We offer online and in-person interactive workshops
- Our workshop leaders are experienced facilitators and have many years of direct work with mental health, addiction, and crisis intervention
- Interactive, engaging, and practical workshops
- Workshops designed to fit the needs of your organization
- Outreach presentations to learn more about Gerstein Crisis Centre’s services also available
Please contact us and we’ll be happy to discuss the training needs of your organization.
Nicki Casseres
ncasseres@gersteincentre.org
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Standard
(Virtual or In-person)
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the support provided to a person who may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health crisis.
Course participants will learn how to:
- Recognize signs that a person may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health crisis
- Have conversations that encourage a person to:
- Talk about declines in their mental well-being
- Discuss professional and other supports that could help with recovery to improved mental well-being
- Reach out to these supports
- Assist in a mental health or substance use crisis
- Use MHFA actions to maintain one’s own mental well-being
Online Training Fee: $2,175 for max. 15 participants
In Person Training Fee:$2,800 for max. 20 participants
Any additional participant over twenty a $140 per person
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)v12
Learn the skills to provide a suicide first-aid intervention, a two days workshop working with someone to develop a personalized safety plan to keep safe-for-now, and connect with further help In-person skills-based workshop. Learn a 6-task suicide first-aid model through presentations, interactive discussions, and feature videos. Includes extensive opportunities for skills practice through trainer-facilitated workgroups.
Training Fee: $4,000 for up to 20 Participants Additional participants (21–30): $200 per person
Crisis Intervention Workshop
(Virtual or In-person)
This 1 day workshop focuses on the preventative and intervention of a mental health crisis. It informs participants on how to recognize warning signs and use verbal non-verbal techniques in order to de-escalate a crisis. It is interactive and presented in a facilitative style with opportunities to apply new learning to situations specific to the environment in which the participants work.
If your budget for educational services is limited, we can negotiate a sliding scale for the Crisis Intervention workshop.
Fee: $1,200
Nicki Casseres
ncasseres@gersteincentre.org
Mental Health Workshop
(Virtual or In-person)
The Mental Health workshop runs for 3-hours and aims to increase the awareness of signs and symptoms of Mental Health challenges. It increases confidence in helping individuals experiencing mental health challenges.
If your budget for educational services is limited, we can negotiate a sliding scale for the Mental Health workshop.
Fee: $600