environment for good mental health in the workplace. Their services provide effective solutions, including their popular 12-month rolling Friends programmes, to support employees’ mental health – suitable for businesses of every size across the globe.
Jun 28th, 2021
General Medical Council
A recent survey for Mind reported that just 11% of people would speak to their manager about their mental health (Pulse Survey April 2020). The GMC reports 85% and this is recognised as largely due to their long-term partnership with Petros.
Jun 21st, 2019
High Risk Roles, High Stakes for Mental Health
Some jobs involve a higher risk of exposure to emotionally, psychologically and physically demanding events than others and these roles often require managing the challenging behaviour of others.
Bad Apple or Bad Barrel?
A junior doctor in the 2000s, Adam Kay was working 97 hours a week. As a week only consists of 168 hours this is an extraordinary feat of endurance, but for Adam and junior doctors like him, this was considered normal. After a particularly harrowing and traumatic chain of events Adam quit his role as a doctor and left the NHS. He had given his heart and soul to a job he had trained for many years to do well.
Do You Know How to Empower Your Staff to Thrive?
Empowering people to thrive at work is challenging, not least because of how complex and diverse we all are. And because of the dynamics that result from a myriad of different mental ill-health outcomes when we fail to thrive. Petros offers a range of solutions, interventions and strategies to enhance the psychological wellbeing of your employees.