Workshop Catalogue

Celebrate MHERC's 30th Birthday with this free webinar! Learn how to become more resilient by proactively developing a mental reservoir that you can draw upon, replenish and never fully exhaust.

This free workshop will provide valuable skills for those working in the community.

Weekly educational discussion group for new mums

Free Online Webinar for parents, caregivers and anyone working with children and teens who may be avoiding school.

The challenges over the last few years, have resulted in increasing experiences of depletion, exhaustion and ultimately burnout, which has been identified as resulting from an imbalance between chronic stress and coping resources.

An in-depth review and comparison of the modern Health & Well-being literature and the four traditional core concepts of the Te Whare Tapa Whā Model involving Tinana, Hinengaro, Wairua, and Whānau in addition to presenting ideas for further integrated research.

Free interactive educational groups to learn about rainbow diversity and practical tips and resources on how to be a supportive ally.

Free Mental Health Awareness Week Webinar on Sleep

Join us in celebrating MHERC's 30th Birthday with this lunch time talk with Sharon Bennett!

This hui in Ōtautahi, Christchurch and online is to bring neurodivergent people and their allies together around the topic of restorative practice in healthcare.

Join us online each week for 45 minutes of interactive learning.

Workshop for the CPSLE workforce with lived experience.

Have you heard about CPSLE, but are unsure of its meaning? Join us to develop your understanding of CPSLE and the advantages of peer support.

Have you heard about CPSLE, but are unsure of its meaning? Join us to develop your understanding of CPSLE and the advantages of peer support.

Free, weekly one-hour sessions to learn and gain skills around mental health.

Basic Te Reo Māori to use in the workplace.

Free online series for information and tips to help with anxiety

Free online series for information and tips to help with anxiety

Free, weekly one-hour sessions to learn and gain skills around mental health.

Free interactive educational groups to learn about rainbow diversity and practical tips and resources on how to be a supportive ally.

Weekly educational discussion group for new mums

Explore an overview of working clinically with people with Co-Existing Mental Health and Substance Use Problems (CEP).

This workshop provides an overview and update of current approaches to working clinically with people with Co-Existing Mental Health and Substance Use Problems (CEP).

Explore alcohol and other drug (AOD) issues for individuals. Recognise problematic AOD use, understand the impacts and how to access support services in Canterbury. 

Explore synthetic drugs in today's society. Learn about longer term effects and gain tools and strategies around harm minimisation.

Recognise the signs and symptoms of FASD, understand how it is diagnosed and learn how to adapt treatment to the different needs of those with the neurodisability.

This highly interactive, practical workshop explores the process and stages of relapse. Participants will apply theory to practice and case studies.

Develop your skills and increase your knowledge around supporting young people who present with alcohol and other drug (AOD) issues, from a harm reduction perspective.

In this highly interactive, practical workshop, explore information on AOD use and develop response to AOD issues in your setting.

Develop an understanding of significant ethics and boundaries concepts and explore an ethical dilemma problem-solving framework.

Explore an overview regarding the benefits of debriefing alongside identifying fundamental skills in relation to the debriefing process.

Revisit verbal de-escalation strategies and environmental considerations to ensure that both you and your client are kept as safe as possible in an actual or potential physical assault situation.

Gain the skills to identify and de-escalate an agitated person while keeping yourself and others safe. Gain confidence in managing distress and aggression, and strategies for self-control.

Develop your skills to effectively and clearly document your work in supporting people with mental health conditions.

Know how to respond and recover from empathy fatigue and emotional burnout – essential tips and strategies.

Learn skills to engage in safe and effective relationships with clients in support-focused situations while maintaining your own safety and boundaries.

Explore health-related legislation for community workers and ensure you are managing your role within the boundaries of relevant health-related legislation in Aotearoa.

When working in the community and in private homes, we need to ensure everyone’s safety and be respectful. Develop your confidence and skills to decrease risk and manage difficult situations.

Explore Te Tiriti o Waitangi with a lens of understanding and opportunities for healthcare practitioners and services in the broader healthcare setting.

This workshop will introduce those new to the Mental Health workforce or those working outside of this sector, an insight into the workings of the Mental Health sector.

This interactive workshop will explore Māori Models of Health for participants to develop and enhance their work practice and cultural competency.

Explore Te Tiriti o Waitangi with a lens of understanding and opportunities for healthcare practitioners and services in the broader healthcare setting.

This workshop will equip you with key skills that can help you manage conflict, and transform challenging conversations into constructive and beneficial discussions.

This workshop encourages participants to explore challenges, opportunities, and tools to apply CQ to their professional practice.

Learn skills to engage in safe and effective relationships with clients in support-focused situations while maintaining your own safety and boundaries.

Explore refugee and migrant experiences, principals of working with interpreters, cultural framework and values.

This workshop will guide you to provide the support and care that meets the client’s needs in a way that maintains their and your personal, social and cultural identity.

In all aspects of our daily lives we are interacting and communicating with others yet so often there are times when there is miscommunication and confusion leading at times to conflict and less than satisfactory outcomes in the workplace.

Recognise the signs and symptoms of FASD, understand how it is diagnosed and learn how to adapt treatment to the different needs of those with the neurodisability.

Develop your understanding of people with autism, so that you can better respond to, and support them.

