ABACUS: Self Care in the Helping Profession
Schedule
Tue Oct 07 2025 at 12:00 am to 03:00 am
UTC+13:00Location
Papakura Sir Edmund Hillary Library (Papakura) | Papakura, AU
Peter Thorburn will deliver monthly ABACUS workshops for DRIVE from September to December in 2025 on Tuesdays from 10am to 1pm. 🕙📍 Location: Papakura Library
Express your interest here: https://forms.gle/8bHmbR2g52PQSUAF9
📝 Your registration is not confirmed until we have emailed/texted/called you to offer you a space.
🗓️ Workshops:
- Sep 2: Pathways to Addiction
- Sep 16: AOD Issues & Suicide - risk assessment
- Oct 7: Self Care in the Helping Profession
- Nov 4: CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
- Dec 2: Trauma Informed Care
- Dec 9: Drugs - Signs and Symptoms
🔹 Criteria to attend these free ABACUS workshops are:
- You have lived experience of emotional distress or harm from alcohol or other drugs.
- You live in the Counties Manukau health region.
- You do not work for an organisation funded by Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau.
