Sectors and specialized programming
Who We Work With
Support shaped to the work your people do. See what employers in your sector often ask us for, and the programming we build around your teams.
Supporting the sector you work in
Examples of what employers in different sectors often ask us for. Every service is open to every employer.
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Trades, Construction & Industrial
Supervisors learn to spot strain early, crews can reach a counsellor from any site, and after an injury your team has clinical support close by.
Common Situations
- Fatigue and long shifts
- Remote worksites
- Injury and recovery
- Substance use concerns
- Support that reaches contractors
How ESS Often Helps
- Supervisor training
- Virtual counselling
- Onsite clinical support
- Manager consultation
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Hospitality, Retail & Tourism
Short sessions that fit between shifts, managers with a clinician to call, and counselling your people can book around their schedules.
Common Situations
- Shift work
- Difficult interactions with the public
- Turnover
- Access outside business hours
How ESS Often Helps
- Short workshops
- Management advice
- Flexible virtual counselling
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Healthcare & Caregiving
Space for care teams to process hard days together, education on compassion fatigue, and counselling from clinicians who understand caring work.
Common Situations
- Burnout
- Compassion fatigue
- Moral distress
- Grief
How ESS Often Helps
- Team education
- Clinical care
- Facilitated discussions
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First Responders & Public Safety
Clinicians experienced with operational stress, a readiness plan agreed in advance, and coordinated support after a critical incident.
Common Situations
- Operational stress
- Incident exposure
- Organizational culture
How ESS Often Helps
- Specialized clinicians
- Incident readiness planning
- Critical incident support
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Corporate & Professional
Leaders get a confidential sounding board, teams get support through change, and conflict gets addressed early.
Common Situations
- Leadership strain
- Organizational change
- Interpersonal conflict
How ESS Often Helps
- Workplace consultation for managers
- Workshops
- Targeted counselling
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Education, Nonprofit & Social Services
Reflective sessions for people who hold others' stories, education on boundaries, and coordinated care when someone needs more.
Common Situations
- Vicarious trauma
- Boundaries
- Emotionally demanding roles
How ESS Often Helps
- Mental health-focused training
- Reflective sessions
- Coordinated care
Don't see your sector?
We have not listed everyone. Tell us about your workplace and we will build programming around your people.
Supporting your type of employer
See how ESS can work for an organization like yours.
Programming built around your workforce
When a standard workshop is not enough, we design programming around your people: clinician-led groups, multi-session training, facilitated team discussions and support pathways shaped to your shifts, sites, roles and risks.
When employers use it
- A group shares an experience, such as grief, caregiving or shift work
- A team needs skills built over several sessions
- A team needs a guided conversation after change or a hard event
How is this different from Mental Health Education & Prevention?
Specialized Programming is designed with you for one group: the work it does, its shifts and sites, and the risks it faces. Mental Health Education & Prevention builds shared skills on set topics for anyone in your workplace.
About Mental Health Education & PreventionHow it works
- 1DiscoveryA conversation about your teams, their work and what they are facing.
- 2DesignGroups, multi-session training, facilitated discussions or support pathways, shaped to your workforce.
- 3ProposalScope, schedule and fees in writing before anything starts.
- 4Delivery and reviewClinician-led delivery, with a review of what is working.
Why it matters
For your people
- Support that reflects the work they actually do
- A guided space to process change, loss or a hard event together
- Skills built over several sessions
For your organization
- Programming that fits your environment
- The same ESS clinical standard
- Options for teams with particular risks or exposures
Common questions about Specialized Programming
How do we start?
Our sector is not listed. Can you still help?
Is it only after something goes wrong?
What it costs
Facilitated team discussions from $500 each. Groups, multi-session training and pathways are quoted after a discovery conversation.
Standard pricing. As partners, we shape it with you around your needs, funding and scope. Your written proposal confirms final fees, taxes and terms.
Ways to arrange it
- On-Demand, with no annual fee
- As part of an annual plan, when you need it
- Alongside an existing EFAP
Scope and boundaries
Scoped and quoted after a discovery conversation. Facilitated discussions are guided conversations, not workplace investigations or mediation.
Interested in Specialized Programming?
Add Specialized Programming to your plan, or talk it through with our team.