Delegates will explore their own mental health and the impact it has on their lives in and out of the workplace. The role of stigma and misconceptions about mental ill health on our willingness to talk openly about mental health will be discussed. The language that we use in our conversations about mental health and that we see in the media.

The emphasis of this course is on applying practical solutions to manage stress and anxiety and to prevent burnout. The course content is suitable for those that may be living with a mental health difficulty and for those that want to improve their mental health and wellbeing.

This training provides a comprehensive action plan that can be used to explore an individual’s mental health and offer support and signposting to those who may be experiencing poor mental health safely, supportively, and effectively.

This informative course prepares delegates for their role as peer supporters in the workplace. It’s a mix of self-led pre-course learning activities and post-course consolidation activities. This perfectly complements our interactive live group training.

This course is suitable for those that may have experienced different types of grief and loss. It will also increase understanding of the effect of external losses and changes that employees may be dealing with.

The course explores specific support and the feelings surrounding grief through Suicide. You will also learn where to signpost to, that will best support someone who may be struggling. 

This course aims to help individuals gain knowledge about the importance of boundaries and resilience in the workplace. The session aims to expand individuals’ knowledge on what we mean by boundaries and resilience and will hopefully help delegates gain skills in setting clear strategies to help support positive mental wellbeing.

This session explores Menopause and Mental Health with the aim to increase your awareness of menopause – and to support those who may be struggling in silence.

Supporting people’s mental health is a critical and growing challenge. Most people will be affected by mental health problems, either personally or through family and friends at some point during their lives.

Our Training Manager Marie-Clare, wants to keep the conversation about mental health going to help normalise feelings that people experience.

Marie-Clare has worked in mental health for around 20 years. It’s taught her the importance of empathy – and to not judge people. She has had ups and downs with her own mental health. It’s taught her invaluable lessons about how to keep herself well, which she works on – activating her own healthy choices and behaviours as much as she can.

The reason I went into MH is because 4 years ago my husband was diagnosed with depression and was using alcohol as a coping mechanism. I didn’t know anything about MH so decided to do the MHFA course to be able to understand more.

I am an experienced learning and development professional with 25 years’ experience and want to continue to educate people around the subject of MH and be able to help anyone living with a mental health condition.

I have worked with Dorset Mind as a Mental Health Trainer for over a year. I am also a sex educator, coach, and trainee therapeutic counsellor.

As well as educating people in different areas of mental health, I am a great believer that as humans we know what’s best for us, and so my passion is to help people come back home to themselves and love themselves for who they are through talking therapy and mindfulness practices.

People often ask me why I do what I do. My passion for helping people learn about mental health and wellbeing began in 2010 when my son’s father died by suicide. This drove me to want to learn more about mental health and help others too.

I am now a certified Mental Health and Suicide First Aid instructor; I also specialise in helping people through grief.

Becoming a freelance trainer, allows me to help businesses create positive workplaces that support wellbeing, productivity and profitability.

Currently working with Dorset Mind to deliver trainings about many aspects of Mental Health. I have five decades of learning from struggles with own poor Mental Health within and around me to share.

Until 2020, I was a professional touring storyteller and comedian with a sideline in public speaking and storytelling workshops. I also spent a lot of time giving talks in schools and other institutions about storytelling and helping academic research into ADHD, OCD and Tourette’s Syndrome.