Free mental health training workshop for Kyabram

By Georgia Tacey

Apr 16, 2024

Free workshop: Lifeline is offering mental health training for Kyabram residents. Photo by Djembe Archibald

Lifeline will be offering free mental health training workshops in Kyabram next month.

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The workshops aim to educate locals and provide valuable skills to help support mental health and wellbeing in their communities.

The training sessions will include the following programs:

• Accidental Counsellor Training: This program is designed for individuals who find themselves in a supportive role for friends, family or colleagues experiencing mental health challenges. Participants will learn how to provide effective support and guidance in a compassionate manner.

• Mental Health First Aid Training: This internationally recognised program teaches participants how to recognise the signs of mental health problems, and how to provide initial help and support until professional help is available.

• SafeTALK Training: SafeTALK is a half-day alertness training that prepares anyone over the age of 15, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide-alert helper. Participants will learn to recognise warning signs and how to connect people with thoughts of suicide to intervention resources.

The Kyabram workshop will be on Monday, May 6 from 1pm to 4pm at the Kyabram Community Learning Centre.

Other events will take place in April and May in Goornong, Axedale, Wycheproof and Wedderburn.

For a full list of events and to register your interest, visit https://www.lifelinelm.com/workshops