Description
Real Conversations. Honest Reflections. Shared Understanding.
Take a moment, grab a cuppa, and join us for an open conversation that gets beneath the surface of mental health and wellbeing. Our Mental Health Unplugged invites professionals, students, and anyone curious about the human experience to come together in a relaxed, down-to-earth space where we talk, listen, and learn.
Each session explores what it really means to support mental health, from lived experiences to sensory stories, from the neuroscience of regulation to the everyday realities of care. We look beyond labels and diagnoses to understand how people make sense of the world through their senses, their relationships, and their environments.
You’ll hear from clinicians, educators, and those with lived experience, all sharing their journeys with sincerity and hope. Together, we unpack how compassion, co-production, and curiosity can shape services that feel more human, connected, and effective.
Whether you’re a practitioner looking for inspiration, a student exploring new perspectives, or someone who simply wants to understand mental health through a more sensory and relational lens, this series offers a refreshing pause, a chance to reflect, relate, and reconnect.
Come as you are. Leave with something that changes the way you think, work, and care.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of Mental Health Unplugged, participants will be able to:
Recognise the importance of authentic, compassionate conversations in promoting emotional wellbeing and professional reflection.
Describe how sensory experiences, environments, and relationships influence mental health and participation across the lifespan.
Reflect on their own sensory and emotional responses to develop greater self-awareness and empathy in practice.
Explore co-produced approaches that value lived experience alongside professional expertise in shaping services.
Identify practical strategies to create supportive, sensory-aware environments within mental health, education, and community settings.
Engage in reflective dialogue that bridges neuroscience, occupational therapy, and human connection, encouraging curiosity, kindness, and inclusion.
