Brisbane and Australia-wide

Intro to Leading Mental Health Conversations Training

Mental health training for managers, supervisors and team leaders.

Give your leaders the tools (and confidence) to have the hard chats – without freezing up or overstepping.

You can run a team, but what about when someone’s not okay…what now?

You’re across budgets, rosters and safety.

But when someone on your team isn’t themselves, your gut knows it.

You want to check-in but your brain says: “What do I even say here?”

Most leaders back off. Not because they don’t care, but because they don’t want to make it worse.

This training shows you what to say, how to say it and when to just listen.

From feeling stuck to knowing what to do

G’day, I’m Daniel.

I built this course because I’ve been where you are - knowing something wasn’t right with a mate but having no clue what to say. I felt out of my depth.

Now I train leaders across construction, logistics, healthcare, farming—you name it.

This training is the playbook I wish I had back then.

Mental health training for your team, your industry and your reality

If you’re looking for mindfulness and mood boards, this isn’t it.

But if you want:

  • Engaging education on mental health.

  • Practical ways to check in without making it weird.

  • The confidence to say something when it matters.

You’re in the right place.

This training is made for leaders in high-pressure, high-stress workplaces like:

  • Construction sites and depots

  • Transport and logistics yards

  • Farms and ag businesses

  • Hospitals and clinics

  • FIFO and shift-based teams.

Your leaders will walk away with:

How to spot the signs when someone’s not okay (even when they say they’re “fine”).

  • What to say (and what not to).

  • The confidence to check in, without losing trust.

  • Tools to support your people and protect your own mental load.

  • Clear boundaries (what’s their role and what’s not).

  • Culture-building habits that make checking-in part of the job.

*I promise no death-by-PowerPoint!*

Course Details

Intro to Leading Mental Health Conversations

Based in Brisbane, delivered anywhere in Australia

  • Flexible delivery options : 60 - 90 minutes, up to half day

  • In-person or online (we make Zoom bearable, promise)

  • Tailored content built around your industry and team

  • Scalable format - Ideal for small groups of 6 - 20 participants, or larger groups (up to 50) for the 60-90 minute format

  • From 1500 + GST

This training is for:

  • Leaders who care but feel out of their depth.

  • Managers who want to lead with confidence.

  • HR and safety folks tired of box-ticking sessions.

  • Anyone who’s ever thought “I wish I knew what to say right now”.

This is the stuff you wish you’d learnt years ago.

We’ll come to you, wherever you are

From boardrooms to bush sheds, we run training in:

  • Brisbane and SE QLD

  • Remote and regional towns

  • Jobs sites, farms and FIFO locations

  • Hospitals and health services

Wherever your team is, we’ll be there.

What our clients are saying

  • Amos / Mittagundi Outdoor Education Centre

    To run this course was so important, and to have Daniel go to the extreme efforts he did to come all the way from Queensland to the high plains of Victoria was a big enough effort let alone the fact that Mittagundi is an off the grid, out of reception location. For our MHFA course to run so successfully over the 2 days was a sign of the huge effort Daniel and staff put into it. Dan delivered the content in such a brilliant, easy to understand and passionate way that it has since inspired me to use the tools learnt in everyday life. I have already recommended this course to several friends.

  • Jedd / Sherwood Magpies Australian Football Club

    Huge thanks to Daniel for his two mental health presentations at the Sherwood Football club. The players, coaches and staff all strongly valued the interactive and engaging style of presenting! Would highly recommend Pharus for any sporting club or workplace organisation to build further knowledge and discussion regarding mental health and wellbeing in their environment.

    Jedd / Sherwood Magpies Australian Football Club

  • Richard / Participant

    The course was amazing and I took away so much more knowledge and tools that not only can I use to help people in a crisis (which I’ve had friends who’ve had psychotic episodes and I’ve felt useless), but now I feel equipped and not only can help others but i can use it to better my mental health.

  • Tom / Melbourne University Sport

    We have engaged Daniel for a number of years around mental health education for programs within Melbourne University Sport. The content of the courses are not only informative but delivered in an engaging manner for attendees. Daniel provides practical strategies for identifying mental health issues as well as ways of useful tools in managing conversations around mental health.

    The interactive nature of the sessions ensures that participants get a personalised experience and are engaged such they go away feeling they are well equipped to take action after any webinar/course. Daniel researches relevant resources and services that are specific for our cohort beforehand so that they are less foreign for attendees. I highly recommend Pharus Wellbeing for anyone looking to run a course.

  • Daniel / Participant

    The MHFA course was an incredibly insightful opportunity to explore some prevalent health issues and how to support that population.

    The course was delivered in a professional and respectful manner with 'Chopper' (Daniel). He is both engaging and passionate about the course and content and overall the course was extremely valuable.

  • D / Participant

    Daniel runs simply one of the best training courses I've ever participated in. Awareness and normalising mental health discussions is so important, and Daniel makes it interactive, educational and super interesting!

  • Eve / Participant

    Daniel is a wealth of knowledge on Mental Health and wellbeing in the workplace and provides some practical models to apply for better outcomes for people and businesses!

Culture starts
with leadership.

If you want a team where people speak up, support each other and feel safe bringing their whole selves to work – this is for you.