Training

Mental Health Training is one of the main vocations of the Di Liegro Foundation, which aims to spread greater knowledge and awareness of useful ways to address psychological distress.

The general objective is to introduce participants to the topic of mental health and the working methodology of the Foundation, which is characterized by the centrality of the person, the importance of abilities, the importance of listening, the ability to understand the other both in their difficulties and in their abilities and resources, and the support at institutions.

The specific objectives are:

• to provide tools and knowledge to family members and volunteers to consciously address the topic of mental health;
• to form a group of volunteers to facilitate social inclusion and ease the therapeutic journey of people suffering from psychological distress;
• to activate a listening and assistance service in the territory to prevent forms of isolation and social marginality

The course is structured with seminar lessons, role-playing exercises, moments of free discussion and is led by representatives of family associations, heads of the Mental Health Departments of the ASLs of Rome, psychiatrists, psychologists, university lecturers, and other experts.

The first part of the course is dedicated to an introduction to mental health, which is accompanied each year by an in-depth study chosen to respond to the needs and expectations, both of people living with psychological distress and of the same operators of public territorial services.