Primary Health Tasmania would like to invite non-clinical practice staff (clinic receptionists and practice managers), support workers, and allied health professionals who don’t specialise in mental health care to join us for a fully funded LivingWorks SafeTALK workshop delivered by Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania.
SafeTALK is an interactive workshop that helps participants see and respond to the signs of suicide – safely, confidently and compassionately. This session includes training materials and a certificate following completion of the workshop.
Learning outcomes:
- Recognise when someone may be having thoughts of suicide
- Understand how personal and community attitudes toward suicide can affect openness to seek and provide help
- Reach out with care and talk openly using a simple, proven four-step model (TALK – Tell, Ask, Listen and KeepSafe)
- Help people KeepSafe by connecting them to further support and resources
Speaker information:
Mary Atoyebi is a qualified mental health counsellor (Level 3) based in Launceston Tasmania, currently working with the Phoenix Centre – Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania, with extensive experience working alongside children, young people, adults, and families from refugee, migrant, and culturally diverse backgrounds. She has worked across mental health, settlement, wellbeing, family support, and community development spaces, supporting people navigating trauma, isolation, family violence, grief, displacement, and complex life transitions.
Mary delivers LivingWorks safeTALK training and psychoeducation programs with a practical, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed approach. She is a certified safeTALK trainer and has facilitated training sessions for community organisations, frontline workers, and multicultural groups across Tasmania. Her work is grounded in creating conversations that feel safe, respectful, and real, particularly for people who may not usually engage with mainstream support systems.
She holds qualifications in counselling and community services. Alongside her clinical and community work, Mary is passionate about strengthening community capacity, improving access to mental health support, and helping people feel seen, heard, and connected.
Thir Thapa is a Program Officer at Phoenix Centre Tasmania, bringing over a decade of experience in suicide prevention with a strong focus on multicultural communities. Since 2015, he has been associated with the Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania, supporting individuals, and families and community groups from diverse backgrounds.
Mr. Thapa’s practice is grounded in both professional expertise and his own lived experience of settlement, enabling him to connect meaningfully with the communities he works with. He is deeply committed to promoting mental health wellbeing through community engagement, education, and early intervention.
An accredited SafeTALK trainer with LivingWorks, Mr. Thapa delivers culturally responsive, evidence-informed training that equips participants to recognise signs of distress, engage in supportive conversations, and connect individuals with appropriate help and resources.