Group Spiritual First Aid
Certificate Course
Gain the training and tools you need to make a difference while learning with others.
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JOIN A FACILITATOR-LED SMALL GROUP
GAIN A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY
PRACTICE YOUR SKILLS
WITH OTHERS
Helping Can Feel Overwhelming, Even Lonely
Others turn to you for help, but without proper support, your caring can leave you feeling drained and isolated. You want to do more for the spiritual and emotional struggles you see all around you, but you...
| Aren't sure where to start. | Can't do it all by yourself. |
| Could benefit from more hands-on practice sharpening your helping skills. | Wonder about on-demand training, but learn better in groups. |
| Wish you could connect with other mental health champions like yourself. | Find most peer-helper training too complex, time-intensive, and costly. |
But there's good news.
You don't have to keep helping alone.
With the Group Spiritual First Aid Certificate Course, you'll learn with other compassionate helpers in a supportive, facilitator-led small group. Together you'll learn, and practice skills aiding others with everything from mild stress to mass trauma.
ABOUT THE GROUP CERTIFICATE COURSE
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Biblically-informed.
Evidence-informed.
Trauma-informed.
The Group Spiritual First Aid Certificate Course teaches frontline peer-to-peer spiritual and emotional care and trauma-informed best practices using our step-by-step BLESS CPR framework. You'll learn everything taught in the on-demand version of the course, but with the added benefit of engaging in group discussions, hands-on activities, role-playing exercises, and more.
Flexible Group Learning Formats
That Make Meeting Together, Easy
Choose the group learning format that works best for you and your group. Facilitator-led groups meet once a week for six weeks, with each session lasting ninety minutes to two hours for around nine to twelve hours total. Some groups continue meeting to work through the optional bonus sessions.
In-Person
Meet to together on-site to complete the videos and workbook activities.
Live, Virtual
Complete the training videos and workbook activities together online.
Hybrid Approach
Watch videos individually, then meet in-person or virtually as a group.
Course Sessions
1. Spiritual First Aid Basics
2. BLESS Triage
3. Care with Practical Presence
4. Provide Coping Practices
5. Refer and Resource
6. Helping Lab
Optional Bonus Sessions
Helping Children and Adolescents
Helper Self-Aid
(How to Prevent Burnout)
Becoming a Trauma-Informed Church, Organization, or Community
"I have been looking for this resource! There are many people who want to support and provide holistic care to individuals in their community and church. They are often open to learning skills to be better equipped to do this. Spiritual First Aid is an accessible course that is multiplying our goal of identifying and training the helpers."
Your 3-Step Plan to Getting Certified in Spiritual First Aid
Join a Group Course
Enroll individually or with a block of courses with others.
Learn Together
Delve into BLESS CPR with like-minded helpers.
Make a Collective Impact
Grow, encourage, and help in community with one another.
What's Included |
Digital Resources | |
| 9 on-demand training videos | Welcome Guide | Field Guide | Workbook | Helping role plays and scenarios | 20+ practical tools, protocols, and handouts | Self-Assessments |
Become a Spiritual First Aid Facilitator
Help equip others by launching and leading a Group Spiritual First Aid Certificate Course in your church, organization, or community.
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