ensa Mental Health First Aid courses and webinars

Because everyone should be a certified mental health first aider!

One of the key courses that FindYourWay Coaching offers is the certification in mental health first aid. This is an official international certification that teaches participants the best tools to offer help and communicate with people who find themselves the initial phases of mental distress.

We offer this both as a company internal course as well as a public course (webinar or in person in Zurich)

It shows the best practices of prevention, early intervention and support while pointing people in the direction of professional help. Think of a first aid course for physical health: you don't need to be a doctor to help someone in need during an emergency moment or to prevent people from making unhealthy choices. You can have an impact!

Through the course we discover:

What is mental health, the impact of mental illness and we learn the major mental illnesses.
How to recognize the signs of people's mental distress and change in their behavior.
How to respond and approach people if they show signs of mental distress. Even at the workplace.
How to start a meaningful conversation with them and point them to professional help.
All the resources in Switzerland and abroad for mental health support.
The course is live and the students receive the appropriate study material, such as manual and workbook. During the course there are videos, case studies, roleplays and a lot of interaction expected with other international students. At the end of the course, an easy multiple choice test needs to be done in order to become certified.

Facilitated by Alessandra Patti,
Founder & mental health first aid trainer

A wellbeing and communication consultant , Alessandra became specialized in mental health first aid trainings in 2018 and now certifies individuals and companies worldwide. Mental heath advocate and passionate in communication, she works in the realm of mental distress prevention by coaching companies on prevention strategies. She believes it is important for everyone to learn the basics of mental health and improve communication skills when it comes to mental wellbeing.

One of her first mental health first aid courses in Zurich was featured on the famous 20 Minuten magazine

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In this course we cover

What is mental health and what is mental illness

In order to help others, it is important to learn the basics of mental health and what mental illness is. We learn about depression, anxiety, psychosis, substance use disorder and burnout. But we do not become counsellors: we learn how to provide first aid. Just as you would do a course for physical first aid, then you can do one for the mind.

We learn to break stigma and taboos around mental health and we increase our own self-reflection and mental health literacy.

How to spot signs of mental distress in your coaching clients

We learn how to spot the main signs of distress, how to apply first aid and then encourage our clients to see a mental health professional in the case of deeper crisis.

We use real case studies and examples of real situations to know how to behave comfortably. Very interactive webinars with international atmosphere!

Webinar or face to face Format

If you are based in Switzerland, we can lead face to face courses for you. It will consist of 4 sessions of 3,5 hours each.

If you prefer an online format, it consists of 7 sessions of 2 hours each, and after that you will receive a final test which will take you 10 minutes to do. Once you pass, you are immediately a certified mental health first aider! You will join a global community of people passionate about mental health!

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TESTIMONIALS

"The first aid for mental health training is a necessary educational step"

Student, Novartis