Courses at the Academy
We offer free learning programs to non-profit social service and behavioral health care providers in New York City. This includes staff of community-based organizations, government agencies, and public hospitals, along with members of mutual aid groups, community gardens, and more.
Academy courses focus on:
- relevant, actionable behavioral health skills
- tools to manage the emotional demands of care work
- practice changes that support individual and communal wellbeing
Most Academy courses are currently delivered virtually.
Core areas
Learn about core areas of work:
- Compassion-Based Resilience Training
- Grief and Loss
- Harm Reduction
- Healing Through Art & Creative Expression
- Motivational Interviewing
- Racial Equity and Trauma-Informed Practice
Upcoming Courses
“I find it really helpful that this course focused not just on skills to use with clients, but also how we can use these tools ourselves. It is always so easy to forget about ourselves in a field that provides for others.”
Participant, Managing Stress and Building Resilience During COVID-19
“I find it hard to address a topic like grief with the people I work with because grief is a reality in my own life. In a way, we are both grieving, with the difference that I know about their grief and they don't know about mine. This workshop helped me to find a way to solve that tension.”
Participant, Grief: Let's Talk
“This course was so timely. There are many more concepts, frameworks, and practices to implement and to build upon that I’ve taken away from this course.”
Participant, Deep Roots: Tools for Healing Mass and Intergenerational Trauma
