IDHA adapts our live trainings to live as self-paced courses on the platform Mighty Networks.

Self-paced trainings are listed in the order in which they were released. Click the buttons below to sort by theme/category.

Experience Transforms Practice

Originally offered live between fall 2018 and spring 2019, Experience Transforms Practice provided an introduction to holistic health, self-determination, human connection, advocacy, and how to honor lived experiences. How? By ditching the “medicate and separate” paradigm, applying a critical lens to what we consider mental illness, and teaching the most supportive, liberatory, and transformative practices out there. This suite of self-paced courses were adapted from in-person offerings in New York City. Click the thumbnails below to learn more about/enroll in each individual class.

School for Transformative Mental Health

Originally offered live in spring 2020, The School for Transformative Mental Health introduced participants to a set of transformative frameworks, collaborative strategies, and radical practices for understanding mental health. Firmly grounded in the voices and expertise of those with lived experience, these classes advance a new narrative that breaks down power asymmetries, creates space for critical dialogue, and acknowledges the societal and structural factors that contribute to inequity, trauma, and mental health. We cover a variety of alternative perspectives from experts, authors, leaders, and individuals with first-hand experience. Participants will learn how to incorporate these frameworks into their practice, transforming them into powerful agents of change. Click the thumbnails below to learn more about/enroll in each individual class.

Crisis as Catalyst

Originally offered live in fall 2021, the Crisis as Catalyst training series resists calls to return to normal in a supposed post-pandemic world, and invites us to instead center a vision of radical transformation: moving from healing or fixing what is broken to cultivating what could be. This process requires grieving the extraordinary losses we have faced over the last year and across generations; challenging assumptions and occupying liminal spaces; and sitting with our pain and exhaustion as a means to grasp problems firmly at the root. It requires honoring ancestral and Indigenous ways of knowing, rectifying harm, and inviting people to cultivate radical joy to usher in a future shaped by ecological, economic, racial, and healing justice. We introduced an array of healing strategies proliferated by world weavers past and present, as well as practical opportunities to apply knowledge and experiences to our lives and work. Click the thumbnails below to learn more about/enroll in each individual class.

Enroll in the bundle

Access the bundle of all five classes for 75% savings! We provide the option of enrolling at the general ($75) or supporter rate ($150) to ensure the sustainability of IDHA’s work and enable us to create more accessible, cutting-edge training content.

Cultivating Community

Originally offered live in spring 2022, the Cultivating Community training series sought to shine a light on the essential role of community, connection, and relationship in building care systems that center collective liberation. We explored how we can create the conditions for community in a range of diverse settings; discuss community as a form of resistance to oppression; and introduce concrete approaches, tools, and strategies to foster community care in and outside of the formal mental health system. Click the thumbnails below to learn more about/enroll in each individual class.

Enroll in the bundle

Access the bundle of all four classes for 75% savings! We provide the option of enrolling at the general ($60) or supporter rate ($120) to ensure the sustainability of IDHA’s work and enable us to create more accessible, cutting-edge training content.

Crossroads of Crisis

Originally offered live between fall 2022-spring 2023, the Crossroads of Crisis training series reimagined the crisis continuum – interrogating what crisis is, where it comes from, how to respond to it with curiosity and compassion, and the role of peers, providers, and communities. We grounded our learning in the voices of lived experience and approach the theme of crisis from multiple lenses and dimensions. Drawing inspiration and lessons from current community-based efforts, we will practice how to disrupt paradigms of coercion, create personal codes of ethics, and attune to the needs of those we support in professional and nonprofessional roles. Click the thumbnails below to learn more about/enroll in each individual class.

Note: The courses in series are being converted into a self-paced format on an ongoing basis; check back in the future for more!