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Mental Health Coach

Course Type: Not Faith Based

Course Access: Limited

Course Format: Online

Looking to further your mental health education? Mental Health Coach Training equips you and faith communities to respond compassionately through our evidence-based training to help those in mental distress, lend support, and serve as a mental health resource to their organization. You’ll also learn to properly uphold ethics and confidentiality, and understand confidentiality limits.

Our Mental Health Coach Training gives you information, skills, practical scenarios, and actionable steps that guide you toward setting up your Mental Health Coach practice in your community. The online 18-hour course includes 12 hours for Mental Health Coaching and 6 hours per specialty course. Specialization trainings are available in the following areas: Addiction and Behavioral Health Disorders, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Aging and Elder Care, and Trauma. You’ll receive certification at the end of this training.

Help renew the minds of those struggling with their mental health. We’ll teach you how to offer help, hope, and encouragement to those that need guidance throughout their journey to mental health recovery and wellness.

This course includes:

The 12-hour Mental Health Coach training with essential information, tools, scenarios, and practical steps.
A 6-hour speciality course in an area of your choosing.
A free copy of reImagine: A Holistic Approach to Mental Wellness and Recovery by Matthew Stanford Ph.D. and Joe Padilla, a workbook that you can use to guide your Mental Health Coach practice.
Free Transformed Groups curriculum for leading support groups.
Access to a community map, where you can share your contact details and access other resources in your area.
Access to the Mental Health Coach forum, where you can connect with other Mental Health Coaches.

Objectives

You Will Learn:

How to recognize signs that someone may be experiencing mental illness, and signs and symptoms of the most common types of mental illness.
How mental and behavioral health problems can develop, how to educate others about mental illness, and reduce the stigma.
The importance of faith in healing and the unique role faith communities can play in addressing people’s mental health.
How to educate people about mental and behavioral health disorders, and reduce the stigma.
How you can help the most in your role as a Mental Health Coach.
Important ethics, guidelines, and intake procedures for your role.
Key skills for coaching, including empathy, active listening, grounding techniques, de-escalation, how to create trust, how to stay safe, and how to keep others safe.
How to create a referral network and refer those you coach to mental health professionals.
How to support people experiencing mental and behavioral health challenges (and their caregivers and loved ones) as they heal.
How to create a successful coaching practice in your church and get your community engaged and involved.

Benefits of Taking This Course:

You’ll have knowledge, skills, and resources to coach people in psychological distress within your faith community so they can heal.
You’ll have the ability to fill an important hole in our mental health system by offering mental health coaching that is based in the Christian tradition of compassion.
You’ll have expertise, a path, and resources to support successful change and the life goals of those you coach.
You’ll reduce suffering by educating others about mental illness, and reducing stigma and the taboo people feel about sharing their mental health challenges.
You’ll have an actionable plan for getting your mental health coaching practice up and running in your congregation or faith-based organization.
You’ll get a free copy of reImagine, Dr. Matt Stanford’s holistic workbook for those experiencing extreme life circumstances, or mental or behavioral health challenges, which you can use within your practice.
And, you’ll get the curriculum needed to lead your support groups.

Course Lessons:

Lesson 1: Foundations of Mental Health Coaching
- Introduction
- Faith and Spirituality
- Your Role as a Mental Health Coach
- Mental Health, Mental Illness and Behavioral Health Disorders
- Ethics and Guidelines
Lesson 2: Skills
- Creating a Safe Space
- Communication Skills
- Evaluation and Assessment
- Building a Professional Referral Network
- De-escalation and Grounding
- Supporting the Caregiver
Lesson 3: Resources and Tools
- Using reImagine and the GTHU community
- Support Groups and the Transformed Groups Curriculum
- Facilitation Skills and Group Dynamics
Lesson 4: Practice
- Establishing Your Role as a Mental Health Coach
- Principles and Characteristics of a Successful Mental Health Coach Practice
- Making an Actionable Plan
- Marketing and Engagement

FAQs

Who can take the course?

Anyone who has an interest in gaining a greater understanding of this subject is encouraged to take the course.

What is the structure of the course?

The course is made up of individual lessons. They can be taken all at once or based on your schedule. You can complete the online course at any time you would like. The course is compatible with all devices.

Where and when can I take the course?

You can complete the online course at any time you would like. The course is compatible with all devices.

Are there quizzes and tests in this course?

There are short quizzes at the end of the main lessons to help you recall and internalize the information you have just learned.

Once you have completed all modules there is a final quiz you will need to complete and pass to receive your Certificate of Completion.

Is this course available for in-person training?

No, we don’t offer in-person training. Visit our course catalog to view all of our online courses.

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Mental Health Coach Training equips individuals and faith communities to compassionately respond with evidence-based training to help those in mental distress, lend support, and serve as a mental health resource to their organization. Our new training is an 18-hour course; 12 hours for mental health coaching and 6 hours per specialty course. Specialization trainings are available in the following areas: Addiction & Behavioral Health Disorders, Child & Adolescent Mental Health, Aging & Elder Care, and Trauma. Explore Mental Health Coach Training page to learn more.

Register for our Mental Health Coach Training and Specialization Trainings, and help transform lives and communities, while helping build a stigma-free future. Visit our Training Course Catalog and explore what we offer to help you grow your mental health awareness.

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