About the Course
Every day, millions struggle with their mental health, often suffering in silence. Behind the smiles, people battle anxiety, depression, trauma, and fear — but stigma keeps them quiet.
This course, “The Art of Becoming a Certified Conversationalist for Mental Health Advocacy,” gives you the tools, strategies, and confidence to be the person they can open up to.
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Through expert-led lessons, real-life scenarios, and practical techniques, you’ll learn how to:
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Create safe spaces where people feel heard
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Build trust through active listening and empathy
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Break stigma and encourage open conversations
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Turn your words into lifelines of hope and support
Because sometimes… one meaningful conversation can save a life.
What you 'II learn
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Listen Without Judgment
Learn how to hear beyond words and make others feel truly understood. This course teaches you active listening techniques that build trust, openness, and safety during sensitive conversations. You’ll discover how to stay present and attentive, avoid assumptions and interruptions, and use non-verbal cues to show compassion.
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Communicate with Empathy
Gain the skills to connect deeply and compassionately in every conversation. This course shows you how to choose inclusive and stigma-free language, maintain a supportive tone, and respond in ways that foster trust and understanding. You’ll also learn to balance empathy with boundaries, avoid giving unsolicited solutions, and create safe spaces where people feel seen and valued.
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Become a Certified Advocate
​Turn your passion into action by becoming a Certified Mental Health Conversationalist. This certification proves you are trained to support individuals, lead initiatives, and inspire awareness within your community or workplace. You’ll also gain the tools to break stigma, recognize early warning signs, and guide people toward the right help.
Programs
TYREE gives voice to every child, and the child within every adult, to see, speak, and rewrite their story. Through images, imagination, and conversation.
Redefining care though authenticity, vernacular, and emotional truth.
*Powered by No-Pun_Reps". Rooted in Vernacular-Relatability.
Hear and listen to what you have to say.
YOUr truth is the truth that matters the most.
"Meet all of you's where they're at and believe'em."
When you look and allow yourself to feel--remember, process, and accept that deep, gut-wrenching punch from grief; the release is silently loud and powerfully real. The lively memories hit you hard.
When emotions rise, dialogue restores.
Transform conflict into clarity through conversation.
Power at the Bottom.
Presence at the Top.
The text comes alive.
Identity isn't a label. It's the language that learns your persons (personalities_.
"Every pronoun. Every story. Every version of you, yourself, and them."
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Read Me & MIC-It with TYREE helps turn curiosity into awareness and awareness into confidence because when we’re aware, we’re prepared.
OHSS
Certified PerFessionals | Mental Health Advocacy
Certified to engage. Trained to listen. Committed to care.
A non-clinical approach to emotional awareness, communication, and support.​​​​
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Certified PerFessionals | Mental Health Advocacy
This model offers a conversational, culturally relevant approach to emotional well-being that does not replace therapy, but meets people where they are, spiritually, mentally, and socially.
Certified PerFessionals | Mental Health Advocacy
A Culturally-Rooted Framework For Accessible, Equitable Mental Support.​​​​
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McMentaLs PD on the RawChatTruths Network
National Domestic​ V​iolence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 or 988 nationally accessible on 7/16/2022
