Mental Health First Aid training

Our Adult MHFA Two Day course qualifies you as a Mental Health First Aider.

Mental Health First Aiders have:

  • An in depth understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect wellbeing
  • Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues
  • Confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress
  • Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening
  • Knowledge to help someone recover their health by guiding them to further support – whether that’s self-help resources, through their employer, the NHS, or a mix

Learning takes place across four manageable sessions. Through a mix of group activities, presentations and discussions, each session is built around a Mental Health First Aid action plan.

What to expect

We limit numbers to 16 people per course so that the instructor can keep people safe and supported while they learn.

You will get an MHFA manual to keep and refer to whenever you need it. When you complete the two days you’ll get a certificate to say you are a Mental Health First Aider.

Cost

The MHFA Two Day course costs £175 per person*. There is a minimum requirement of 8 people on the course, and a maximum of 16.

*If you are outside of the Yorkshire region there may be an additional cost due to higher transport costs.


Packages for Organisations

We have carefully curated different packages which contain different services and go into different levels of detail and specialism. If you can’t find a suitable package, we are also about to create a completely bespoke service, just get in touch and let us know what your requirements are. We aim to meet and exceed your expectations no matter which package you choose.

Platinum

Adult MHFA Two Day course

6 months of fortnightly reviews

Your choice of 4 additional half day courses

All specialist course materials

Lunch and refreshments provided for full day courses

Refreshments provided for half day courses

Minimum of 8 attendees and maximum of 16

from £7,800

Gold

Adult MHFA Two Day course

3 months of fortnightly reviews

Your choice of 2 additional half day courses

All specialist course materials

Lunch and refreshments provided for full day courses

Refreshments provided for half day courses

Minimum of 8 attendees and maximum of 16

from £5,200

Silver

Adult MHFA Two Day course

Your choice of 1 additional half day course

All specialist course materials

Lunch and refreshments provided for full day courses

Refreshments provided for half day courses

Minimum of 8 attendees and maximum of 16

from £2,700

Bronze

Your choice of 2 half day courses

All specialist course materials

Refreshments provided for half day courses

Minimum of 10 attendees

from £540

Please note that all packages require a 50% deposit. This covers the cost of purchasing course materials from our suppliers.


Full and Half Day Courses

Attachment and Attunement the foundation of development

This half day course will inform the participants to be able to inform expectant parent and parents how to provide a good attuned, secure attachment with their child in their early lives. It will also provide helpful parenting skills and explain why this is so important for a child in their early years.

Half day

Working with Deliberate Self-Harm

This half day course will give you information on what deliberate self-harm is and how to assess why a person is utilising this type of behaviour to cope with difficult feelings and emotions. By the end of this course you should feel more confident in working with self-harm, identify the risks and be able to sign post the person to more useful strategies and help.

Half day

Identifying Symptoms of Autism and helping a person who displays traits

This half day course will help people who work with young people and teenagers identify signs and symptoms of Autism. Not only identify but what to do next, signposting, creating referrals for assessments and a little section on how to work with a person who has these traits.

Half day or Full day

Identifying symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and helping a person who displays traits

This half day course will help people who work with young people and teenagers identify signs and symptoms of ADHD. The course will not only help identification but will also provide skills to help the process of referrals, signposting and providing basic interventions.

Half day

The Amazing Teenage Brain

This half day course explores how we develop as young people and explains what is going on with basic neurodevelopment in teenagers. This course is extremely helpful in developing a good understanding of young people and tips on how to engage with young people with mutual understanding and to get joint work underway.

Half day

First Aid for Trauma and Secondary intervention

We have all made aware of physical first aid but have we thought about psychological first aid? This full day course will enable its participants how to engage at the scene of trauma and then to follow up with a secondary response to reduce risk of further post traumatic stress disorder development. This course uses the principles of latest evidence based practice used in war torn countries such as Israel.

Full day

Importance of Sleep

This course which is half day will help utilising evidence based practice to help people develop and maintain helpful sleep hygiene and explore the importance of this practice which is imperative to good health and wellbeing. This is exceptionally helpful to compliment people with Autism and ADHD.

Half day

Sexual Exploitation and online safety

This course which is a full day helps participants to keep and gives strategies to help with keep young people safe in their use of media. Participants will also be able to disseminate this information in a helpful way to young people who they work with. This course will also increase awareness of the impact and ways predators access young people and groom them into the crime.

Full day

Depression and Anxiety

This full day course compliments and increases participants awareness of anxiety and depression for adults or children tailored to your business requirements. This course is extremely helpful for Human Resources, Occupational Health and Team Managers. With working days being lost this course will help you identify, support and signpost workers or young people to helpful resources to help them in an early stage.

Full day

Exam Stress and how to deliver a programme which is helpful to young people or adults

This full day course will be tailored to your needs as a School or institution. Increasing pressures
on Schools increases pressures on young people. They are tested from a young age and is having significant impact on their mental health. This is often the reason for the development of depression, anxiety and deliberate self-harm. What can we do to help and give evidence based helpful strategies to them to help them cope. We at Therapy Consultation can support you support young people practically and develop after school sessions with young people to ensure your School is outstanding in supporting young people. This course will also require further supportive sessions with supervision of implementation of your groups. This can be completed on a sessional basis online.

Full day

Mindfulness for Teachers

This full day course is designed to compliment your pupils mental health, Therapy Consultation will teach you to deliver mindfulness to your young people whatever their age group. Teach the Teachers in helping pupils deliver champions who can promote an evidence based practice to improve mental health, learning and a more helpful environment for learning.

Full day

Mindfulness in the workplace

This course half day or full day for champions with online follow up of consultation to be arranged separately helps your organisation cultivate a better state of mind. It will be the beginning, if worked regularly of improving workforce mental health, reduce instances of sickness through anxiety and depression. Research shows that regular mindful practice improves mental health and well-being, find out how with this course.

Half day or Full day

Drugs and alcohol for children or adults

This full day course explores effects of drugs and alcohol, the presenter will use their life journey of recovery from an early life of substance misuse progressing eventually to chronic alcoholism. This course will share what was helpful to them in their journey now to succeed in their lives. This course can also be delivered and tailored for Schools, Colleges and Universities. It is excellent to challenge stigma and create a more helpful open culture to talk about taboo subjects.

Full day


Other Available Courses

Mindfulness Course for Teachers

£75 / hour (Company)

£100 / hour (Private)

Mindfulness Course for those working with children

£75 / hour

Mindfulness for children groups / individuals

£7.50 / child / hour

£45 / individuals / hour

Mindfulness for children with special needs

£75 / hour

Mindfulness for teenagers with anxiety/exam nerves

£45 / individuals / hour

£75 / two people / hour

Lunch provision disclaimer

Please be aware, a standard lunch will be supplied for full day course which will include sandwiches, crisps and fruit. Therapy Consultation carries no responsibility for food intolerances or allergies. We apologise that we are unable to cater for all food intolerance, if this affects you, please arrange your own lunch. Many thanks.