Mental Health Coaching and Workplace Transformation

Work is where stress quietly accumulates, small tensions compound over time, and the need for support can no longer be ignored.

It’s time to build the emotional resilience and endurance required to navigate both work and home—because life doesn’t separate the two.

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Individual Mental Health Coaching

Our Core Services

  • ✔ Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Training

    Evidence-based certification training for organizations, schools, and communities. Teaches how to identify, understand, and respond to mental health challenges.

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  • Inner Leadership & Self-Regulation Training

    Leadership that starts with awareness, regulation, and responsibility.

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  • Key Note Speaking

    Laura Newman challenges conventional leadership and wellness narratives by naming the invisible emotional forces that shape behavior. Through accessible psychology and compelling storytelling, Laura invites audiences to develop inner leadership — the ability to stay grounded, values-driven, and relationally steady when life gets hard.

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  • Mental Health Coaching

    Mental health coaching offers a supportive, skills-based space to understand emotional patterns, strengthen resilience, and develop healthier ways of relating to yourself and others. Coaching focuses on growth, insight, and forward movement — not diagnosis or treatment.

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Why Organizations Choose Strong Culture

  • Led by Laura Newman, MSCJ, BHS, a certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor, trauma educator, leadership trainer, and experienced program manager

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  • Grounded in both lived experience and professional expertise across behavioral health, juvenile justice, wellness, and public policy

  • Proven delivery of statewide training for DHS, DCF, DOC, DOA, UW campuses, healthcare teams, and community organizations

  • Trusted experience training educators, leaders, caregivers, social workers, and youth-serving professionals

  • A trauma-informed, culturally responsive approach focused on compassion, clarity, and real-world application.

Support for Individuals

Strong Culture also works directly with individuals through private coaching and personalized strength training.

Organizations Trained in Mental Health First Aid

  • State of Wisconsin Agencies

    Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS)

    Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA)

    Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI)

    Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF)

    Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC)

    State of Wisconsin Well Wisconsin Champions (WebMD Health Services’ statewide program)

    Peer-to-Peer Support Groups across Wisconsin

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  • Higher Education

    University of Wisconsin–Whitewater (UW-Whitewater)

    University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point (UWSP)

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  • Community & Professional Groups

    Champions and Wellness leaders supporting Wisconsin's health initiatives

    Peer support and Workplace Wellness Groups

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  • Comprehensive Community Services

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Strong Culture works with organizations and individuals. We partner with government agencies, healthcare systems, schools, universities, nonprofits, and mission-driven organizations such as museums, aquariums, zoos, and cultural institutions. We also offer private coaching and personalized strength training for individuals.

  • Organizations where people-facing roles, emotional labor, and high stress are part of daily operations—such as education, healthcare, public service, and cultural or community-based organizations.

  • No. Strong Culture provides education, training, and coaching—not therapy or clinical services. All offerings are designed to be appropriate for workplace, community, and leadership settings.

  • Services include Mental Health First Aid training, leadership and workforce education, trauma-informed workshops, and private coaching and personalized strength training for individuals.

  • Reach out through the contact form or schedule a conversation. We’ll help identify the best fit based on your goals, audience, and setting.