Upcoming Workshops

9 Nov 2025 - 14 Dec 2025

1-hour weekly sessions over 6 weeks

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

27 - 28 Nov 2025

Two day course

Become a certified mental health first aider

Tue 2 Dec 2025

12:30 PM - 4:30 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.

Wed 3 Dec 2025

1:00 PM - 4:00 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 3 Dec 2025

1:00 PM - 4:00 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 4 Dec 2025

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

Explore current research on trauma, including vicarious trauma, and how this affects people’s everyday lives.

Thu 4 Dec 2025

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

Explore current research on trauma, including vicarious trauma, and how this affects people’s everyday lives.

Fri 5 Dec 2025

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

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

Fri 5 Dec 2025

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

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

Tue 9 Dec 2025

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

An introduction to Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and some of its key components. Develop an understanding of DBT skills and how they may be used in their daily practice with clients.

Tue 9 Dec 2025

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

An introduction to Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and some of its key components. Develop an understanding of DBT skills and how they may be used in their daily practice with clients.

Wed 10 Dec 2025

4:00 PM - 6:30 PM (2 hours 30 minutes)

Wed 10 Dec 2025

4:00 PM - 6:30 PM (2 hours 30 minutes)

Fri 12 Dec 2025

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM (5 hours)

Develop your understanding of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and learn strategies for effective support.

Fri 12 Dec 2025

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM (5 hours)

Develop your understanding of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and learn strategies for effective support.

Wed 28 Jan 2026

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

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

Wed 28 Jan 2026

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

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

Thu 29 Jan 2026

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.

Wed 4 Feb 2026

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 4 Feb 2026

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.

11 Feb 2026 - 18 Mar 2026

Six Weekly Sessions, Wednesday's 9.30am - 11.00am

Weekly educational discussion group for new mums

Tue 17 Feb 2026

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

Deepen your understanding of maternal mental health, matrescence and perinatal wellbeing to enhance your ability to support mothers and parents.

Tue 17 Feb 2026

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

Deepen your understanding of maternal mental health, matrescence and perinatal wellbeing to enhance your ability to support mothers and parents.

Thu 19 Feb 2026

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (7 hours)

This interactive workshop teaches participants the skills and information to support youth suicide, suicide attempt behaviours and self-injury (NSSI).

Tue 24 Feb 2026

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 24 Feb 2026

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 25 Feb 2026

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

This workshop focuses on autism and ADHD and will provide a lived experience perspective of how neurodiversity impacts different areas of a person's life.

Wed 25 Feb 2026

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

This workshop focuses on autism and ADHD and will provide a lived experience perspective of how neurodiversity impacts different areas of a person's life.

Thu 26 Feb 2026

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 26 Feb 2026

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

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

Wed 4 Mar 2026

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 5 Mar 2026

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 5 Mar 2026

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.

Fri 6 Mar 2026

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

(Formerly ‘Common Mental Health Disorders’) This workshop will explore mental diagnosis and conditions, such as mood disorders, psychosis, and anxiety disorders.

Tue 10 Mar 2026

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 10 Mar 2026

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.

Thu 12 Mar 2026

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 12 Mar 2026

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.

Tue 17 Mar 2026

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 17 Mar 2026

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 18 Mar 2026

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 18 Mar 2026

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.

Tue 24 Mar 2026

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 24 Mar 2026

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.

Wed 25 Mar 2026

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

Explore the most prevalent mental health conditions that older people experience, including dementia and depression.

Wed 25 Mar 2026

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

Explore the most prevalent mental health conditions that older people experience, including dementia and depression.

Thu 26 Mar 2026

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

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

Thu 26 Mar 2026

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

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

Tue 21 Apr 2026

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

Improve health outcomes in clinical practice by exploring key health determinants and the influence of Aotearoa New Zealand’s legislation and policy.

Tue 21 Apr 2026

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

Improve health outcomes in clinical practice by exploring key health determinants and the influence of Aotearoa New Zealand’s legislation and policy.

Wed 22 Apr 2026

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 22 Apr 2026

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 23 Apr 2026

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.