Parents Beyond Breakup and Dads in Distress will host a free Mind Health Day at the Tuggerah Community Centre on November 19.
Parents Beyond Breakup Project Manager Hunter New England, Rob Hoile, said the idea for the day came from brainstorming with the Central Coast Local Health Area Management team.
“We saw the need to get better cooperation with groups operating in the mental health area on the Central Coast to get better outcomes for the public,” he said.
“So far, the day will have information, presentations and practical demonstrations from: the Local Health Area District; a physical and mental health coach; an expert in cathartic breath work techniques; life coaches; solicitors; LifeLine, Resilience NSW; Dads In Distress; Parents Beyond Breakup; and Men’s Table.”
Attendees will be able to experience new ways of keeping both physically and mentally fit, learn about proven techniques for mindfulness and cathartic breathing and talk to mental health experts about practical ways to be mentally fit.
There will be a free sausage sizzle available as attendees meet with mental health experts.
“This will be an opportunity to ‘show and tell’ and experience services and programs that will give you a positive mind health,” Hoile said.
“There will be displays of mind fit health programs and cathartic breathing and information on services and support programs.”
The day will also see the launch of the peersWALK suicide prevention program.
The program offers four-hour training which will allow participants to gain the confidence, skills and tools needed for engaging each other and responding to suicide.
Situational suicide prevention acknowledges the distress of peers rather than automatically assuming mental illness or disorder.
It responds to significantly challenging experiences of mind including thoughts, emotions, sensations or behaviours associated with an inability to compensate for a distressing event such as bereavement, relationship breakdown, change in health status, natural disasters, pandemics, financial, or occupational difficulties.
Participants will gain confidence, skills and tools to know what to do if someone is in distress, knowledge of simple models and the ability to apply them straight away, hands-on skills practice and development and knowledge and practical experience to intervene earlier and practically, to prevent a downward spiral into distress.
Details on the program are available at https://parentsbeyondbreakup.com/peerswalk/
The Mind Health Day will be held at Tuggerah Community Hall, 9 Anzac Rd, from 10am-1pm on November 19.
A helpline is available at 1300 853 437.
Source:
Media release, Nov 9
Parents Beyond Breakup and Dads in Distress