Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
for the Australian legal profession
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5 CPD units
Non-Member: $305.00
Member: $215.00
Online workshop
5 CPD units
Non-Member: $305.00
Member: $215.00
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The law within: moral injury in legal practice
Anna Fischer: Wellbeing Manager, Law Society of NSW
Communicating with clients in crisis: An ethical and trauma-informed approach
Anna Fischer: Wellbeing Manager, Law Society of NSW
Dying to work
Kimberly Winters: Trauma and Addiction Specialist
Foundations of mental fitness
Lucy Chapple: PhD Candidate, Provisional Psychologist, Former Lawyer
Addressing Anxiety
Anna Fischer: Wellbeing Manager, Law Society of NSW
The Dopamine Brain: Balancing Pleasure and Purpose
Dr Anastasia Hronis: B Psych (Hons), M Clin Psych, AMusA, LMusA, Ph.D
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome in the Legal Profession
David Fox: Psychologist, Fox Psychology
Physical Wellbeing: Fitness, Movement and Nutrition
George Prorellis: Chiropractor, Sydney Allied Health Clin
Health Assessments: Why you need to put yourself first and not feel guilty
Neil Glockling: QLD State Manager, Executive Health Solutions
Wellbeing Articles
Many of you will have heard by now of a condition called vicarious trauma, a psychological injury that can occur when we over-empathise or over-identify with another person’s traumatic experience. There is another danger, however, that is pervasive in the legal profession but which is much less known: moral injury.
Solicitors bear many duties towards their clients, including to act in a client’s best interests, to deliver legal services competently, diligently and as promptly as reasonably possible, to provide clear and timely advice to assist their clients, and to follow a client’s lawful, proper, and competent instructions. However, many solicitors likely relate to the feeling that, no matter how deliberately they communicate throughout a matter, some clients just won’t cooperate.