Time to Talk Workshop

Cultivating Confident Mental Health Conversations.

Loneliness, Connection & Belonging at Work Workshop: What you need to know:

Duration: 60 minutes (extendable to 90)
Format: Live in-person UK or virtually worldwide
Capacity: Up to 100 in-person or unlimited virtual
Audience: All employee levels — especially teams running Time to Talk Day, MHAW programmes, or building peer-support culture
Take-aways: Conversation toolkit + practical scripts (Trust Triangle, listening framework), slide deck, recording (virtual)
Lead time: 2–3 weeks

Talking about mental health at work can feel daunting. Many of us worry about saying the wrong thing, overstepping, or not knowing how to respond if someone opens up. Yet when employees feel able to talk about their mental health, the benefits are significant: Stronger team relationships, earlier access to support, lower long-term absence, and a culture where people don’t have to disguise what they’re carrying.

Our Time to Talk workshop equips employees and managers with the confidence, language and tools to have open, supportive conversations about mental health in the workplace. Practical frameworks, real scripts, and one tool tested live in the room.

60 minutes. Led by a transformational coach and workplace mental health trainer. In-person UK or virtual worldwide.

What this Time to Talk Workshop covers:

How to ask beyond the surface: The art of asking “How are you?” in a way that genuinely opens up
The Trust Triangle: A simple formula to move through rapport, trust and safe disclosure
Meaningful listening skills: The shift from problem-solving to powerful listening — when asking “what’s going on?” matters more than “let’s fix it”
Conversational risks to avoid: How to stay clear of “conversational narcissism,” reduce assumptions, and respond with impact
Practical prompts and frameworks: Real-life approaches to encourage peer check-ins, everyday mental health conversations and follow-up support

📆 Time to Talk Day s the first Thursday in February each year. Read our blog for more ways to make Time to Talk Day meaningful at your workplace.

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Workshop outcomes

After the session, participants leave with:

The Trust Triangle framework: A repeatable structure for moving conversations from surface-level to genuinely supportive
Specific opening phrases and listening prompts they can use the next time someone says “I’m fine” The awareness of what NOT to say — the well-meant phrases that quietly shut conversations down
Greater confidence to start mental health conversations they previously avoided
A reframed understanding: Listening well is more useful than fixing

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When this workshop is the right fit:

Time to Talk Day (first Thursday in February): The most-booked workshop of the day. Book early.
Mental Health Awareness Week (May): Strong complement to deeper MHAW content — Time to Talk equips the conversation skill that everything else in MHAW assumes you have.
Following a difficult event: Bereavement, a sudden departure, redundancy news. Teams need the tools to support each other through it.
Building a peer-support culture: This workshop is the practical foundation for any Mental Health Champions programme or peer-support network.
Building hybrid-team connection: Loneliness and disconnection are most acute in hybrid teams; conversations rebuild it.

Particularly relevant for: Professional services and law firms where culture is reserved; financial services teams operating under sustained pressure; growth-stage tech where new hires haven’t yet built relationships; healthcare and frontline teams managing emotional load.

About your facilitator

Led by a transformational coach and leading workplace mental health trainer with significant experience working with teams across professional services, financial services and tech. Our facilitator combines warm, human delivery with practical depth — they make this content land without performance or platitudes.

Led by a transformational coach and leading workplace mental health trainer

Practical scripts and frameworks — not “be more empathetic” platitudes

Clients who’ve booked this workshop: Maples · Sky · GSK · Amazon · Improbable

How this workshop pairs with others

Time to Talk is the practical “conversations” foundation underneath several other workshops. It pairs naturally with:

Pair with Loneliness, Connection & Belonging at Work: The natural conversation-and-connection pairing. Time to Talk gives the specific tools; Belonging gives the wider cultural picture. Strong pairing for hybrid culture work.
Pair with Mental Health Training for Managers: Time to Talk builds the conversation skill across the workforce; Manager Training builds the deeper recognition + escalation skill in the people who lead them. Two-workshop programme.
Pair with the Suicide Awareness Workshop: For organisations building a full sensitive-conversations capability, this combination is powerful — Time to Talk for everyday mental health, Suicide Awareness for the most acute moments.
Pair with Anxiety at Work or Boundary Setting: For teams where the conversations need to extend into managing the underlying drivers.

A frequently booked configuration: Time to Talk + Loneliness/Belonging + Mental Health Training for Managers as a 3-workshop “conversations and connection” programme for hybrid teams. Tell us your context on the discovery call.

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What clients say

I thought the facilitator was engaging, open and passionate about the subject.

So informative, interactive and well-presented. I loved the techniques for starting conversations and listening skills

The trainer was the most enthusiastic, understanding, patient, clear, open, honest yet professional facilitator I have ever experienced on Mental Health / Wellbeing training.

READY TO GET YOUR TEAM TALKING?

Whether you’re planning Time to Talk Day, building a peer-support culture, or preparing your team for the conversations everyone is currently avoiding — let’s talk.

Time to Talk Workshop FAQs:

Is this just for managers?

No. The workshop is designed for whole teams — peers supporting peers. Many organisations book it for the wider workforce alongside our manager-specific Mental Health Training for Managers, which goes deeper into recognition and escalation skills.

Can you tailor this for Time to Talk Day?

Yes — and we recommend you book early. Time to Talk Day (first Thursday in February) is our peak booking window. We can also tie it into a wider Time to Talk Day programme including manager training and team challenges.

What if people are reluctant to engage with the topic?

The workshop is specifically designed to land without forced sharing. Reflection is private, polls are anonymous, and the content normalises mental health conversations without making anyone feel exposed. Reluctance is normal — we work with it, not against it.

Is it suitable for senior leadership?

Yes — and we specifically recommend it. Senior leaders are often the audience most starved of genuine mental health conversation, and most likely to model the “I’m fine” pattern across the rest of the organisation.

Can the workshop be tailored to our industry?

Yes. Law firms and professional services get examples around partner pressure and chargeable hours; finance teams get deal-cycle context; tech gets growth and restructure framing; healthcare and frontline get emotional-load examples.

Do you deliver to international teams?

Yes. Virtual delivery works across North America, Europe, the Middle East and APAC.

What does it cost?

Tailored pricing based on duration, format and whether you’re booking standalone or as part of a programme. Multi-workshop bookings are priced more favourably. Book a discovery call and we’ll send a quote within 48 hours.