Mental Health
Our Mental Health Courses
One in four Australians experience a mental illness at some point in their lives. That means right now, some of your staff either have or are recovering from a mental health disorder.
Our mental health courses include introductory education for workplaces and community groups, along with courses for those working in human services. We cover a range of specific diagnoses such as depression, anxiety and psychosis, along with courses about various aspects of mental wellbeing.
Who are these courses for?
Led by an Aboriginal trainer, this course is for those working with Aboriginal people who want to gain insight into mental health and wellbeing through an Aboriginal cultural lens. Learn to recognise warning signs of mental health issues and how to respond.
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A majority of Australians experience some form of depression at some time in their lives. This practical course focuses on evidence-based information about what works for managing and recovering from depression and provides a suite of tools for participants to use.
Self-harm involves the deliberate causing of pain or injury to oneself, usually as an extreme way of trying to cope with distressing or painful feelings. This evidence-driven course demystifies self-harming behaviours and explores the diverse forms self-harm can take.
Psychotic disorders include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and drug-induced psychosis. This course is designed to help mental health workers and others who have contact with people experiencing these disorders and teaches practical ways to provide support.
Dissociation is a mental process where a person disconnects from their thoughts, feelings, memories or sense of identity. This course explores the nature of dissociative illnesses and provides a stigma-free overview of causes, symptoms and treatments.
The experience of trauma can have an effect throughout a person’s lifetime, influencing the way they think, work, form relationships and make choices. Gain a better understanding of the trauma experience and be equipped to provide more appropriate and empathetic services.
With the struggle of post-traumatic stress also comes the potential for post-traumatic growth. Grounded in research and solidly evidence-driven, this course explores the potential for leveraging positive transformation in the final stages of trauma recovery.
A suicide prevention plan is a powerful prevention tool containing personalised strategies for a suicidal person to draw upon, even when alone. This important course provides the skills and resources to create an effective and personally meaningful plan to help save vulnerable lives.
This lifesaving course is all about what ordinary people can do to reduce the risk of suicide among colleagues and the wider community. It explores preventative measures, how to talk about suicide, intervention skills and how to get help.
Designed for anyone working in human services, community or caring professions, this course provides insight and practical skills for working with people who face issues with substance use, focusing on the crucial areas of habit, addiction and behaviour change.
Solution-focused therapy is a practical, outcome-oriented approach to counselling, which can achieve short-term resolution of a range of problems and issues. This course is suitable for professionals from diverse health, community and education settings.
Our internal ‘self-talk’ and nature of our mental life determines our moods, emotions, subjective experiences and ultimately our quality of life. This course provides cognitive tools for reshaping self-talk and modifying thought patterns.
How do we maintain our equilibrium in an uncertain world? This course draws on evidence-based research in the areas of change management, mental health and resilience training to teach participants how to build resilience and proactively manage wellbeing.
Sometimes the difference between a person becoming overwhelmed by a mental health issue and getting the help they need is the caring intervention of another. This course teaches how to recognise warning signs of mental health issues and what to do in response.
Drawing on decades of peer-reviewed research, this course explores what is required for human flourishing and offers a suite of practical, evidence-driven tools for increasing resilience and maintaining psychosocial wellbeing.
Mental Health First Aiders can refresh their knowledge and skills, and renew their accreditation for a further 3 years through the Mental Health First Aid Standard Refresher Course.
Mental health symptoms and best practice responses vary with age, and age-related cognitive changes also impact mental health. Gain an understanding of the mental health issues facing older people in order to respond effectively to the needs of clients and loved ones.
One in four Australians will experience a mental illness at some point in their lives. This course looks at general understandings of mental health issues, how to support staff and legal compliance/duty of care requirements for managers.
Drawing on the science of stress and evidence-based anxiety management, this course will strengthen participants’ understanding of the experience of stress and provide practical strategies for dealing with and managing worry, stress and anxiety.
Like many aspects of our lives the experience of trauma can be passed between generations. Explore the particular effects of intergenerational trauma and how it presents in people’s lives to assist in providing more appropriate and empathetic services.
Personality disorders are one of the most misunderstood and stigmatised mental health conditions. This practical and accessible course is designed to sort the myths from the facts and empower better service provision.
Many aspects of our lives involve informal but often vitally important counselling situations. This two-day course teaches participants a series of structured, discussion-based counselling tools which will allow them to engage and support others when required.
Identifying and responding appropriately to mental health issues can often be complex when a person also has other disabilities. Learn how mental health and other disabilities interact and acquire the skills needed to identify and support clients with a dual diagnosis.
Over half of people with a serious mental illness are known to misuse substances, while 84% of substance misusers have some sort of mental health disorder. This course explores the complex interrelationship between mental health and substance use.
DBT treatment is a powerful cognitive-behavioural approach, which helps people integrate the seemingly opposite strategies of acceptance and change. This course introduces the concepts behind DBT and provides a suite of practical tools for personal or client use.
Based on the social model of disability, and taking a strengths-based perspective, this course explores neurodivergence simply as a type of human variation and looks at ways we can better understand and support neurodivergent clients and stakeholders.
Western Australia’s WHS legislation requires all organisations to actively identify, manage and address psychosocial hazards. This course explores the nature of mental health hazards and psychological injury in the workplace and how they are best managed.
This specialist two-day crisis response course is the mental health equivalent of physical First Aid, in a youth context. Led by a skilled youth specialist this course is ideal for adults working with or caring for adolescents.
This internationally recognised two-day crisis response course is the mental health equivalent of standard First Aid and will equip participants with the skills to recognise and respond appropriately, until professional help arrives.
This specialist two-day crisis response course is the mental health equivalent of physical First Aid, in an Aboriginal context. Led by a skilled Aboriginal trainer this course is ideal for anyone working with Aboriginal communities.
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