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“Emotional First Aid training is an integration of Trauma Informed Approaches and the Power Threat Meaning Framework into an innovative support package for the workplace and learning environments, and a powerful alternative to medicalised approaches.” Jacqui Dillon
“Mental Health First Aid trains people in two days to take on responsibility for their colleagues emotional wellbeing. In Emotional First Aid, we don’t believe that is possible and are concerned that this reinforces a story about our emotional worlds that can be unhelpful and even harmful. In Emotional First Aid we encourage and train people to self-care, and then pay it forward. Creating cultures that are, compassionate, curious and creative, ones that are emotionally aware and intelligent” Matthew Morris
“I found the training to be very interesting and enlightening. It was very interesting to be introduced to a completely different approach to the Mental Health First Aid training.” Course Participant
Summary:
In this workshop Matthew Morris will introduce ‘Emotional First Aid’ – a concept designed to help us navigate our emotional worlds with greater understanding and care. It shifts the conversation to honour everyone’s right and freedom to make sense of their own lives and explore the diverse ways they can care for themselves. This approach recognises the profound impact of trauma and adversity on our lives, encouraging us to reflect on the personal and collective environments that shape how we feel. Rather than blaming ourselves for the effects of these environments, Emotional First Aid empowers us to work toward changing them, fostering a more supportive and compassionate context for our emotional well-being.