Men in Mind for Mental Health Practitioners
Men in Mind is an evidence-based online training program for mental health practitioners who work with men. It gives you practical tools to reach men, respond to how they present, and keep them engaged in care.
Men experience depression and suicidality differently to women, and they engage with care differently, too. They turn up later, talk less, mask more, and disengage faster. Yet 87% of Australian men who died by suicide had accessed a health service in the year before their death.
Men in Mind for Mental Health Practitioners is the world’s first online training program built specifically for psychologists, counsellors, psychiatrists, social workers, and mental health nurses working in depth with men. Since 2024 it has trained more than 2,200 practitioners across Australia.
The approach
The course turns research evidence into specific, practical techniques for engaging men in therapy: how to respond to anger, depression and suicidality, and how to work with a man’s experience of masculinities to support meaningful change.
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The experience
Five self-paced modules, each built around videos, reflective exercises and practical worksheets. The course follows four diverse male characters through therapy, giving you a realistic lens on how men present, resist and engage. Designed by instructional experts and grounded in Movember’s men’s health research.
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The course
Five in-depth modules covering the full arc of working with men in therapy: engaging men, understanding male depression, responding to anger and aggression, and intervening in suicidal crisis.
Mental healthBuilt for psychologists, counsellors, psychiatrists, social workers & mental health nurses
The flagship program. Five in-depth modules covering the full arc of working with male clients: engaging men in therapy, clinical conceptualisation of male depression, responding to anger and aggression, and intervening in suicidal crisis.
Pricing & access
Men in Mind is run by Movember, a not-for-profit. What you pay for the mental health practitioner course goes straight back into our mission: growing the program, continuing to do more research, and improving men’s health outcomes. The primary care courses are government-funded and free to enrol.
Men in Mind is suitable for a global audience. However, currently it’s only available in Australia. Other countries are coming soon. Register your interest to nominate your country and stay up to date.
Mental health practitioners
$295 AUD
Full five-module course · 8 CPD hours · APS-endorsed · 6 months access.
Teams, group & NFP enrolments
Discounted rates for teams and practices enrolling together, with greater discounts again for not-for-profits and charities.
It was great. I appreciated the chance to improve my knowledge — I've not had any previous specific training on working with men in my thirty-year career.
Julie Sparrow
Accredited mental health social worker
Thank you for your excellent and thought-provoking training. It really highlighted for me the importance of applying a gendered lens when working with male clients. The format, with plentiful resources and videos, made it easily accessible, interesting and clear to follow.
Poppy Kousidis
Psychologist
Thought the training was well created, enjoyed the use of videos and tracking "real" clients — made it much more practical and engaging.
Maddi Leydin
Provisional psychologist
Overall, an incredibly helpful and insightful course. I rewatched the presentation with my 17-year-old son who also thought it was very good — it validated some of the perspectives he had offered during past conversations around vulnerability in young men. Such an important area of work.
Michelle Stellini
Registered counsellor
It was awesome and refreshing to hear and learn about men in a way that isn't leading to "toxic" mind frames of masculinity.
David Frost
Postvention coordinator
This is an incredibly targeted, well-researched and easily digestible resource. The Men in Mind program is a powerful resource for men and the people who care about men. Thanks for putting it together.
Christina McPhail
Healing justice practitioner
A must-have for therapists working with male clients. It inculcates a gendered lens, offering practical strategies for addressing depression and preventing suicide in men. Its culturally sensitive, evidence-based content makes it adaptable to cultures the world over.
Maria Jose Kurian
Psychologist
The mental health practitioner course runs to about eight hours of coursework across five modules. Each primary care course (GP, Nurses, Pharmacists) is around 2 hours of coursework. The courses are self-paced and can be completed across multiple sessions.
Psychologists, counsellors, psychiatrists, social workers and mental health nurses providing ongoing therapeutic care to men. If you work in primary care (GP, community nursing, pharmacy) see our Primary Health courses.
Each module pairs short scripted video lessons with reflective exercises and downloadable worksheets you can take straight into your next session.
6 months from enrolment. You can return as often as you like and re-download resources at any time.
The course is APS-endorsed for 8 CPD hours and recognised by PACFA for professional development. Check your professional body for specific accreditation.
Yes. Men in Mind is built on the Movember Institute of Men’s Health research program and reviewed by clinical advisors at the University of Melbourne and Orygen.
Men in Mind is suitable for a global audience. However, currently it’s only available in Australia. Other countries are coming soon. Register your interest to nominate your country and stay up to date.
Men in Mind and the research behind it have been funded by Movember. The professional training program is aligned with Movember’s key cause area of men’s mental health and suicide.
