ABACUS: Suicide & AOD Issues

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.

You may also like the following events from DRIVE Consumer Direction Counties Manukau:

• This month, 22nd July, 12:00 am, Group Facilitation with Peter Thorburn in Papakura
• Next month, 7th August, 12:00 am, Exploring Neurodivergence: ADHD Focus in Papakura
• Next month, 14th August, 12:00 am, Exploring Neurodivergence: Autism Focus in Papakura

Also check out other Workshops in Papakura, Health & Wellness events in Papakura.