Mental health first aid (Standard)

About 1 in 5 New Zealand adults experience mental health challenges in any year.

This means that at some stage, everyone will have close contact with someone experiencing a mental health challenge, whether it is a whānau member, a co-worker, or a friend.

This is the Standard MHFA course:

Our Standard Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course is for adults who want to support other adults. This face-to-face two-day training equips people with the skills and knowledge to support other adults across a diversity of settings and populations when they are experiencing a mental health crisis or challenge.

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What can I learn during this course?:

A Mental Health First Aid course will teach you how to provide initial support to adults who may be experiencing mental health challenges or mental health crisis, until the crisis resolves, or specialist help is accessed, using a practical evidence-based Action Plan.

Mental Health crises covered:

• Suicidal thoughts and behaviours
• Non-suicidal self-injury
• Panic attacks
• Traumatic events
• Severe psychotic states
• Severe effects from alcohol or other substance use
• Aggressive behaviours

Mental Health challenges covered:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Psychosis
• Substance use problems

After training participants will feel more confident to identify when someone may be experiencing a mental health challenge or crisis, start a conversation, provide initial assistance and triage that person with the right help.

On completion of the course each participant will receive a Certificate of Accreditation as a Mental Health First Aider valid for three years, and a comprehensive Mental Health First Aid Aotearoa resource manual.

Instructor:

Ai Kihara is the director of Hana counselling and education.

Ai is an ACC Registered Trauma (Sexual Abuse) Therapist, Mental health first aid instructor, EMDR therapist, Domestic violence advocate, Domestic violence therapist, NZAC qualified counsellor and social worker (Registered both in Japan and NZ). Ai can undertake counselling in either English or Japanese. Ai works with groups and individuals including, adults, children and adolescents. Ai is a member of Rainbow Auckland, and has a strong passion for helping queer clients, their whānau, and the community.

Areas of Expertise

sexual abuse

child abuse

domestic violence

mental health

addiction, drug, alcohol, tobacco

cross-culture

LGBTQIA+

loss &grief

trauma

parenting

Relationships

Suicidal intervention

Work-related issues and problems (EAP)

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