All Recovery College workshops & programs are co-designed and co-delivered by specialist educators and peer educators with lived experience of mental health conditions.
Face-to-Face & Online - February-March 2023
Eating disorders can affect people of all ages, backgrounds, and body shapes and sizes. This program builds understanding of eating disorders, how they impact psychological and physical health and how best to support recovery.
Blacktown (Max Webber Function Centre) - Wednesday 5 October 2022, 9am-12:30pm
What is anxiety? This program builds understanding of anxiety and how it impacts on individuals, their carers and families. The program also explores recovery, self-management strategies and other techniques that provide practical assistance to those living with anxiety.
Online (Zoom) - Wednesday 12 October 2022, 10am-12noon & 1-3pm
All of us have things we’d like to change about ourselves; and nearly all of us have someone we know who we think needs to change. Talking about this is hard. We don’t want to be nagged and we don’t want to be a nag - but we know that we need to have the conversation.
Online (Zoom) - Thursday 13 October 2022, 10am-12noon & 1-3pm
This workshop will explore the concept and context of recovery with a particular focus on the personal process and what this means for people with lived experience, families, services and communities. The workshop will cover lived experience and recovery relating to mental health conditions, the evidence of recovery, and the characteristics of services and approaches that support recovery.
Blacktown (Max Webber Function Centre) - Wednesday 26 October 2022, 9:30am-4:30pm
This workshop is intended for people and their families or significant others and service providers working with people affected by hoarding disorders.
Online (Zoom) - Tuesday 1 November, 2022 9:30am-12:30pm & 1:30-4:30pm
This course will provide an understanding of how trauma can be triggered during stressful events. Dr Bruce Perry’s ‘Three R’s: Regulate, Relate and Reason’ provides a framework for service users and service providers that uses calm connection as a means to improve the experience of service access and a foundation for effective collaborative problem solving.
Online (Zoom) - Thursday 3 November 2022, 10am-12noon & 1-3pm
This program focuses on the theoretical and practical ways to build self-confidence and self-esteem. Self-confidence can help in the recovery process and empower individuals to take active ownership of their journey and help them engage fully in all aspects of their life. This program involves a mixture of practical sessions and education to integrate learning and allow students to practice skills that can be utilised in their individual lives.
Online (Zoom) - Tuesday 8 November 2022, 10am-12noon & 1-3pm
In this workshop series, students will explore how creative processes can support mindfulness practice and promote wellbeing throughout recovery. Through interactive discussion and take-home exercises, this series will challenge what ‘being creative’ means and build the confidence of individuals to explore their own creative potential.
Parramatta (Arts & Cultural Exchange) - Wednesdays 9 & 16 November 2022, 10am-3pm
This workshop is an introduction to understanding personality disorders. It looks at the history, prevalence and types of mental health conditions that are called personality disorders, and helps students to understand what it is like to live with these conditions. Supports and treatments will be discussed along with key principles of self-care and self-management strategies.
Auburn (Professional Teachers' Council) - Tuesday 15 November 2022, 10am-4pm
This workshop explores the mental health needs of victims and survivors of domestic violence. The workshop draws upon up-to-date research on domestic violence, mental health and the lived experiences of survivors and their supporters. By the end of this course, students will have a better understanding of what domestic violence is, who it affects, the mental health impacts and how to support people suffering from these impacts.
Online (Zoom) - Fridays 18 & 25 November 2022, 10am-12noon & 1-3pm
A specially updated version of Effective Communication Skills to include online communications, this workshop series will introduce students to the ways in which we sometimes change how we communicate in an online context and how to ensure we are communicating effectively in an online setting.
Online (Zoom) - Tuesday 22 November 2022, 10am-12 noon & 1-3pm
This workshop provides students with the cultural understanding required to deliver mental health services within a social and emotional wellbeing framework. This course is open to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students.
Online (Zoom) - October 2022 Dates POSTPONED - New dates: Wednesday 23 & Thursday 24 November 2022, 9:30-11:30am & 1-3pm
What is depression? This program builds understanding of depression and how it impacts on individuals, their carers and families. The program also explores recovery, coping strategies and self-management techniques.
Auburn (Arabic) (Professional Teachers' Council) - Thursday 27 October 2022, 10am-2pm
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North Parramatta (English) (One Door Mental Health) - Tuesday 29 November 2022, 10am-2pm
It can often be a difficult process to start a recovery journey when there are so many services out there to choose from. This program has been designed to assist people in navigating the mental health system in Western Sydney and to unpack what sorts of support different services can offer and when, how, and why you might need to access them. Information on using new apps and websites will be provided. Students will also gain general knowledge of the rights of mental health consumers while navigating the system, which will leave them feeling confident in advocating for themselves and in reaching out for help.
Blacktown (Max Webber Function Centre) - Wednesday 30 November 2022, 10am-2pm
This workshop will explore the various impacts of problem gambling on the individual and the family focusing on mental health and multicultural communities. The workshop will provide examples of warning signs and the types of support that are available for those experiencing problem gambling and their families.
Online (Zoom) - Thursday 1 December 2022, 10am-12noon
Recovery depends on all the people involved – people living with mental health issues, workers, and carers, family and friends – being as strong and resilient as possible. When there are lots of demands and stressors, it is very easy to neglect the things that can help us feel strong and resilient. Self-care is becoming one of the most important ways that people can manage their mental health.
Auburn (Arabic) (Professional Teachers' Council) - Thursday 24 November 2022, 10am-2pm
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Online (English) (Zoom) - Tuesday 6 December 2022, 10am-12noon & 1-3pm
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid is a specialist two day program which provides students with the knowledge and skills to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals developing a mental health condition or experiencing a mental health crisis. This program is delivered by an Indigenous trainer.
Auburn (Professional Teachers' Council) - Thursday 8 & Friday 9 December 2022, 9:30am-4.30pm