Community Wellness Focusing: An Integrative Approach to MHPSS (+PFA) (Year 1: 2027)

Online Year Long Course

January 19, 2027 3:00 pm

US $2,390 *Contact us about Scholarships and country-based pricing!

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Banu İbaoğlu Vaughn – Türkiye
Charlotte Faris – USA
Francesco Spada – Italy
Hope Maltz – USA
Mahek Shah – Pakistan
Mano Krach – Germany
Pat Omidian – USA
Wajid Syed – Pakistan
Instructors:
Banu İbaoğlu Vaughn – Türkiye Charlotte Faris – USA Francesco Spada – Italy Hope Maltz – USA Mahek Shah – Pakistan Mano Krach – Germany Pat Omidian – USA Wajid Syed – Pakistan
Integrating Community Wellness and MHPSS

What is Community Wellness Focusing?

Community wellness is essential to healing. “Focusing In Community” fosters healing and brings connection, resilience, and shared problem-solving in you, your professional life and in your communities.

What is Integrative MHPSS?

MHPSS (Mental Health and Psychosocial Support) is about more than just medical care—it includes taking care of yourself and supporting your community. With one in three people facing serious mental health (MH) challenges in their lifetime, there simply aren’t enough trained professionals to help everyone. That’s why your role in the community is so important.

Our course goes beyond the traditional mental health model, focusing on the power of community, resilience, and cultural understanding. You’ll learn how to build a strong foundation in Psychosocial Support (PSS), helping yourself and others in meaningful, effective ways.

Click here to enroll in our 2027 Community Wellness Focusing: An Integrative Approach to MHPSS course.

If you are curious about this process you can get started with our one-month Psychological First Aid module—perfect if you’ve ever wondered how to support a friend in crisis but weren’t sure what to do.

Try the PFA Module here, for a taste of what we have to offer!

The Curriculum Path

Our 2027 Community Wellness Focusing: An Integrative Approach to MHPSS Professional Certification program is designed to support personal, professional, and community growth and healing. The curriculum is divided into three foundational courses.

Year 1 (2027 Courses):

  • Psychological First Aid (PFA): Learn deep listening and peer-based support techniques to help individuals and communities in crisis. 19 January – 16 February or 2 March – 30 March 2027 (click here if you only want to take PFA.)
  • Psychosocial Support (PSS): Build on PFA skills to facilitate wellness through culturally sensitive approaches that promote local agency and problem-solving. 4 May – 29 June 2027
  • Focusing in Community (FIC): Strengthen Focusing as both a personal and community-based practice. 7 September – 16 November 2027

Certification available upon successful completion of each module.

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Course Benefits

  • Immediately apply evidence-based materials and techniques in personal, professional, and community contexts.
  • Engage in a collaborative learning environment with a diverse, international cohort.
  • Gain a globally recognized certifications as a Community Wellness Focusing Trainer and as a Focusing Professional.
  • Become part of a global network of practitioners advancing community-based MHPSS (mental health and psychosocial support).

The World Needs YOU

Around the world, people are grappling with the emotional toll of poverty, climate change, disasters, and war. In the midst of these challenges, the world needs compassionate, skilled individuals who can provide support and inspire hope. Leaders are needed who can guide personal, professional, and community to build resilience and honor local agency.

Your participation in these courses equips you to be that kind of leader. You’ll gain the skills and knowledge to help communities develop strong systems of resilience, tackle current challenges, and sustain their ability to solve problems as they arise.

Start Your Journey

Enroll now to embark on your Community Wellness Focusing – integrative MHPSS journey! Whether you’re just starting out or looking to deepen your expertise, you’ll gain the skills to build personal resilience, strengthen your professional foundation, and enhance community well-being.

In your first year, you’ll explore Psychological First Aid, Psychosocial Support, and Focusing in Community. In your second year, you’ll take part in our Training of Trainers (TOT) Community Wellness Focusing Professional Certification program, where you can practice your skills to foster healing on personal, professional, and community levels.

Click here to enroll in our 2027 Community Wellness Focusing: An Integrative Approach to MHPSS course.

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