Upcoming Workshops

2 Feb 2025 - 9 Mar 2025

1-hour weekly sessions over 6 weeks

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

Tue 25 Feb 2025

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM (2 hours 30 minutes)

Gain an understanding of the issues, impacts, and supports that are relevant for children and young people who are going through experiences of loss and grief.

Tue 25 Feb 2025

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM (2 hours 30 minutes)

Gain an understanding of the issues, impacts, and supports that are relevant for children and young people who are going through experiences of loss and grief.

Wed 26 Feb 2025

12:30 PM - 4:30 PM (4 hours)

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.

Wed 26 Feb 2025

12:30 PM - 4:30 PM (4 hours)

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.

Thu 27 Feb 2025

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

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

Thu 27 Feb 2025

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

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

Fri 28 Feb 2025

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM (4 hours)

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

Fri 28 Feb 2025

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM (4 hours)

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

3 - 24 Mar 2025

4 weeks, Mondays 12:00pm-1:00pm

We have the answers to these questions. Join us to deepen your understanding of lived experience roles in the mental health and addiction sector, the history of the movement and the principles that drive them. Explore different CPSLE roles and discover how we can create supportive workplace environments for people to thrive.

Wed 5 Mar 2025

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

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.

Wed 5 Mar 2025

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

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.

Thu 6 Mar 2025

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

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.

Thu 6 Mar 2025

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

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.

Tue 11 Mar 2025

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

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.

Tue 11 Mar 2025

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

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.

13 - 14 Mar 2025

Two day course

Become a certified mental health first aider

Tue 18 Mar 2025

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.

Tue 18 Mar 2025

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 19 Mar 2025

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

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.

Wed 19 Mar 2025

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

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.

Wed 19 Mar 2025

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (1 hour)

Gain a better understanding of current knowledge and statistics around smoking and vaping in the Canterbury region. Become familiar with current evidence-based practices that help with quitting, including products and services available in Waitaha/Canterbury.

Thu 20 Mar 2025

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

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

Tue 25 Mar 2025

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

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

Tue 25 Mar 2025

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

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

Thu 27 Mar 2025

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

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

Thu 27 Mar 2025

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

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

Tue 1 Apr 2025

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

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

Tue 1 Apr 2025

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

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

Wed 2 Apr 2025

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

Workshop for the CPSLE workforce with lived experience.

Wed 2 Apr 2025

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (1 hour)

Gain a better understanding of current knowledge and statistics around smoking and vaping in the Canterbury region. Become familiar with current evidence-based practices that help with quitting, including products and services available in Waitaha/Canterbury.

Thu 3 Apr 2025

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

This interactive workshop teaches participants the fundamental skills to recognise and treat disordered eating with clarity and confidence.

Thu 3 Apr 2025

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

This interactive workshop teaches participants the fundamental skills to recognise and treat disordered eating with clarity and confidence.

3 Apr 2025 - 1 May 2025

5 sessions over 5 weeks each Thursday

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

7 - 8 Apr 2025

Two Day Course

Become a certified youth mental health first aider

Wed 9 Apr 2025

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

Learn how to support people better by not burning-out and being a support for your colleagues and agency. This is about recognising our recent experiences and how to work through it.

Wed 9 Apr 2025

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

Learn how to support people better by not burning-out and being a support for your colleagues and agency. This is about recognising our recent experiences and how to work through it.

Thu 10 Apr 2025

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

Explore how to utilise hypnosis in your clinical practice as a method for mental and somatic therapeutic change.

Thu 10 Apr 2025

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

Explore how to utilise hypnosis in your clinical practice as a method for mental and somatic therapeutic change.

Fri 11 Apr 2025

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

Explore current research on trauma, including Complex Trauma, and the affects on development for children and adolescents.

Fri 11 Apr 2025

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

Explore current research on trauma, including Complex Trauma, and the affects on development for children and adolescents.

Wed 16 Apr 2025

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

An introduction to Distress-Informed Care (DIC) involving the science and factors associated with the stress response, in addition to kaupapa for providers to assist in clinical application.

Wed 16 Apr 2025

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

An introduction to Distress-Informed Care (DIC) involving the science and factors associated with the stress response, in addition to kaupapa for providers to assist in clinical application.

Wed 23 Apr 2025

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

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

Tue 29 Apr 2025

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

Understand what concussion is, how if affects people and strategies for support.

Tue 29 Apr 2025

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

Understand what concussion is, how if affects people and strategies for support.

Wed 30 Apr 2025

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

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

Thu 1 May 2025

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM (2 hours)

Learn simple yet impactful techniques for utilising self-hypnosis to manage stress, enhance mental clarity and boost your productivity.

Thu 1 May 2025

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM (2 hours)

Learn simple yet impactful techniques for utilising self-hypnosis to manage stress, enhance mental clarity and boost your productivity.

Tue 6 May 2025

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

This follow on workshop will focus on individual sessions and incorporating DBT skills as well as other DBT strategies into practice.

Tue 6 May 2025

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

This follow on workshop will focus on individual sessions and incorporating DBT skills as well as other DBT strategies into practice.

Wed 7 May 2025

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

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

Wed 7 May 2025

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

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