PGR mental health workshop: Starting and managing a conversation (Online)

For many, opening up and starting a conversation around mental health can be scary and lots of people are afraid to talk about mental health despite the benefits. The more we talk about mental health the less taboo it becomes. When people openly discuss and learn about mental health, stereotypes and myths about mental health can be corrected.

You do not need to be an expert to start talking about mental health! Sometimes just taking the first step and opening up about mental health in an informal way is enough to start challenging stigma. The language around mental health and knowing how to start and manage a conversation remains one of the largest barriers to friends, family members, and colleagues engaging with their own and others mental health.

Bloomwise is here to help, we bring you tips and tricks to make this easier for everyone involved in the conversation, as well as learning the appropriate language to use. Take away the skills to feel confident when starting and managing a conversation around mental health during your studies, within the workplace but also in day-to-day life.

About Bloomwise

Bloomwise is a mental health consultancy business that offers B2B strategies to improve workplace mental health. Their services include a Mental Health Plan™ and workshops about all thing’s mental health. Bloomwise’s aim is to instil fundamental cultural change for mental health within the workplace. 

Both co-founders of Bloomwise established the company during their Ph.D. studies at the University of Birmingham. Frankie holds a BMedSci in Biomedical Materials Science from the University of Birmingham, graduating in 2019 and transitioning straight into starting her Ph.D., in which she looks at the use of hydrogels and 3D bioprinting for application in bone tissue engineering. Paris, holds a BSc in Psychology and a M.Sc. in Brain Imaging and Cognitive Neuroscience. He is currently submitting his Ph.D. in which he used various artificial intelligence methods to create better diagnostic and prognostic tools in depression and psychosis. 

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This event is open only to University of Birmingham postgraduate taught students (PGTs) and postgraduate researchers (PGRs).

PGT programmes include: MA, MSc, MBA, MEd, LLM, MPH, Maths SKE, MPA, PG Affiliate, PG Certificate, PG Dip Ed, PG Diploma, and PGCE.

PGR programmes include: MPhil, MMus, MRes, MA by Research, MSc by Research, MLitt, PhD, PhD with integrated study, EngD, DDS, MD, Higher doctorates and Professional doctorates.

Registration will close 15 mins before the event start time or when tickets are sold out. We will be checking attendees against the Eventbrite registration and you may be refused entry if we have met capacity and you are not on the list. We have limited capacity so please cancel your ticket if you can no longer attend.