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First Aid Mental Health Course

What will I learn?

Improve your communication skills with our Mental Health First Aid Course, created for professionals wanting to support mental well-being properly. Learn how to spot mental health issues, deal with stress and anxiety, and understand how they affect your professional life. Get good at asking the right questions, building trust, and showing empathy through listening carefully and understanding body language. Learn practical ways to give immediate support, make referrals, and overcome communication problems, so you can keep getting better at your counselling skills.

Apoia's Unique Features

Lifetime access to online courses
Certificate adhering to educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support available at all times
Select and arrange the chapters you wish to study
Customize your course schedule
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, without needing an internet connection

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Become a reflective counsellor: Improve your skills by thinking about your experiences and learning from them.

Use mental health first aid: Give immediate support and advice.

Recognise the signs of mental health issues: Spot stress and anxiety symptoms effectively.

Create communication plans: Start conversations and build trust.

Communicate effectively: Use empathy, active listening, and body language.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but it offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.