Instructor Profile

Dianne is a Principal Master Mental Health First Aid Instructor, a counsellor and a highly experienced trainer who is passionate about reducing the stigma surrounding mental health. She believes by educating and providing the skills in MHFA to the community, early intervention and support will be provided to those who need it most.

Dianne holds a strong passion to teach and educate others on the importance of mental health in the workplace. Through her experience in business and human resources, she is able to contextualise MHFA for the corporate world as she provides training services to businesses and government departments.

Dianne delivers MHFA in an engaging and stimulating manner through her use of real-life scenarios and personal experiences, which allow the content to be relevant to all participants, ensuring that they are interested and learning the MHFA skills. Dianne’s experience in training and content delivery allows participants to feel included, respected and heard during her MHFA sessions.

One participant stated that “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.”

Dianne’s qualifications include Certificate 4 Training & Assessment, Diploma of Counselling, Diploma of Business and Diploma of Leadership and Management. She runs monthly public courses in North Adelaide and can travel Australia-wide to deliver MHFA courses for community, business and government organisations.