Standard Mental Health First Aid Course

Name: Standard Mental Health First Aid Course
Start: 2020-12-03T09:00:00+0800
End: 2021-12-17T16:00:00+0800
Location: Amanda Lambros Consulting

Thu, 3 Dec, 9am 2020 - 17 Dec, 4pm 2021 AWST

Amanda Lambros Consulting

East Victoria Park WA, Australia

Amanda Lambros Consulting

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Event description

The Standard MHFA course teaches individuals how to identify and assist someone who has a mental illness, is developing a mental health problem or is experiencing a mental health crisis.

The 12-hour Standard Mental Health First Aid (MHFA-S) course teaches adults how to provide support to adults who are developing a mental illness, experiencing the worsening of an existing mental illness or in a mental health crisis.

Participants will learn the signs and symptoms of the common mental health problems outlined below, where and how to get help and what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective. Developing mental health problems covered:

Depression
Anxiety problems
Psychosis
Substance use problems

Mental health crises explored include:

Suicidal thoughts and behaviours
Non-suicidal self-injury
Panic attacks
Traumatic events
Severe psychotic states
Severe effects from alcohol or other drug use
Aggressive behaviours.

This course will be delivered by our Principal Master Accredited facilitator with over 20 years experience working with individuals, couples and communities.

This course includes:

Engaging & up-to-date materials
Take-home reference package and free online resources
All day catering and beverages - with dietary needs catered for
Post-course contacts for help and advice
Certificate of attendance

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Amanda Lambros Consulting

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Amanda Lambros is one of Australia’s leading experts on relationships, mental health and grief and loss. She’s a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), Clinical Counsellor and Supervisor as well as an academic and trusted advisor, creating meaningful shifts and sustainable outcomes for life and business success. As a wife, mother of two and thriving business leader for over two decades, Amanda has walked an extraordinarily successful path. A speaker, author and mentor maintaining a private practice, while still consulting to Corporates globally and Universities across 4 countries, she shares her thought leadership with proven and powerful methods. Amanda has a Masters in Counselling, Masters in Forensic Sexology, PG Diploma of Ethics and a BHSc in Health Sciences. Amanda works as a practicing Clinical Counsellor and an Academic Unit Coordinator and lecturer at the Australian Institute of Applied Psychology and has a long academic career with Curtin University (WA), Griffith University (Qld), National University (Singapore) and Oxford University, UK. Amanda is the Director of the Grief Recovery Institute of Australiasia and has consulted for corporate clients for 18 years using mental health and wellbeing knowledge and communication skills to improve growth. She is a contributing author to many books and textbooks including the awarded Evidence Informed Health Practice Handbook for Health Scientists (Wiley). Amanda holds a strong belief that we each have a responsibility to create mental health and safety for each other and for ourselves.

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Thu, 3 Dec, 9am 2020 - 17 Dec, 4pm 2021 AWST

Amanda Lambros Consulting

East Victoria Park WA, Australia

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