Upcoming Workshops

18 Mar 2024 - 24 Apr 2024

5 sessions

Free online series for information and tips to help with anxiety

22 Apr 2024 - 27 May 2024

1-hour sessions over 6 weeks

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

Wed 24 Apr 2024

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

An interactive introduction to Distress-Informed Care (DIC) involving the science behind trauma and distress and how this relates to Māori, along with simple guidelines for a variety of service provider and clinical practice backgrounds relating to Māori, followed by integration of the course content into a workshop involving hypothetical case studies.

Wed 24 Apr 2024

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

An interactive introduction to Distress-Informed Care (DIC) involving the science behind trauma and distress and how this relates to Māori, along with simple guidelines for a variety of service provider and clinical practice backgrounds relating to Māori, followed by integration of the course content into a workshop involving hypothetical case studies.

Tue 30 Apr 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (3 hours)

This workshop presents key information on AOD use and provides an opportunity for you to consider and develop an appropriate response to AOD issues in your setting.

Tue 30 Apr 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (3 hours)

This workshop presents key information on AOD use and provides an opportunity for you to consider and develop an appropriate response to AOD issues in your setting.

Wed 1 May 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (3 hours)

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

Wed 1 May 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (3 hours)

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

Thu 2 May 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (3 hours)

Develop your confidence in how to manage persons with suicidal ideation and self-harm behaviours. Discuss recent New Zealand data on suicide and self-harm, models for understanding risk and protective factors, along with recommendations for management plans.

Thu 2 May 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (3 hours)

Develop your confidence in how to manage persons with suicidal ideation and self-harm behaviours. Discuss recent New Zealand data on suicide and self-harm, models for understanding risk and protective factors, along with recommendations for management plans.

7 - 14 May 2024

2 Weeks, Tuesday 9.30am-12.30pm

An education, training and resource package to plan for lifestyle goals. The ideal participant for the Ka Puāwai te kakano training is health professionals, such as allied health, health coaches, nurses and pharmacists.

Wed 8 May 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (3 hours)

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

Wed 8 May 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (3 hours)

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

Thu 9 May 2024

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM (3 hours 30 minutes)

This workshop will cover current research on trauma, including vicarious trauma, and how this affects the everyday life of people.

Thu 9 May 2024

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM (3 hours 30 minutes)

This workshop will cover current research on trauma, including vicarious trauma, and how this affects the everyday life of people.

Fri 10 May 2024

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

This workshop will provide an overview of traditional attachment theory as well as current approaches in relation to trauma in children and young people.

Fri 10 May 2024

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

This workshop will provide an overview of traditional attachment theory as well as current approaches in relation to trauma in children and young people.

Wed 15 May 2024

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

Sleep is essential for health and wellbeing. Come along to learn strategies and tools to optimise sleep ‘health’ for self-management and/or to help clients.

Wed 15 May 2024

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

Sleep is essential for health and wellbeing. Come along to learn strategies and tools to optimise sleep ‘health’ for self-management and/or to help clients.

16 May 2024 - 20 Jun 2024

6 weeks, Thursday's 9.00am -10.30am

Weekly educational discussion group for new mums

Thu 16 May 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (3 hours)

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

Thu 16 May 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (3 hours)

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

Tue 21 May 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (3 hours)

This interactive workshop will help participants develop cultural competency in their practice. Define culture, differentiate between observations, judgments, and evaluations, and be aware of your own cultural values. Learn the differences between refugee and migrant people’s experiences.

Wed 22 May 2024

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

Debriefing is a dialogue between two or more people who have been involved in a critical situation/incident. This workshop provides an overview regarding the benefits of debriefing alongside identifying fundamental skills in relation to the debriefing process.

Thu 23 May 2024

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

Develop an understanding of significant ethics and boundaries concepts. Learn to make decisions that protect people’s rights while minimising the risks to the healthcare worker, and use an ethical dilemma problem-solving framework.

Thu 23 May 2024

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

Develop an understanding of significant ethics and boundaries concepts. Learn to make decisions that protect people’s rights while minimising the risks to the healthcare worker, and use an ethical dilemma problem-solving framework.

Tue 28 May 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (3 hours)

This workshop presents key information on the process and stages of relapse. It supports the idea that relapse can be anticipated and proactively responded to, in order to maintain change in the long-term.

Tue 28 May 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (3 hours)

This workshop presents key information on the process and stages of relapse. It supports the idea that relapse can be anticipated and proactively responded to, in order to maintain change in the long-term.

Wed 29 May 2024

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

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. Learn the role of communication and the importance of debriefing following a challenging situation.

Wed 29 May 2024

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

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. Learn the role of communication and the importance of debriefing following a challenging situation.

Thu 30 May 2024

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

This workshop will discuss why it is important to identify personality disorders, the aetiology of personality disorders including trauma and other life impacts, and key features of each personality disorder. Participants will learn effective, safe strategies and responses for support.

Thu 30 May 2024

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

This workshop will discuss why it is important to identify personality disorders, the aetiology of personality disorders including trauma and other life impacts, and key features of each personality disorder. Participants will learn effective, safe strategies and responses for support.

Wed 5 Jun 2024

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

This advanced workshop explores how the principles of trauma informed care could be applied to your particular field of practice. It considers strategies to appropriately respond to challenges around engagement, re-traumatisation, dissociation and loyalty to trauma.

Wed 5 Jun 2024

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 hours)

This advanced workshop explores how the principles of trauma informed care could be applied to your particular field of practice. It considers strategies to appropriately respond to challenges around engagement, re-traumatisation, dissociation and loyalty to trauma.

Thu 6 Jun 2024

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (3 hours)

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.