Background
Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas writes the employee well-being column for IRMI.com.
She is a clinical psychologist, an inspirational international speaker, and
an impact entrepreneur. Dr. Spencer-Thomas was moved to work in suicide
prevention after her younger brother, a Denver entrepreneur, died of suicide
after a difficult battle with bipolar condition. Known nationally and
internationally as an innovator in social change, Dr. Spencer-Thomas has helped
start up multiple large-scale, gap-filling efforts in mental health, including
the award-winning campaign Man
Therapy and the nation’s first initiative for suicide prevention in
the construction industry, Construction Working Minds.
She has been an international keynote speaker at the Australian MATES in Construction’s Annual Mental Health
Conference, a preferred speaker and advisory member for the
Construction Financial Management
Association's Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide
Prevention, and a regular trainer/keynote speaker for the
SMART/SMACNA Member Assistance
Program, among many other industry engagements. In 2016, she
gratefully accepted IRMI’s Horizon Award on behalf of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention’s Workplace Task
Force.
In 2016, she was an invited speaker at the White House
where she presented on men’s mental health. In her recent TEDx Talk she shares her goal to elevate
the conversation to make mental health promotion and suicide prevention a
health and safety priority in our schools, workplaces, and communities. Connect
with Dr. Spencer-Thomas at www.SallySpencerThomas.com and on Facebook
(@DrSallySpeaks), Twitter (@sspencerthomas), and LinkedIn.