Mental Health First Aid® training in Helsinki 24.1.-25.1.2026
Learn to support yourself and others
Welcome to the weekend-long Mental Health First Aid® training, where you will learn how to strengthen your own and others' mental health in everyday encounters.
The training will provide you with evidence-based skills to identify and address mental health challenges - humanely, courageously and with hope.
The training is for anyone who wants to better understand mental health and learn how to support people in different life situations - at work, in volunteering or in their own community. No specific prior knowledge is required.
However, the training is not suitable for people in acute crisis.
Topics covered in the training
depression
anxiety
psychotic disorders
substance abuse and mental health
mental health crises and suicide prevention
steps to mental health first aid
After the training
identify the most common mental health disorders and their symptoms
know how to deal with a person in a difficult life situation
know how to apply the steps of mental health first aid.
Instructors
Hanna Tikka, Gentle Growth
📧 hanna.tikka@lempeaakasvua.fi
Hanna is a mental health first aid counsellor, nurse, student of solution-focused brief therapy, solution-focused neuropsychiatric coach, sex educator and positive psychology practitioner. Her work combines long experience working with young people and families with a warm, people-oriented approach to mental health promotion.
Annamari Typpö, Author
📧 annamari@sananhaltija.fi
Annamari is a Mental Health First Aid counsellor and a trained literary therapist working at the interface of writing and mental wellbeing. She runs courses and groups where words act as a pathway to understanding, recovery and connection.
Practical information
Time: Sat-Sun 24.1.-25.1.2026 at 9-16
Place: Asukastalo Ankkuri, Paasivaarankatu 6, 00810 Helsinki
Duration: 14 hours
Price: 150 €
The training fee includes the Mental Health First Aid® booklet, which will be distributed to participants on Saturday.
After the training, you will receive a certificate issued by MIELI.
The training will take place if there are at least ten participants.
The participation fee will be invoiced in one instalment after the last day of registration. Cancellations can be made free of charge until the last day of registration. If cancellation is made after this date without a medical certificate, half of the fee will be charged.
Register by 9 January by sending an email to hanna.tikka@lempeaakasvua.fi or annamari@sananhaltija.fi.