Learn Essential Mental Health Counseling Skills!
Empower your team to provide empathic, evidence-based mental healthcare. Transform care delivery and meet the growing behavioral health needs of the community you serve.
What is a Lay Counselor?
Lay counselors are trained professionals who provide crucial mental health support without traditional clinical licenses. They offer empathic care, bridging the gap in mental health services.
What is The
Lay Counselor Academy?
The Lay Counselor Academy is a 14-week intensive course that equips your staff with practical mental health counseling skills.
Our flagship course! 14 weeks of live, practice-based learning. You will go through the course with a cohort of amazing people, just like yourself. There are 5 personal counseling sessions included in this option!
Our new, fully asynchronous course! You can learn foundational mental health counselings skills on your own schedule, at the time it works for you! The course is deep and wide covering everything you need to know for essential mental health counseling.
Our new, asynchronous course PLUS live group and indvidual practices!
Participants have lifelong, free access to future LCA courses and the online learning platform.
Benefits of Having
Lay Counselors
The cornerstone of evidence-based mental healthcare is the therapeutic alliance. While licenses and degrees can be important, they do not inherently ensure the ability to build strong, effective therapeutic relationships. In fact, many individuals without formal credentials possess exceptional skills in fostering these vital connections.
Invest in your team's growth and your organization's mental health capacity
Per person
5 personal counseling sessions)
Ready to transform mental healthcare in your organization?
The LCA: Self-Paced Add-Ons.
5 Small Group Practice Sessions for Self-Paced Learners
5 Individual Practice & Coaching Sessions
Get a copy of the LCA book
Now, anyone can own all 300+ pages of LCA articles to learn the basics of mental health counseling!
Buy it here (at cost – just printing and shipping!) Available in English and Spanish
We’re Being Recognized for Our Impact
We’re honored to share that the California Health Care Foundation studied The Lay Counselor Academy for two years. The report shows LCA helps people feel more confident, love their jobs more, and brings more fairness to the mental health field. Read the full CHCF Report.