This workshop will provide a general introduction to the experiences and impacts of Psychosis.

This workshop will provide a general introduction to the experiences and impacts of anxiety. Particular focus will be given to Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder and Generalised Anxiety Disorder.

Develop your understanding of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and learn strategies for effective support.

Explore and identify personality disorders, the aetiology of personality disorders including trauma and other life impacts, and key features of each personality disorder.

Explore an overview of people diagnosed with mood disorders, such as depression and bipolar. Identify ways you can offer support and what treatment options are available.

Better understand and support people with an intellectual disability who may be experiencing mental health challenges.

This workshop will explore mental diagnosis and conditions, such mood disorders, psychosis, and anxiety disorders.

Develop your confidence in how to manage persons experiencing suicidal ideation and nonsuicidal self-injurious behaviour. Explore models and frameworks in your setting.

An advanced workshop for professionals with some level of training and experience in screening and managing youth and adults with self-injurious and suicidal behaviours.

This workshop provides an overview and update of current approaches to working clinically with people with Co-Existing Mental Health and Substance Use Problems (CEP).

Gain a basic understanding of anxiety and how it particularly relates to children and how to support parents and workers.

Gain an insider’s view on multiplicity (also known as Plurality) from a mental health professional with lived experience, and learn ways to provide effective support.

Explore an overview of working clinically with people with Co-Existing Mental Health and Substance Use Problems (CEP).

Understand what traumatic brain injury (TBI) is, how it affects people, strategies to support them and how to access specialist services.

Explore a trauma-informed, lived experience and person-centered approach to alternative states of reality (aka ‘psychosis’).

Learn about autistic experiences compared to those of people who are seen as ‘normal’ (neurotypical), from a lived experience facilitator who is autistic.

Become a certified mental health first aider

Despite the advent of medications and other therapies over the last 50 years, rates of mental illness have been on the rise. Scientists have been uncovering an uncomfortable truth: What we eat is affecting our mental health.

Learn strategies and tools to optimise sleep ‘health’ for self-management and/or to help clients.

Know how to respond and recover from empathy fatigue and emotional burnout – essential tips and strategies.

This focused workshop explores how best to support men’s wellbeing, how to identify signs of distress and how to engage in a way that resonates with them.

Explore an overview regarding the benefits of debriefing alongside identifying fundamental skills in relation to the debriefing process.

This advanced workshop explores how the principles of trauma informed care could be applied to your particular field of practice.

This workshop will provide an introduction to the influences which shape LGBTTQIA+ people’s wellbeing and practical strategies in how to support them.

Celebrate MHERC's 30th Birthday with this free webinar! Learn how to become more resilient by proactively developing a mental reservoir that you can draw upon, replenish and never fully exhaust.

This workshop will explore how we develop, maintain, adapt and sustain our resilience in order to preserve our wellbeing in demanding times.

Join us in celebrating MHERC's 30th Birthday with this lunch time talk with Sharon Bennett!

This ‘101’ level workshop is designed to equip you with the foundational knowledge and tools needed to support trans individuals in your workplace community. It is our recommended starting point for building cultural competency around trans inclusion and allyship.

This workshop will equip you with key skills that can help you manage conflict, and transform challenging conversations into constructive and beneficial discussions.

Develop your understanding of people with autism, so that you can better respond to, and support them.

Learn about autistic experiences compared to those of people who are seen as ‘normal’ (neurotypical), from a lived experience facilitator who is autistic.

The second workshop in this series focuses on autism and ADHD as two core features of neurodiversity experience.

The first workshop in this series will cover an overview of the origins of neurodiversity, current diagnoses and the experiences that are associated with neurodiversity.

Gain an insider’s view on multiplicity (also known as Plurality) from a mental health professional with lived experience, and learn ways to provide effective support.

This hui in Ōtautahi, Christchurch and online is to bring neurodivergent people and their allies together around the topic of restorative practice in healthcare.

Gain an insider’s view on the impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma and develop effective ways to provide support.

Learn strategies and tools to optimise sleep ‘health’ for self-management and/or to help clients.

Free online series for information and tips to help with anxiety

This workshop will provide an introduction to the influences which shape LGBTTQIA+ people’s wellbeing and practical strategies in how to support them.

This focused workshop explores how best to support men’s wellbeing, how to identify signs of distress and how to engage in a way that resonates with them.

Free, weekly one-hour sessions to learn and gain skills around mental health.

This free workshop will provide valuable skills for those working in the community.

Celebrate MHERC's 30th Birthday with this free webinar! Learn how to become more resilient by proactively developing a mental reservoir that you can draw upon, replenish and never fully exhaust.

This workshop will explore how we develop, maintain, adapt and sustain our resilience in order to preserve our wellbeing in demanding times.

Despite the advent of medications and other therapies over the last 50 years, rates of mental illness have been on the rise. Scientists have been uncovering an uncomfortable truth: What we eat is affecting our mental health.

Free Online Webinar for parents, caregivers and anyone working with children and teens who may be avoiding school.

Weekly educational discussion group for new mums

This workshop encourages participants to explore challenges, opportunities, and tools to apply CQ to their professional practice.

Become a certified mental health first aider

The challenges over the last few years, have resulted in increasing experiences of depletion, exhaustion and ultimately burnout, which has been identified as resulting from an imbalance between chronic stress and coping resources.