I Flourish: Train-the-Trainer Course in Proactive Mental Health Self-Care

Most mental health support is reactive — focused on crisis response and treatment after problems arise. Yet coaches are uniquely positioned to do something far more impactful: help individuals, teams, and organizations create the daily conditions that prevent crises and promote genuine well-being. Proactive Mental Health train-the-trainer courses provide you with the tools, materials, and confidence to do just that — while also opening a powerful pathway to grow your coaching practice. As you deliver training within organizations, you naturally build relationships with participants who experience your expertise firsthand. Many of those participants become ideal candidates for ongoing one-on-one coaching, allowing you to expand your client base.

This 2-hour continuing education course trains health and wellness coaches to deliver proactive mental health programming focused on prevention, resilience, and flourishing.

Proactive mental health emphasizes strengthening daily attitudes, behaviors, relationships, and environmental supports that promote well-being before mental health challenges escalate. This course equips coaches with a structured framework and tools to help individuals assess their current mental health practices, identify strengths and growth areas, and implement sustainable behavior change strategies.

Participants are trained to facilitate a proactive mental health self-assessment, guide strengths-based goal setting, and support individuals within appropriate coaching scope. The course also emphasizes ethical boundaries and referral practices, ensuring coaches understand when and how to encourage professional mental health support.

This course extends coaching practice beyond individual sessions by integrating behavior change with supportive social and environmental conditions.

Part of What You'll Be Equipped to Do

This course stands alone and can be taken individually, in any combination, or as part of a complete the five course Proactive Mental Health Champion^SM  Certification. Course completion provides two NBHWC continuing education credits.

What's Included 

This course provides fully customizable training materials — including PowerPoint slides, detailed presenter notes, and a copy of the I Flourish course textbook — so you can confidently deliver high-quality programs to your clients and organizations right away.

What You'll Be Able to Do After Training

You will be equipped to:

• Explain proactive mental health principles and distinguish them from reactive, treatment-based models
• Design and deliver group workshops and training tailored to workplace and community settings
• Operate confidently within the scope of practice, including referral strategies and ethical boundaries

Instructional Methods

The course is delivered live via Zoom and recorded for later viewing. It incorporates guided practice, scenario-based learning, case examples, reflection, and preparation for train-the-trainer facilitation.

Your Course Instructor

Judd Allen earned his Ph.D. in Community Psychology from New York University. He is the President of the Human Resources Institute, LLC, a research, publishing, and consulting firm dedicated to creating supportive cultural environments. Dr. Allen has written over 50 books, journal articles, training manuals, and software titles, including the four textbooks used in the Proactive Mental Health courses. He has served on the editorial board of the American Journal of Health Promotion, on the National Wellness Institute's Board of Directors, as a Senior Research Analyst at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and on the Vermont Governor’s Council for Physical Fitness and Sports. 

Investment

The course costs $200 and includes the textbook, customizable PowerPoint slides, and trainer notes—everything you need to start delivering programs right away. Your association with NBHWC gives you more than 15% off the standard certification fee.

How to Enroll

Courses run on a rolling basis throughout the year. To learn about upcoming course dates, discuss which courses might be the best fit for your practice, or reserve your spot, contact Judd Allen, Ph.D., directly at [email protected].