Need some help dealing with this. So I've been having some mental health problems (nasty anxiety and depression). I'm much better than I have been, but there is still some way to go. I've had time off work, counselling, CBT and medication.
There is a lovely instructor at the gym I go to. She's a young woman. I love her classes and attend regularly. She is now planning on running a course to help people like me with confidence, feeling happy in their own skin etc. (This course is not related to the gym.) Sounds excellent. Main ingredients are exercise, worksheets/discussions and diet advice. She has emailed me more information about it, and now I'm a bit concerned. Main issues:
She is not a counsellor, but essentially taking on mental health treatment (even though she doesn't want to call it that). I'm worried that she has no proper training and support to do this. She is also not a qualified dietician.
It's a long commitment (12 weeks), and she's not run something like this before.
Her pricing (per hour) is essentially what a counsellor would charge, but this is group work (plus individual phone calls). The whole package is very expensive.
I want to continue with her classes at the gym but not do this course. I'm torn between sending a polite "thanks but no thanks" message, and voicing my concerns. I know her intentions are good (she really is lovely), but I can see potential for this to go quite wrong if her clients have mental health issues and she has no training (but has experienced mental health issues herself). AIBU to want to say something, or should I keep out of it?