Psychological First Aid Leadership

An eight hour course.

Leaders, medics, and safety officers gain mastery for long-term resilience planning.

Everything from four hour course, plus:

• Critical Incident Mental Health Response Planning

  • Integrating PFA into the vessel’s safety management system

  • Planning for psychological safety drills alongside abandon ship/fire drills

• Advanced Risk Identification

  • Crew predisposition, previous trauma history, high-risk assignments

• Occupational Impairment Prevention

  • Spotting performance decline before it impacts safety

• Extended Scenario Work

  • Complex multi-phase maritime disaster simulation with rotating roles

• Resilience & Recovery Framework (using the Frontline Mind Resilience by Design Model)

  • Building high positive mental health at sea

  • Embedding emotional literacy and coping strategies into daily crew culture

• Debriefing & Self-Reflection Tools

  • Leader’s debrief model