Matt Gray is one of Tasmania's best mental health trainers
He offers courses across Tasmania and throughout Australia
Matt's training and psychotherapy services increase confidence and safety while reducing stigma and fear in relation to mental health and mental illness. He equips people with the confidence to tackle crises in mental health: their own, intimates, their colleagues and clients.
iTrain offers a range of specialised training programs and one-to-one psychotherapy sessions
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Matthew Gray is a qualified provisional Psychotherapist with the Psychotherapist and Counsellors Federation of Australia (PACFA) having graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Graduate Diploma of Counselling. He has multiple certifications as an instructor with Mental Health First Australia, including certification in the delivery of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), MHFA Youth, MHFA Teen and MHFA Older Persons. He is also qualified in both SAFETalk and ASIST (Living Works).
Matt is a well-established and recognised trainer in the areas of mental health, domestic violence and suicide prevention and intervention. He played a strong leadership role in the volunteer Crisis Support Workforce Training program at Lifeline which included training, mentoring, and supervising of volunteers. He is highly regarded within these sectors in Tasmania (with particular emphasis on the secondary and tertiary education sectors) and nationally in the Health Complaints sector. He has taught at a tertiary level in the Foundation courses for the Bachelor of Health program at the University of Tasmania (UTAS). He has held management roles in which he has led the design and delivery of training programs including as Manager of Community Education & Training at Lifeline Tasmania and as Director of iTrain Australia.
Matt has been an educator, head teacher and executive member of staff in both public and private schools over 26 years. Matt is committed to providing community support to increase confidence and safety while reducing stigma and fear in relation to mental health. He has built a reputation as being one of the best providers of mental health first aid training in Tasmania and is a leading provider in Youth MHFA.
