Emotional First Aid
Practical Skills for Real-Life Emotional Challenges
What is Emotional First Aid?
Emotional First Aid is the immediate, compassionate support we can offer ourselves and others when strong feelings, stress, or unexpected challenges arise. This course teaches simple, effective techniques to help regulate emotions, reduce overwhelm, and strengthen resilience.
Who Is This Course For?
Anyone who wants practical tools to handle emotional stress
Parents, educators, and carers
Community workers and team leaders
People who want to support others confidently and safely
No prior experience required.
What You Will Learn?
✔ How emotions work – understanding the brain–body connection
✔ Grounding techniques for anxiety and overwhelm
✔ Calming strategies to soothe intense emotional reactions
✔ Communication skills for supporting someone in distress
✔ Boundaries & safety – knowing what you can and can’t do
✔ Self-care practices to prevent burnout
✔ Instant tools you can use anytime, anywhere
Course Benefits
Feel more confident in emotionally charged situations
Learn supportive language that builds trust and connection
Reduce stress for yourself and those around you
Become a calming presence in your community or workplace
Build habits that support long-term emotional wellbeing
Course Format
This course includes interactive activities, real-life scenarios, guided exercises, and take-home tools you can use daily. Available as a workshop, or tailored training for groups and business.
Why Emotional First Aid Matters
Just like physical first aid, emotional first aid can prevent small struggles from becoming crises. With the right skills, you can help create safety, reduce distress, and support healthier emotional environments — at home, at work, and in your community.
Goal: Equip learners with the essential skills to help themselves or others during moments of emotional overwhelm, distress, or anxiety spikes.
What Level 1 Covers
- Understanding emotional distress and the nervous system
- Recognising early warning signs of overwhelm
- Basic grounding skills and breath techniques
- Creating emotional safety in the moment
- Simple scripts to support someone in crisis
Learner Outcome
Participants gain the ability to calm, stabilise, and safely support themselves or someone else during acute emotional episodes. This forms the foundation for all deeper recovery work.ragraph
Level 2 – Emotional Support & Early Intervention (Intermediate) for self and others
Goal: Build deeper relational and communication skills to support someone moving from crisis into clarity.
What Level 2 Covers
- Empathic communication & active listening
- Validating emotions without enabling crisis cycles
- Early intervention strategies to prevent escalation
- Helping someone understand their emotional patterns
- Knowing when to refer to mental-health professionals
Learner Outcome
Participants are able to guide someone from chaos to clarity, offering non-judgmental support and helping them understand what’s happening internally. This begins the transition from immediate care to early recovery.
Goal: Provide structured, short-term emotional recovery support using safe, non-clinical tools.
What Level 3 Covers
- Advanced nervous-system regulation tools
- Understanding cognitive loops and emotional triggers
- Supporting someone in short-term emotional recovery
- Introducing self-awareness and self-care routines
- Creating short-term emotional recovery plans
- Ethical considerations, boundaries & scope of practice
Learner Outcome
Graduates can safely support emotional recovery over several days or weeks, helping individuals regain stability and begin rebuilding inner resources.
This completes the Emotional First Aid pathway and prepares learners for
long-term, holistic recovery work.
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