Instructor Profile

Dianne Pepicelli is a Principal Master Mental Health First Aid Instructor, a counsellor and highly experienced trainer. She is passionate about reducing the stigma surrounding mental health and believes that education in Mental Health First Aid provides the skills for early intervention and support.

Dianne is passionate about teaching and educating others about the importance of mental health in the workplace. Through her experience in business and human resources, she is able to contextualise Mental Health First Aid in a corporate setting. She delivers her programs in an engaged and stimulating manner through her use of real-life stories and personal experience, which allows the content to be relevant, and of interest. Her background and easy manner also allows participants to feel included, respected and heard during training sessions.

Dianne’s qualifications include a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, Diploma of Counselling, Diploma of Business and Diploma of Leadership and Management. She conducts monthly public courses in North Adelaide and travels Australia-wide to deliver Mental Health First Aid courses for community, business and government organisations.

‘Delivering such deep content would be difficult for many instructors to keep the students engaged whilst also trying to keep the content as light as possible without taking away the seriousness of the material. Dianne not only delivered this course with extreme expertise but also ensured that all the participants went away feeling cared for and able to ask open and honest questions without feeling embarrassed or judged. Highly recommend Dianne as a Mental Health First Aid instructor,’ said one participant.