Instructor Profile

As an Accredited Instructor in Standard Mental Health First Aid, Older Person Mental Health First Aid, MHFA for the Suicidal Person, MHFA for the Gambling Problems and also Non-Suicidal Self Injury, Robyn draws on the same passion that motivates her work in Corporate, Community, Aged Care, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. Robyn has worked within both the corporate and community sectors and can tailor courses to suit your budget and time frame. She is especially inspired by how her educative role helps to facilitate insight and positive change in peoples lives. She sees the Standard Mental Health First Aid and Older Person MHFA course as an incredibly important and useful training providing the latest evidence-based information and approaches to the common mental health problems and challenges people may experience. Teaching how to recognise a spectrum of early signs and symptoms that may indicate a mental health problem and how to approach, communicate with and provide appropriate first responder support, information and suggestions to a variety of evidence based professional assistance and other supports.

Robyn brings warmth, wisdom and passion to every presentation and delivers both Standard Mental Health First Aid and Older Person MHFA course as part of her role with Western Sydney Recovery College and within her own business Wisdom is Within.

Robyn facilitates shorter courses (4 hours) on Gambling Help, Conversations about Suicide, and Non-Suicidal Self Injury.

If you are Senior Leader and would like to know more, why not contact Robyn direct with regards to the 90 minute Senior Leadership facilitation on Mental Health First Aid.

Robyn has extensive experience working within mental health facilities and hospitals and the aged care sector in various capacities and continues to enjoy working within these areas.

Robyn is accredited in the following courses:

-- Older Persons Mental Health First Aid (Adults Helping 65+ Older Persons)

-- Standard Mental Health First Aid (Adults helping Adults)

-- Standard MHFA Refresher

-- MHFA for Gambling Problems

--MHFA for the Suicidal Person

--MHFA for Non-Suicidal Self Injury

-- MHFA for Engaging Senior Leaders

Please contact me on robyn@wisdomiswithin.com.au or by phone 0417688236

Feedback received:

"Robyn is wonderful. She is very accommodating and she knows the content of the course very well."

"Spoke well and clearly with friendliness. Acknowledged cultural attributes that a different for elderly individuals from different cultural backgrounds and specific problems. e.g. trauma, pt"

"The videos of individual experiences with mental health assisted greatly in my understanding of what it’s like for other people with mental health concerns. One exercise that impressed me very much was Robyn’s suggestion that we note what the participants in the video on psychosis said about their early warning signs. Overall, I was very happy with the course content as well as its presentation. In particular, I thought Robyn guided us gently through this course. Thank you Robyn!"

Robyn is very happy to travel interstate to provide training, wherever your company may be.