MHFA
Mental Health First Aid courses
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA®) is a training course which teaches people how to identify, understand and help someone who may be experiencing a mental health issue.
MHFA won’t teach you to be a therapist, but it will teach you to listen, reassure and respond, even in a crisis – and even potentially stop a crisis from happening.
You’ll learn to recognise warning signs of mental ill health, and develop the skills and confidence to approach and support someone while keeping yourself safe.
You’ll also learn how to empower someone to access the support they might need for recovery or successful management of symptoms. This could include self-help books or websites, accessing therapy services through their GP, their school or place of work, online self-referral, support groups, and more.
What’s more, you’ll gain an understanding of how to support positive wellbeing and tackle stigma in the world around you.
Mental Health First Aid courses
These courses are open to all
Youth Mental Health First Aid courses
Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) courses are for everyone who works with, lives with or supports young people aged 8-18.
They will teach you the skills and confidence to spot the signs of mental health issues in a young person, offer first aid and guide them towards the support they need.
Our courses won't teach you to be a therapist, but we will teach you to listen, reassure and respond, even in a crisis - and even potentially stop a crisis from happening.
Click here to find out more about Youth MHFA courses
Feedback from our Mental Health First Aid courses
“Kate is really knowledgeable, passionate about the course. felt really safe in the discussions. Kate is warm and kind and delivers the more difficult aspects of the course with the right mixture of good humour and seriousness. I would definitely recommend the course and recommend Kate as an instructor.”
“Thank you for helping me to understand more about mental health issues. You made the course very interesting, easy to understand and the days went so quickly!”
“I feel honoured to be enlightened on such an important topic – I will recommend the course to everyone.”
"I think the course was made even better by the trainer, her knowledge, experience supportive personality was so reassuring and made it worthwhile, it just felt nice to be part of the session especially during the difficult time the Country is currently in."