MHFA online refresher training with Gary Walker

Refresh your knowledge and skills after completing your MHFA accreditation.

If you completed your MHFA accreditation in the past 2.5 - 3 years ago and are reaching the end of your accreditation - its time to refresh!!

Join our Online Mental Health First Aid Aotearoa refresher course.

What is a Mental Health First Aid refresher course?

• Refresher courses allow people who have previously completed a 12-hour Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Aotearoa course to refresh their knowledge and skills.
• This provides an opportunity to extend their MHFA accreditation for a further three years.
• The content of each refresher course is based on guidelines developed through the expert consensus of professionals and people with lived experience of mental health challenges.

Why attend a Mental Health First Aid course?

• Evaluations consistently show that Mental Health First Aid training improvesunderstanding of the mental health challenges people experience, their options for treatments and helpful first aid strategies.
• Participants report increased confidence in their ability to offer Mental Health First Aid which enables early access to help.
• The training also decreases stigma and discrimination that many people with mental health and addiction challenges experience.

What you will learn:

• Gain an understanding of the local research in the mental health field.
• Learn the three key actions to help someone who is feeling suicidal.
• Work through complex mental health first aid interactions.
• Practice mental health first aid skills.

Details:

• 26 February 2026
• $430+Gst/person
• 2 sessions: 9am-12:30 and 1pm-4:30pm
• You will need to bring your own manual from your previous training
• Please book here or apply to info@mhfa.co.nz