In this episode, Matt shared his path from more than a decade with South Australia Police, and time connected to the Defence community, through his own service-related mental health challenges and into building Frontline Mental Health.
The conversation covered living with purpose, the crossover between the first responder and military experience, and how lived experience now shapes FMH's work in resilience, recovery and mental health awareness across frontline communities.
What our clients say
The facilitators were amazing. I didn't expect that level of depth in this session. The story from Matt with his policing career hit home with me particularly as I'm an ex civilian police officer too.
This presentation was more relatable and good to hear from ex-serving police as opposed to mental health facilitators with a clinical background.
Workshop delivered by people who have defence/policing experiences makes it easier to relate to situations.
All up it was one of the best mental health workshops I've attended.
A lot more content and knowledge and not just a tick in the box. Personal experiences helped show how self care strategies have assisted with mental health issues.
Excellent workshop for defence personnel. Instructors were incredibly knowledgeable about the mental health topic.
