Again, there’s no right or wrong approach to this.
We personally believe it’s a no. Cost is a huge barrier to support for people seeking to work on their mental health and so people often don’t get the support that they need.
This is especially true of people who are in a “good” period of mental health, and because there are no real “issues” ongoing, they don’t see a need to pay to work on themselves.
By the business fronting this cost, it removes that barrier for people. It also sends an incredible cultural statement of “we believe in our people being the best that they can be, and we’re going to pay for that to happen”.
However, I know how the Vitality insurance model operates with people earning points for doing activities, and that some businesses give individuals a personal development budget to spend where some initiatives could easily fall under that.