Proactive Mental Health & Wellbeing Training
Proactive mental health and wellbeing training builds capability early — so people feel more confident communicating, supporting others appropriately, and understanding their role and limits.
These courses help companies and schools move from reactive responses to clearer, safer, and more sustainable approaches to mental health. Courses are selected and combined differently depending on whether they are used in workplace or school contexts.
Why Proactive Training Matters
In workplaces and schools, mental health challenges rarely appear suddenly. They often emerge through changes in behaviour, increased emotional load, or conversations people feel unsure how to handle.
Proactive training supports people to:
- Recognise early signs of stress or distress
- Respond with care and confidence
- Maintain healthy boundaries
- Strengthen confidence, clarity, and consistency in everyday responses
- Know when and how to escalate to professional support
This reduces uncertainty, emotional overload, and reliance on crisis responses.
Who Proactive Training Is For
Proactive courses are designed for people working in workplace and school settings, including:
- Employees and managers
- HR and People & Culture teams
- Educators and school leaders
- Wellbeing and student support staff
- Teams seeking stronger communication and trust
Courses are selected based on role, responsibility, and organisational context to ensure practical application.
Proactive Course Options
We offer a range of proactive mental health and wellbeing courses that complement MHFA training and support prevention-focused wellbeing strategies.
Accidental Counsellor
Supporting others with care, confidence, and boundaries
Participants learn how to:
✓ Listen with empathy and respond effectively
✓ Recognise signs of emotional distress
✓ Support conversations without overstepping
✓ Encourage appropriate professional help
✓ Maintain boundaries and protect their own wellbeing
Psychological Safety Training
Creating environments where people feel safe to speak up
Participants learn how to:
✓ Understand what psychological safety is (and what it is not)
✓ Recognise behaviours that silence or enable voice
✓ Build trust, openness, and shared responsibility
✓ Strengthen communication and collaboration
✓ Apply practical strategies in teams and leadership
CBT & DBT Life Skills for Managing Emotions, Stress and Wellbeing – 12 Skills
Practical emotional regulation skills for everyday work and life
Participants learn how to:
✓ A clear understanding of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) skills that focus on how thoughts influence emotions and behaviour
✓ Practical Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills that support emotional regulation and coping under stress
✓ Tools to recognise and manage strong emotions in everyday situations
✓ Greater awareness of the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions
✓ Increased confidence to respond calmly and make considered decisions
CBT & DBT Life Skills for Managing Emotions, Stress and Wellbeing – 32 Skills
Advanced emotional regulation and coping skills for sustained wellbeing
Participants learn how to:
✓ A deeper understanding of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills and how they apply across contexts
✓ An expanded set of emotional regulation and coping strategies for ongoing wellbeing
✓ Skills to manage anxiety, anger, low mood, and emotional overload
✓ Greater flexibility in responding to complex or high-pressure situations
✓ The ability to apply skills consistently at work, at home, and in everyday life
Wellbeing Sessions
Targeted sessions that support sustainable wellbeing
Participants may build skills in:
✓ Managing stress and emotional load
✓ Setting boundaries and strengthening self-care
✓ Emotional regulation and coping strategies
✓ Interpersonal effectiveness
✓ Supporting wellbeing through structured practices
Awareness Sessions
Building shared understanding of mental health and wellbeing
Participants gain:
✓ A clear understanding of mental health and wellbeing
✓ Awareness of common challenges such as stress and anxiety
✓ Practical strategies to support themselves and others
✓ Knowledge of when and how to seek further support
✓ Confidence to talk about mental health safely
Our Approach
Proactive training focuses on early recognition, skill development, and responsible action within everyday roles. It supports people to respond with confidence, clarity, and consistency before concerns escalate.
Participants gain:
- Confidence to respond appropriately
- Clarity around roles and responsibilities
- Practical skills that support safer conversations
- Shared understanding that strengthens trust and consistency
Clear guidance on escalation and next steps is embedded throughout the training to support safe, responsible practice.
Why Teams Choose Training on the Go
- Practical, prevention-focused training
- Clear role boundaries and guidance on when to escalate concerns
- Experience across workplaces and schools
- Online delivery across Australia
Let’s Start the Conversation
If you’re looking to strengthen wellbeing, build staff confidence around mental health, or support your team more effectively in the workplace, we’d be glad to connect.