TRAINING
Education can be a powerful tool for change. By equipping our community with knowledge and understanding, we can break the stigma of mental illness and poverty and create safer, healthier spaces for those who are struggling. Through training, we partner with churches, workplaces, schools, and organizations to provide tools and strategies that foster compassion, resilience, and hope. Our trainings cover a wide range of topics including mental health basics, trauma awareness, childhood development, healthy relationships, financial stability, and poverty reduction. Together, we can reduce stigma, build supportive environments, and create a community where hope thrives and everyone is well.
Email or call our office at 316-684-4673 to learn more about partnering with HopeNet to train your staff or congregation. Some informational seminars are free of charge.
Education is a powerful tool for change.
Is your church a safe place for those who are struggling with mental health challenges? Learn how you can decrease stigma, find resources for those who are struggling and when to seek professional help.
Anxiety is the most prevalent mental health struggle in the US. Learn how anxiety affects not only your mental health, but also your physical health and quality of life and what you can do to help yourself and others.
Not having clear boundaries in our life can leave us frustrated, resentful and tired. Learn why boundaries are important and how you can start owning and implementing them today.
Bridges Out of Poverty is a workshop for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of poverty and the challenges faced by those experiencing it. It equips participants with insight
into poverty’s complexities and practical strategies to help address and reduce its impact. It can be designed either for the general public or for specific sectors such as education, health care providers, first responders, and others.
Gain a better understanding of the complex world of mental health challenges and how you can help those around you. Great for churches, schools and companies looking to increase their support of their members.
Explore how trauma can impact individuals, families, and communities. Participants will learn how to apply six key principles of Trauma-Informed Care that help to create supportive, person-centered environments. Through discussion, practical examples, and self-reflection, attendees will develop strategies to recognize the effects of trauma, build resilience, and promote healing in their interactions with clients, colleagues, and communities.
Are there steps we can take to lay a foundation for better mental health and more positive moods? Learn the building blocks to naturally improve your mood on a day to day basis. Everyone will walk away with at least one step they can take to positively affect their mental health and overall mood.
Learn to use the tools of coaching to help yourself to invigorate your goals, move forward personally and professionally and establish practices for continued growth.
Take an in-depth look at the long-term impact of trauma on children will take you through some of the technical, biological, relational and emotional consequences of trauma, and what therapies and practices help the brain find healing.
What ingredients make for a safe culture in our organizations, churches, schools and families? Learn some of the steps we can take to make these places safe for those who are struggling.
What is your understanding of mental health and mental illness? Learn how every organization can grow and benefit from a better understanding of how mental health affects our productivity and personal growth. You will also gain a better understanding of how mental illness and its stigma affects our culture and society.
Help your church understand the importance of mental wellness to each one of us, and how the health of the church is rooted in the health of its leaders and members.
Mindfulness can be a key component of a healthy brain. It can help bring awareness to our lives and help us stop living on autopilot, in constant stress and busyness.
Explore the many forms of grief and loss while normalizing the unique ways people experience and move through the grieving process. Participants will learn about the stages and types of grief, the importance of self-compassion, strategies for supporting mental health during loss, and practical ways to give and receive support. The training also examines the impact of different kinds of losses, emphasizes that there is no “right” way to grieve, introduces the 8 Dimensions of Wellness as a framework for meeting personal needs, encourages asking for help, and explores how embracing “good grief” can foster healing, resilience, and hope.
This seminar will help your team have difficult conversations in healthy and productive ways, even when opinions differ, emotions are high and important things are at risk.
Change comes to all of us. Help your team navigate change in this helpful and informative seminar, blending therapeutic tips and knowledge of how our bodies and brains react to change.
Learn how the structures of the brain develop and how it adapts to our environment, experiences and choices and how these influences can help the brain find healing after trauma.
A holistic look into the biological, emotional, mental and spiritual factors that contribute to depression and how those same factors can help lead to healing and health.
Learn who is at risk and what factors contribute to risk of suicide in this difficult but timely discussion on a growing crisis. This seminar will also cover ways we can all help those who are struggling.
Are you doing the things that are important to you? Or do you feel like your life is out of whack and out of control? This practical seminar will give your group tools to evaluate their priorities and what they are saying yes to and what they saying no to.