Mental Health Academy is the largest provider of professional development (PD) education specifically for the mental health industry. Mental Health Academy offers the widest range of courses and videos, with convenient online delivery, and the most professional recognition.
We understand the necessity to deliver high quality training. That’s why we employ a team of academic professionals (mostly with Masters and/or PhD qualifications) to develop courses non-stop.
For this reason, numerous Associations around Australia recognise Mental Health Academy training for Professional Development Points, including the Australian Counselling Association.
Mental Health Academy works in conjunction with leading mental health education providers in Australia to develop the highest quality online professional development programs, using a convenient portal to enable professionals to easily access, complete and manage their professional development training.
Some of the active collaborators to Mental Health Academy’s course development include the Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (AIPC), the Life Coaching Institute (LCI, Australia) and the Australian Counselling Association (ACA).
Professional Development (PD) is a mandatory requirement for almost every mental health Member Association. It’s the instrument associations employ to ensure their members are up to date with the latest research, methods, skills and ethical frameworks.
If you do not have a commitment to ongoing professional development, you will find it increasingly difficult to practice. PD options include workshops, conferences, courses, and many other learning pathways. In a perfect world we’d all love to keep learning. But accessing quality PD presents three main barriers:
The Mental Health Academy education portal is a practical and high quality solution for professionals and students who are faced with the common challenges cited above.
That’s why we offer PD options that require low investment; give you access a much greater variety of PD content - including courses, videos and other resources - and can be accessed from anywhere, 24/7.
PD is a mandatory requirement for almost every mental health Member Association. That means you are required to complete a minimum number of PD activities to gain membership with associations such as the Australian Counselling Association and Australia Psychological Society.
MHA courses and videos provide you with the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills in a range of mental health disciplines, and also accrue compulsory PD hours to maintain membership with your professional association.
MHA is also in constant communication with numerous associations to obtain endorsement for its current and upcoming PD courses and videos. Please find below a list of associations that currently approve MHA’s Professional Development:
All Mental Health Academy courses are developed by an experienced team consisting of qualified, practicing Psychologists, Counsellors, and Mental Health professionals. You can be assured you are learning from highly qualified leaders in your field.
Some benefits of undertaking Mental Health Academy courses include:
Mental Health Academy courses are offered at a very accessible cost. Why? Because the programs are highly leveraged. A workshop presenter has to amortise costs across 15 to 30 attendees to cover marketing and room hire costs and make a profit.
Mental Health Academy costs are amortised across many hundreds of members. The courses are therefore substantially cheaper per unit, whilst maintain or exceeding the content quality.
Each course includes a unique combination of text content and graphics, diagrams, tables, videos and other supporting educational resources to enhance your learning - along with assessment questions that are automatically marked via our online system.
We know that sometimes it can be a bit dull to undertake training that is text-based only. We all enjoy the value of visual interaction merged with supporting written material such as statistics, powerpoints and reports. This is why most training events are delivered via live conferences and seminars.
With that in mind, we’ve developed a Video Portal which specialises on the delivery of Premium quality Video Workshops from presenters across the country. This means current, on-demand content from specialists in a range of topics.
Several workshops available via Mental Health Academy’s portal were filmed directly from events such as National Conferences and local workshops. We also have affiliate presenters who constantly develop video presentations specifically for MHA, exploring a range of interesting topics (learn more about our video presenters at the Education Team page).
When you purchase any of our video workshops, you have continuous, 24/7 access to the video content and any additional resources provided by the presenter (e.g. powerpoints).
Note: Monthly and Annual Unlimited members (see investment) receive a 30% discount on video purchases. They can also access 19 exclusive Summit Videos, provided at no additional cost to their memberships and available via their “My Courses/Videos” section.
There are three ways in which you can undertake Mental Health Academy courses:
Video Workshops available via the Video Portal (or “Videos” section) can be purchased separately as per pricing structure below:
(Unlimited members can purchase video workshops at discounted rates).
