Corporate Training · Mental Health & Wellbeing
An in-house workshop for your team: we come to you. Help your people recognise mental health concerns early, reduce stigma, and meet your duty of care under WHS psychosocial regulations.
Teach your staff to spot a colleague in difficulty — and give them the confidence to actually say something.
The business case
Safe Work Australia, Key Work Health and Safety Statistics Australia 2025 (October 2025); PwC for Beyond Blue and the National Mental Health Commission.
Serious psychological claims are up 161% over the past decade — the largest growth of any injury category. The three leading causes are harassment and workplace bullying (33.2%), work pressure (24.2%) and exposure to violence and harassment (15.7%). Each is one an aware workforce identifies earlier.
Under the model WHS Regulations you must identify psychosocial hazards and control the risks so far as is reasonably practicable. Awareness training does not discharge that duty alone, but it is documented evidence of a control measure — the record regulators and insurers ask to see.
What participants learn
Each one is a specific, practical thing your staff can do the day after the workshop.
Spot the early signs of anxiety, depression and burnout in a colleague
Separate everyday stress from a mental health condition, and know where the line sits
Trace how sustained workplace pressure turns into psychological harm
Open a supportive conversation without fear of saying the wrong thing
Listen to a disclosure without trying to fix it, or carrying it home
Escalate at the right moment, to the right person — and know where their role ends
Respond safely when a conversation turns to suicide
Protect their own mental health under the same pressures
Compare formats & start the conversation
Pick the format that looks closest, tell us your numbers, and whether you are thinking onsite or online. We'll call you to talk it through and shape a quote around what your team actually needs. Tap a card to choose it. The bar shows time commitment, the dots show how much is hands-on practice. Not sure? Pick the nearest and we'll sort it out on the call.
Every format is run in-house for your own team, at your offices or online — we come to you. Groups of 5 to 20 work best, and larger all-hands seminar and webinar formats are available where you need to reach a whole site at once. Every format is quoted per workshop. Tell us the scope and we’ll put a written quote together.
Outcomes
How it works
Tell us team size, format and rough timing.
2 minutesA short conversation about your team, then a quote built around what you actually need.
Personalised discussionScenarios and language matched to your industry and values.
1–2 weeks outAt your offices or online, by an experienced facilitator.
2 hoursWho delivers it
Associated EAP workshops are delivered by degree-qualified counsellors or registered psychologists, or adult education specialists where appropriate. Many of our facilitators also work clinically alongside their training, so the examples in the room come from real practice rather than a manual.
Associated EAP has provided employee assistance and workplace training for over 20 years. Workshops are delivered at your own offices, or online.
What participants say
“What fantastic training provided on mental health in the workplace and the importance of educating and empowering our staff on this topic. The team thoroughly enjoyed the workshop which was engaging and lead by the fantastic Katherine Wagner.”
“The training was exceptional, very informative and sincere, very compassionate on a delicate subject.”
“We have done several training programs with Associated Employee Assistance Providers and have always found the service and consultation of an extremely high standard.”
“Katherine presented to our team of 40 staff at our annual staff symposium and it was absolutely fantastic. Katherine was engaging and really helped all staff members relate better to each other. We were so impressed we wanted her back for a conference of 150 medical practice managers which also went really well.”
“Effective and caring advice delivered in an easy to digest method.”
“Exceeded my expectations. Very useful and empathetic. Our trainer was highly professional and made the topics interesting.”
“Extremely informative. I learned so much and I can hopefully help someone in the future.”
“The trainer was amazing, very eye-opening. Thank you.”
“Very calm presence, encouraging without feeling one has to participate. This type of session helps to break down the stereotypes and views of mental health, and encourages the conversation.”
“Good session on mental health. It is important to look out for yourself and others and don't be afraid to ask for help.”
“The training is very interactive and beneficial not only to our workplace, but also our personal lives.”
“The course enhanced our understanding of each other's perspectives and allowed us to interact at a deeper level, and provided us opportunities to enhance our communications and personal strategies to deal with adversity and challenging situations.”
“The refresher course was exactly what was needed to continue with our efforts to raise mental health in the workplace.”
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Common questions
Our standard 2-hour workshop starts at approximately $2,299 + GST. Pricing shifts depending on the format; the managers edition starts at approximately $2,699 + GST, and the fully accredited two-day Mental Health First Aid Responder course at approximately $9,950 + GST, with final cost shaped by group size, location and session length.
Every organisation's needs are different, which is why we don't do one-size-fits-all quotes. Tell us the scope of what you're after and we'll put together a written quote so you know exactly what you're getting before you book.
2 hours as standard. The managers edition runs 2.5 hours. There is also a comprehensive, fully accredited Mental Health First Aid Responder course that runs over two full days (12 hours).
Anywhere from 5 to 20 participants, with around 15 the sweet spot — big enough for a real discussion, small enough that people will speak up. This is an in-house workshop run for your team alone, so the room is only ever your own people. Bigger teams are usually run as a series of workshops, and all-hands seminar and webinar formats are available for whole-site delivery.
Degree-qualified counsellors or registered psychologists, and adult education specialists where appropriate.
Safe Work Australia identifies 14 psychosocial hazards, including high job demands, low job control, poor support, low role clarity, poor organisational change management, inadequate reward and recognition, poor organisational justice, traumatic events, remote or isolated work, poor physical environment, violence and aggression, bullying, harassment including sexual harassment, and conflict or poor workplace relationships. Awareness training addresses the human side of several of these; a full psychosocial risk program addresses the system. See our guide to psychosocial hazards.
Typically two to three weeks for a standard session, though we can often move faster. Tell us your preferred window and we will work out available dates with you.
It contributes. Awareness training is a documented control measure under the model WHS Regulations, and works alongside a psychosocial risk assessment rather than replacing it. Organisations that treat a single awareness workshop as compliance are exposed — we can advise on how the two fit together.
Usually yes, and that is the point. Awareness training reliably lifts EAP utilisation because it reduces stigma and tells people the service exists. Earlier, lighter-touch contact is considerably cheaper than a claim.
Yes. It is designed and delivered by clinicians, with content warnings around the suicide awareness component and clear routes to private support for anyone who needs it during or after the session.
Yes. Scenarios, language and examples are adjusted to your sector, including construction, local government, professional services, healthcare and not-for-profit. We also deliver online for distributed teams, and in person anywhere in Australia — we come to your offices.
Often booked together
For frontline teams absorbing aggression and distress from the public, where the pressure comes from outside the organisation.
See the workshop →For staff who end up holding difficult disclosures as part of the job, without the training for it.
See the workshop →For roles repeatedly exposed to other people's trauma, where the harm accumulates quietly over months.
See the workshop →Tell us your team size, preferred format and rough timing. We'll call you to talk it through, then build a quote around what your team actually needs.
