Accountants based in regional areas are getting mental health first aid training to help them work with clients whose financial pressures are causing them emotional distress.
Central Queensland Accountant Andy Freeman took up the offer for the training from Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand after regularly finding himself a confidant to struggling clients.
Catherine Kennedy from CA-ANZ was told by members that their clients won’t go to doctors but will talk to their accountant, and the accountants need guidance on how to have these conversations and not do any harm.