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Understanding Mental Health Issues for Professional Integration
21.01.2027 - 10.06.2027
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Training of trainers
Ticino Unia

Understanding Mental Health Issues for Professional Integration

  • Date
    21.01.2027 - 10.06.2027
  • Duration
    40 in-person lessons, one Thursday per month
  • Location
    ECAP Ticino Unia
    Via Industria 3
    6814 Lamone
  • Childcare
    Not available
  • Contact

    Chiara Vanetti and Aris Bariffi

Course information

Contents
This training course aims to enable all participants, who work in counselling and support for people undergoing professional transition, to better support individuals experiencing psychological distress during their transition, by learning to welcome and advise their audience appropriately. It is offered by ECAP Ticino, the LIMEN association, and the Swiss Society for Social Psychiatry (SO-PSY Ticino).
Goals
- Adopting the correct approach towards people who show particular psychological distress, knowing how to offer appropriate support.
- Recognizing and distinguishing the characteristics of some of the main forms of psychological suffering, identifying approaches that facilitate the relationship with the people being supported.
- Situating one's own role and the role of the various bodies within the socio-psychiatric network in dealing with psychological distress, knowing when necessary to refer to or request support from the relevant services.
Procedure
The course is structured in six sessions, for a total of 40 teaching units for the entire program. The first and last sessions last half a day, while the four middle sessions are full days.

Schedule:
January 21, 2027 (8:45 AM – 12:00 PM)
February 18, 2027 (8:45 AM – 4:15 PM)
March 18, 2027 (8:45 AM – 4:15 PM)
April 22, 2027 (8:45 AM – 4:15 PM)
May 13, 2027 (8:45 AM – 4:15 PM)
June 10, 2027 (8:45 AM – 12:00 PM)
Costs
CHF 650
Instructors
Raffaella Cammarota, trainer and mental health nurse, board member of SO-PSY Ticino.
Dr. Med. Amos Miozzari, specialist in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy FMH, president of SO-PSY Ticino.
Dr. Med. Giuseppe Lombardi, specialist in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, graduate of the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich
Deli Salini, expert in training and counselling for adults, formerly active in the mental health sector and co-director of the Supplementary Training in Social Psychiatry FSPS.

Further Information

Professionals in training or healthcare who work in counseling and support for individuals in professional transition.

The course will alternate between presentations by mental health specialists, exchanges of professional practices, case studies, testimonials from associations and organizations, and other participatory methods designed to encourage engagement and reflection.
Short preparatory activities, such as watching videos or reviewing other materials, may be assigned for some sessions.

Modular certificate of professional development

4.12.2026

Course no.: TI27BL01

Terms and conditions apply.

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