Mental Health Workshops & Webinars

Love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort and keep on learning.

Carol Dweck, American Psychologist

Louise is standing behind a lectern presenting a workshop

Louise supports groups or individuals – through a range of short course workshops and webinars – to develop and sustain mentally healthy workplaces using appropriate assessment tools, targeted strategies and educational interventions.

These workshops train managers and supervisors to identify and deal with conflict proactively, providing organisations with the greatest chance of preventing workplace bullying and associated harassment claims.

In this way, companies can minimise the chances of involvement with Fair Work Commission and HRC applications, as well as the resulting reputational damage, lost productivity and Work Health & Safety compliance implications.

Customised and Inhouse Workshops

Louise is available to customise workshops and conduct any of the listed workshops in-house at your premises.

Upcoming workshops

Psychosocial Risk Management for Leaders and HR

Psychosocial Risk Management is designed to support individuals who have duty of care responsibilities to support employees’ mental health and prevent and minimise psychosocial risks that can impact their wellbeing.

It is also good business practice to take a proactive stance in managing the workforce’s mental health and wellbeing with the flow on effects being a healthier and more productive employee. This workshop helps managers understand their OHS responsibilities, increase their mental health literacy, identify potential psychosocial hazards, engage with the workforce and put in place practical strategies to manage and prevent mental health challenges.  Practical examples and case studies will support learnings.

The workshop is led by Louise Rabbone, a very experienced psychologist who has in-depth knowledge of the subject having worked in the mental health risk management field in the workplace for over 30 years.

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Resilience First Aid

The Resilience First Aid (RFA) 2-day workshop is a unique and proactive approach to mental health.  RFA as a mental health certification teaches you strength-based skills to build resilience in others. You will learn how to spot signs of low resilience, learn language to talk proactively, and develop skills that build resilience.

RFA is a new approach designed to put trained mental health champions in place who actively boost the resilience and mental health in their workplaces.  Rather than waiting for mental health crises, take a proactive approach with RFA and teach people crucial conversational skills and resilience knowledge to actively protect mental health.  The program builds a culture of Resilience – RFA skills teach people at all levels how to create a healthy and psychosocially safe culture of resilience, fostering connection and stronger teamwork.

In addition, there is a scientific foundation to the elements of the program with RFA building on the peer-reviewed Predictive 6 Factor Resilience Model, providing a comprehensive framework to understand and support resilience. These tools are also helpful for self-management through increasing personal resilience and communication skills.

The program has received accreditation by prestigious institutions like Suicide Prevention Australia (SPA) and the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), RFA represents best practice preventative training that can be invested in with confidence.  You can also become Resilience First Aid certified for 3 years after completion.

 

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Building Healthy Relationships at Work

Having sound communication skills and an effective level of emotional intelligence increases one’s ability to make sound decisions, build and sustain collaborative relationships, deal effectively with stress, and cope to a greater degree with constant change. This workshop helps participants to not only perform well in the workplace, but also to accomplish various other goals and objectives in their life.

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Mental Health First Aid

The 12-hour Standard Mental Health First Aid course is a skills-based, early-intervention training program available to any interested adult. It mobilises and empowers communities by equipping people with the knowledge and confidence to recognise, connect and respond to someone experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis. Anyone can have a conversation that may save a life, and everyone should know how.

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Mental Fitness Recharge

Understanding how to prevent and minimise potential psychological risks to one’s wellbeing is a crucial part of living well in the modern world. This workshop delivers a comprehensive mental fitness recharge to improve mental health by empowering participants to restructure their cognitive and emotional make up.

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CALM Suicide Intervention Training

An evidence-based, Australian training program that empowers participants to have a ‘CALM conversation’ about suicide, to reduce stigma, promote help-seeking and save lives.

CALM (Connect-Ask-Listen-Monitor) enables participants to recognise and respond to suicide risk, and to support someone through stages of positive intervention. It also provides guidance for the development of a safety plan, and how to link to other services for further help.

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Youth Mental Health First Aid

Dealing with the impacts of mental health challenges on young people requires insights into not just depression and anxiety, but also suicide, eating disorders, psychosis and substance misuse. This workshop helps participants to recognise the symptoms of these conditions and develop strategies for responding effectively and accessing support.

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Refresher Workshops for MHFA (standard) & YMHFA

Your accreditation after attending the 2 day MHFA workshop or the YMHFA workshop is for 3 years.  After this period you can attend a 4 hour “refresher” workshop to obtain another 3 year accreditation.

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Client feedback from Louise’s workshops

  • Louise was a great instructor and was able to provide context to real life situations based on her wealth of knowledge and experience within the field of psychology. The course provided everything I expected and more.

    Customer Service Manager, Local Government

  • We were blessed to have Louise Rabbone as our facilitator. The manner in which she presented each session was outstanding and the way she immediately connected with key members of our workforce (and certain people that needed to reach out to talk to someone) was quite amazing to watch.

    Senior Manager, Mining Industry

  • Great Facilitator, easy to communicate with and happy to answer any questions.

    Injury Management & Workers Compensation Co-ordinator, Mining

  • Presenter was very engaging and shared some very good tips

    Rehab Case Manager, Commonwealth Government Department

  • Very well presented. Relevant examples and resources. This was a great use of my time.

    Team Manager, Insurance

  • Louise did a fabulous job of making us all reflect on our roles within our team environment and find better ways to work together.

    School Principal, Education

  • I liked the way Louise listened to what others had to stay while incorporated the information she presented to us.

    Truck Operator, Mining

  • I felt connected to the material and the learning outcomes. The instructor had relevant skills and real-life examples to make it real.

    HR Manager, Mining

  • Louise was fantastic, very knowledgeable and great presenter. Very understanding, supportive and excellent instructor overall. I learnt a lot from this course.

    HR Business Partner, Government Department

  • Louise was great! She showed a deep understanding of the content and allowed for us to ask questions. Great course!

    HR Manager, Construction

  • I really enjoyed the course and walked away with a wealth of knowledge on how to support people with mental health issues at work.

    Administrator, Non-for-Profit

  • I liked the way Louise tailored the course material so that it directly related to our work environment. The material was practical and made sense.

    Customer Service, Government Department

  • Louise was friendly and approachable. She never made anyone feel uncomfortable and encouraged everyone to participate. She listened to our questions and or feedback without judgement.

    Teacher & Educator, School

  • As an unofficial resilient mentor in our organisation, I found this course extremely helpful. Louise is a very credible and engaging presenter. It felt like a safe space to learn and I have learnt some real strategies that I will regularly use.

    Senior Solicitor, Law Firm

  • It is great to have psychologist deliver the session as they are the perfect professional to do it and have a lot of experience on the topics addressed. Our instructor was very experienced and specialised in trauma response.

    OHS Manager, Resources

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You can book a workshop for you or your team using the form below.

If your organisation’s specific requirements are not covered by the short courses above, please get in touch. Louise is happy to talk about designing a customised workshop or conducting the workshop on your premises.

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