Training grounded in lived/living experience, shaped to your setting

Mental health and suicide prevention training works best when it is specific to the people in the room. I deliver training in mental health, suicide prevention, and culturally responsive practice across Australia. Every program is co-created with the commissioning team, drawing on lived/living experience, social work practice, and applied research to ensure relevance, cultural safety, and usable skills.

Mental health and suicide prevention training programs

• Suicide prevention and intervention: recognising warning signs, responding with care, and building safer systems around people at risk.

• Trauma-informed practice: practical approaches for supporting individuals, clients, and colleagues affected by trauma, grief, and displacement.

• Psychological safety and workplace mental health: training for leaders and teams to build healthier, more responsive work environments.

• Multicultural mental health: understanding how culture, migration, and identity shape mental health, distress, and help-seeking, with focus on culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) communities.

• CaLD men's mental health: a specialist stream addressing the experiences, barriers, and help-seeking patterns of men from CaLD backgrounds, including grief, suicide bereavement, masculinity, and intergenerational expectations.

• Training for social workers: continuing professional development aligned with AASW practice standards, including reflective practice, vicarious trauma, and culturally responsive social work.

• Customised programs: tailored workshops for specific sectors, workforces, or community groups.

  
  

Who it's for

• Workplaces and corporate teams building mental health literacy and suicide prevention capability.

• Healthcare, social care, and peer workforces strengthening trauma-informed and lived/living experience practice.

• Schools, universities, and tertiary educators supporting youth and community mental health.

• Government and community organisations shaping mental health policy and frontline response.

• Multicultural agencies, settlement services, and faith-based organisations working with CaLD communities.

• Social workers seeking continuing professional development.

How I work

Training through LEXs is not an off-the-shelf product. Each program is scoped through your enquiry, shaped around your people and context, and delivered either online or in person where logistically practical. Sessions can be a single workshop, a half-day or full-day intensive, or a series held across several weeks.

What you can expect

• Content grounded in clinical evidence, applied research, and lived/living experience.

• Co-creation at every stage; from scoping through design to delivery and review.

• Facilitation that respects professional complexity without abandoning human warmth.

• A format built around your team's schedule, learning goals, and cultural context.

Recognition

My training and broader practice have been recognised through state and national awards, including the AASW Social Worker of the Year, the WA Mental Health Award (Lived Experience Impact and Inspiration), the Suicide Prevention Australia LiFE Awards (Outstanding Contribution; Priority Populations), and the WA Multicultural Awards (Outstanding Individual Achievement).

Get in touch

If you are considering training for your team, organisation, or community, get in touch. Share what you have in mind, who the training is for, where it would be delivered (online or in person), indicative timelines, and what outcomes you are hoping for. I will respond with a proposed training design and fee.