ORGANISATIONS AND
THEIR PEOPLE TO THRIVE
As clinical psychologists, we use best practice scientific research to enhance people’s wellbeing and create positive, productive, high performing workplaces.
Like you, we work in this frantic world of dynamic challenges. Informed by research and our experience we know it’s possible to build healthy workplaces that promote mental health and wellbeing alongside organisational productivity.
As clinical psychologists, we use best practice scientific research to enhance people’s wellbeing and create positive, productive, high performing workplaces.
Like you, we work in this frantic world of dynamic challenges. Informed by research and our experience we know it’s possible to build healthy workplaces that promote mental health and wellbeing alongside organisational productivity.
HOW CAN WE HELP?
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We work with a range of individuals and teams from a diverse variety of organisations. Get in touch to see how we can help.
WE’VE GOT YOUR BACK
We care deeply about working effectively and genuinely supporting our clients. We believe in collaboration to make a positive difference for the people and organisations we support.
Umbrella Wellbeing provides excellent, evidence-based interventions. High-quality research, combined with decades of experience, underpin our quality control and continuous improvement, and allow us to be effective, innovative and brave. Our services are robust, consistent and responsive to client need.
WE’VE GOT YOUR BACK
We care deeply about working effectively and genuinely supporting our clients. We believe in collaboration to make a positive difference for the people and organisations we support.
Umbrella Wellbeing provides excellent, evidence-based interventions. High-quality research, combined with decades of experience, underpin our quality control and continuous improvement, and allow us to be effective, innovative and brave. Our services are robust, consistent and responsive to client need.
HOW WE’VE HELPED
MAS and Umbrella lead the way in workplace wellbeing
It was 2015, and wellbeing in the workplace was still a fairly niche concept. Yet, that’s exactly what New Zealand insurance and investment company MAS chose as one [...]
Umbrella and NZTE partner to continue mental health “ripple effect”
During New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) annual culture survey in 2019, the findings included a request to focus more on people’s wellbeing. Rachel Baxter, NZTE’s Director of People [...]
Wellington Free Ambulance case study
Wellington Free Ambulance has partnered with Umbrella to provide a number of services. Umbrella has provided resilience training and training in coping with vicarious trauma to frontline staff, as [...]
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UPCOMING UMBRELLA EVENTS
NEWS / THINKING
Moving towards flourishing — no matter your pandemic mental state
For many, the pandemic has taken mental health out of the four walls of the psychologist’s office and brought it into the everyday – into dinner table conversations and workplace video-calls. We are more comfortable asking each other how we are, and more comfortable answering honestly when we respond ourselves. [...]
Four thousand weeks: Time and how to use it by Oliver Burkeman
Feeling short on time? Before you do anything else, read this book. Many of you will know Oliver Burkeman from his weekly Guardian column. In particular, his last one where this piece of advice ranked first: There will always be too much to do – and this realisation [...]
Law and psychology: recommendations for remote working
Remote working has become the new normal in many industries across the world. Organisational leaders have the technological capability to support teams efficiently from afar and people enjoy the opportunity for increased flexibility and autonomy. In this article, we provide six practical considerations for employers who want to get [...]
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When grit isn’t great: letting go rather than pushing through can help our wellbeing
Jan 17th, 2022
By Gaynor Parkin.
People with high levels of perseverance often persist with difficult tasks to their own detriment. There is value in knowing when to quit
Is it possible to let that go? Is there someone else who can help you? Could you defer it for a week?
How to stay merry this Christmas and avoid festive burnout
Dec 12th, 2021
’Tis the season for stress and bother, but there are some simple ways to keep calm amid the pre-Christmas chaos.
Whether it’s work deadlines fast approaching, lengthy “to-do” lists weighing you down or cumulative fatigue coming to the fore, the build-up to the holidays can bring more malaise than merriment.
Navigating Socialising During COVID-19
Dec 3rd, 2021
Gaynor Parkin.
Psychologists have suggested that entering the new traffic light system may cause some uncertainty for people around Aotearoa as we determine our own comfort levels with mingling with others, travelling and using public spaces.
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