From Me to You

10/03/2024

Howdy friends!

I'm facilitating a free zoom session on Wednesday morning where I'll be chatting about what makes for good workplace mental health training. If you have people at work that should be seeing this kind of stuff please share with them this link to register:

10:00 AM Wed 13 Mar at Online (Zoom), , . Planning mental health training at your workplace, organisation or school? How can you tell whether a mental health trainer or course is a good choice? Join Peta Dampney, an experienced educator and m...

25/01/2023

Start off the year by becoming eligible to become a Mental Health First Aider! 2 day course next Thursday and Friday at South Bank, inclusive of all meals and refreshments. Facilitated by Peta Dampney, an experienced and engaging instructor who has a national profile in mental health and su***de prevention education. Discount for students - get in touch for the code.

Multiple dates at The Ship Inn, South Brisbane, QLD. The Standard Mental Health First Aid course teaches adults (18 years and over) how to provide initial support to adults who are developing a mental illness or experiencing a mental health crisis. Cost...

08/09/2022

Want to become a Mental Health First Aider? Join us at our next public course in South Bank on the 22nd and 23rd of September. Includes all meals, refreshments and REAL coffee! Peta is an engaging and experienced MHFA instructor who both entertains and knows her stuff!

Cost of course includes: all meals and refreshments, all writing materials, your own manual to keep and eligibility to be accredited as a Mental Health First Aider for 3 years. We'll also get to enjoy a sit down lunch together to get to know each other and to treat ourselves on a weekday!

14/07/2022

Woo hoo! Exciting times. Join us online for this great event.

IT'S LAUNCH DAY!!!
We are all about partnerships at CriticLE so we are bringing you a series of informal, Q&A style discussions about professional roles for people with a lived experience. Join Hayley Purdon in a chat with Peta Dampney of From Me to You as we share stories and learnings from the conference room.
If you have ever wanted to find a platform to tell your story or advocate for change, you won't want to miss this. Find out more at the thought leadership blog: https://www.criticle.com.au/thought-leadership/professionale-launch

***deprevention

06/07/2022

Some great hints here :)

When a friend is going through a tough time, it can be difficult to know what to say. So we’ve put together some conversation starters as a guide to opening up a dialogue.

Make sure to ‘save’ this post for later, and check out our stories for more conversation starters.

Fill in the blanks, and start the conversation 💙

27/06/2022

Today is PTSD (Post Traumatic Shock Disorder) Awareness Day. You can contribute to creating greater awareness by learning more about the condition via this great resource at SANE and by advocating through the language you use regarding PTSD. Jokingly saying things like: "oh that gave me PTSD" or "I've still got PTSD from that" is offensive and invalidates the real experience of being clinically diagnosed with and living with PTSD. Spread the word and be a force for change.

Quick facts Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can develop in response to traumatic situations, especially very shocking, extreme or sudden eve...

14/06/2022

So important. Mens Line is a great resource.

Reminder: it's important to not assume you know what someone is going through. 💡

This Men's Health Week, let's help create an environment where boys and men can be themselves and express their emotions. ❤️

It can be as simple as:
👂Practising empathetic listening. This means listening to what they have to say, without providing solutions or looking at the positives.
💬 Allowing silence after they've stopped talking. This may prompt them to continue speaking.

MensLine Australia is a free counselling service offering support for men anywhere and anytime. Call 1300 78 99 78 for support. 💛

08/06/2022

Stay warm people!

Parts of the state's heavily-populated south-east are bracing for below freezing temperatures tonight as a cold front blasts the region, including up to 7 degrees below average for the Gold Coast.

08/06/2022

From Me to You has been chosen to present at this year's Workplace Mental Health Symposium and the International Mental Health Conference. In May, Peta presented two sessions at the International Association of Su***de Prevention's Asia Pacific Conference as well as a presentation and a workshop at the 2022 Addictions Conference.

How good is it to be back at conferences???!!!!

08/06/2022

Want to be a Mental Health First Aider? Join us at our Standard Mental Health First Aid Australia accredited course in South Brisbane on the 16th and 17th of June. All meals included!

Multiple dates at The Ship Inn, South Brisbane, QLD. The Standard Mental Health First Aid course teaches adults (18 years and over) how to provide initial support to adults who are developing a mental illness or experiencing a mental health crisis. Cost...