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Giant Leap Disability Arts Festival, New Zealand, 2005

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keynotes & workshops

Victoria Maxwell, BFA, BPP* is one of Canada’s most sought-after mental health educators and speakers on the ‘lived’ experience of depression and anxiety in the workplace and mental illness and recovery. She specializes in corporate keynotes and workshops in depression awareness training, leading organizations to recognize and decrease depression in the workplace and reduce its’ stigma, as well as additional topics on mental health.

She draws on her 7 years experience as a mental health worker, 15 years as an entertainer and individual who has lived with both bipolar disorder and anxiety for more than 20 years.

Areas of Expertise

  • Mental Illness and Recovery
  • Early Detection of Workplace Depression
  • Resiliency and Overcoming Adversity
  • Work/Life Dilemmas
  • Mental Health Policy Consulting
  • Return to Work Strategies
  • Creativity/Lateral Thinking
  • Stigma and Diversity at Work

A wide variety of audiences use her services.

  • Corporate Conferences and In-house Training: all levels of management and staff
  • Healthcare conferences dedicated to doctors, psychiatrists, nurses, social workers and rehab professionals and psychiatrists
  • Community Health Groups
  • Teachers: High School and Universities
  • Parent Groups

Most popular conference and training package:

  • Crazy for Life solo show followed by an educational program

Giant Leap Disability Arts Festival, New Zealand, 2005

© caglar kimyoncu 2005


Testimonials

 
Loved it; funny, beautiful and profound - a show for everyone.
Phil Patston, President/Founder, International Guild of Disabled Artists, Australia
 

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Facts & Stats

 
Fortunately, depression is very treatable. The majority (80%-90%) of people who receive treatment experience significant improvement, and almost all individuals derive some benefit from medical care.
 

Odds and Ends

 
Saying no can be the ultimate self-care.
Claudia Black