Training Testimonies

Hello George, I am posting you the evaluation forms from your session on 4 May. As you will see everyone loved it and you were the star of the training program! I am even inspired to bring the Nov training forward a week so you can still be the last session in the program…Thank you for your excellent session and for sharing your personal experiences. It was greatly appreciated by all of us. Regards Mary

George was informative, approachable, friendly and confident in his knowledge. He presented the topic in an interesting way and allowed enough flexibility for our staff members to ask questions when needed.

Hi George… I am glad for you that you are moving to QLD but say it is going to be our loss. Thanks for everything you have done for us, the staff at Greensborough still talk about you and the presentation you gave and have without exception said that they have never had drugs explained so well and understandable…

George delivered the training in a very engaging way. The content was easy to understand & it is highly applicable to the work we do with clients. I would love to see these sessions included in Y J ‘s introductory training. Best training we’ve had in ages! 5 starts from me!!

This was an incredibly valuable, relevant, informative and enjoyable training experience. I have found it more interesting and relevant than any previous training I have undertaken. George is a very effective and skilled trainer and his genuineness and skill as a counsellor comes through strongly. I am very interested in any further training in this area.

Hey George, …I would like to push for the working with drug and alcohol related clients level 2 to be held in Cairns. I fully support the process of treatment that is taught in the session and believe this would be extremely beneficial to all employees working with clients here… Once again, thank you.

Hey George, …I would like to push for the working with drug and alcohol related clients level 2 to be held in Cairns. I fully support the process of treatment that is taught in the session and believe this would be extremely beneficial to all employees working with clients here… Once again, thank you.

Very knowledgeable and impressive model and framework!

This is an excellent 2 day workshop. I gained a lot of knowledge. George is an excellent presenter.

This course / workshop has helped me a lot and have learnt different ways of working with clients and has even built my confidence in practicing this type of work in my workplace. It also helped with building my self esteem. Thanx George.

This has been a very inspirational workshop for me personally and for the benefit of how to do my job better. I deeply appreciate the holistic approach where the presenter did not just focus on problems of drugs and alcohol, but the whole problem revolving around it and what a healthy model should be. I benefited a lot from it, thank you very much.

George you presented a well informed workshop and I enjoyed your style & presentation of your training. The handouts & information is relevant to the work I conduct as well as supports my current studies of Diploma of Counselling. Thanks again.

Am looking forward to the next stage. The presenter has a real gift for sharing information that is easily understood, entertaining & stimulating! Thank you.

Thanks for a fantastic course. Very informative without overpowering participants with too much jargon.

I would strongly support that this training is offered again in future schedules.

Was the best training I’ve had the opportunity to attend. Clear & precise information which makes my job easier to do. Thank you again for your time & training. Would recommend this training to anyone.

George was very passionate about his role of facilitator and sharing his knowledge with all of us. he was very easy to listen to and easy to approach if we wanted to ask a question. I enjoyed this seminar very much!!!

Very grateful. George is inspirational on many levels. He has shared his wisdom and heart with us. Thank you to this amazing man for coming to Alice and sharing with us.

This course, Dual Diagnosis, delivered by George Patriki from Optimal Health and Samhi Online is excellent.. and has given me much insight into mental health issues, drug use and drug addiction, and the root causes behind these serious issues facing individuals, families, and the wider community here in Queensland and Australia. I recommend this course to anyone, as mental health issues and drug use and drug addiction touches all families, either directly or indirectly. and equips people with valuable, cutting edge information.. presenting hope to everyone that there certainly are options available, processes that can be engaged in, genuine support that can be accessed, and solutions ALWAYS available in combatting these serious issues facing all of us within our families and communities. As a former heroin, meth. and valium addict, I personally found the information extremely invaluable and informative in terms of developing further insight into the why, what, and how of the core, underlying identity issues of my shame based identity, in terms of how verbal and emotional abuse growing up affected my developing mind, affecting me so adversely, which eventually, and very unfortunately, led me down a disastrous life journey of personal destruction, of 35 years of major depression and dissociation, and of 14 years of addiction to heroin, ICE, and valium.. just in order to escape the darkness of my reality. Through Dual Diagnosis, through the comprehensive discussions and teachings from George in this course, I would like to conclude by saying how very well structured and thorough this intensive course is. Furthermore, George delivers it from such an informed perspective.. in a way that promotes compassion, understanding, forgiveness.. which only promotes hope for people like me who have been touched by these serious life events, but which also is so encouraging in assisting me on my career journey of assisting people who are affected by mental health issues and drug addiction, just like I was. Dual Diagnosis training is a wonderful journey which I strongly recommend. Thank you George, Phil.