Time Length: 60 minutes

Format: Online or In-Person

Mental health prevention work is incredibly important in helping people take care of their mental health in a proactive way, but it is not well understood. In this presentation, we will talk about primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, and what you can do to take care of your mental health (and help others) in a way that supports well-being and helps prevent crisis.

Time Length: 60 minutes

Format: Online or In-Person

This presentation talks about suicide, but even more importantly, about suicide prevention and how to help someone struggling with their mental health or experiencing a crisis. We will walk through warning signs that might indicate someone is thinking about suicide, what you can do if you are concerned about someone (such as how to start an open and direct conversation with them), and information and resources that are available if you are concerned about someone.

Time Length: 60 minutes

Format: Online or In-Person

We all struggle sometimes. Finding ways to cope with stress and take care of your mental health is incredibly important for the overall health and well-being of yourself and your family, but too often we minimize concerns until they reach a point of crisis. In this presentation, we will talk about ways to cope with stress and how to proactively prevent mental health concerns. We will walk through warning signs that might indicate someone you know is struggling with their mental health or is thinking about suicide, and what you can do if you are concerned about someone. Those attending the session will also learn about free and anonymous mental health resources and support that are available across the state of Minnesota.

Time Length: 90 minutes

Format: Online or In-Person

In this training, you’ll learn how to have healthy conversations on mental health and suicide, how to avoid harmful messages that might increase suicide risk in individuals, and why changing our language is an important first step in suicide prevention. You’ll gain skills to reduce stigma, mitigate risks, and promote help-seeking behavior. You’ll expand your knowledge of warning signs to look for, potential risk and protective factors connected with suicidal outcomes, and what to do when someone needs help.

Time Length: 2 hours

Format: Online or In-Person

Counseling on Access to Lethal Means can help you feel prepared to talk with people about means safety. Reducing access to lethal means, such as firearms and medication, can determine whether a person at risk for suicide lives or dies. This course is about how to reduce access to the methods people use to kill themselves. It covers who needs lethal means counseling and how to work with people at risk for suicide—and their families—to reduce access.

Time Length: 60 minutes

Format: Online or In-Person

When we think about cancer, heart disease, or diabetes, we don’t wait years to treat them. We start before Stage 4—we begin with prevention. So why don’t we do the same for individuals who are dealing with potentially serious mental illness? In this presentation, we will talk about our #B4Stage4 approach to mental health care, as well as the importance of prevention, screening, early treatment and support.

Time Length: 60 minutes

Format: Online or In-Person

Psychological resilience reflects the ability of an individual to successfully adapt to difficult or challenging life experiences. Building resilience is important for all of us as we encounter life situations that significantly impact our mental, emotional and physical well-being. This presentation will provide information about resilience, why it’s important, and provide tools and resources to help people build skills for resilience.

Time Length: 60 minutes

Format: Online or In-Person

While many of us struggle at times with our mental health, the pandemic has created significant additional stress, anxiety and depression. This is especially the case for youth and young adults as they have worked to navigate school, relationships and more during this time. This presentation provides information about common mental health concerns for youth and young adults, the increased demand for services and support, and resources available.

Time Length: 60 minutes

Format: Online or In-Person

If you or someone you care about experienced a mental health crisis, would you know what to do? This presentation provides information about how to provide support to a person experiencing a mental health crisis, provides information about mental health crisis and suicide prevention services that may be able to help, and discusses the importance of safety planning (and provides tools to help).

Time Length: 60 minutes

Format: Online or In-Person

This presentation provides an overview of common mental health conditions, the importance of addressing mental health needs alongside physical health concerns, how treatment and services are commonly accessed, resources and information to provide to clients and patients, and tips and tools for healthcare providers to take care of their own mental health.

Time Length: 8 hours

Format: Online or Hybrid

Be prepared to support those around you by getting certified in Mental Health First Aid. Mental Health First Aid teaches the skills needed to recognize and respond to signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges, as well as how to provide someone with initial support until they are connected with appropriate professional help. In the course, you learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns, strategies to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help.

*There is a cost for delivery of a Mental Health First Aid workshop.

Time Length: 2 days

Format: In-Person

LivingWorks ASIST is a two-day in-person workshop featuring powerful audiovisuals, discussions, and simulations. You’ll learn how to recognize when someone may be thinking about suicide, and how to provide a skilled intervention and develop a safety plan with the person to connect them to further support. You will also consider how personal and community attitudes about suicide affect someone’s openness to seek help and your ability to provide it. This workshop will increase your willingness, confidence, and capacity to provide suicide first aid.

*There is a cost for delivery of an ASIST workshop.