Core Skills for Mental Health Support

Everyone knows someone who is struggling—but most of us don’t know what to say. This course gives you the exact words and skills to start meaningful conversations and offer support with confidence.

Learn how to listen, respond, and make a difference.

Become Equipped

In this course, you’ll learn how to:

  • Open conversations about mental health with confidence and care

  • Master active listening as the foundation of support

  • Use empathy, validation, and strengths-based language to build trust

  • Offer support without judgment, pressure, or advice-giving

  • 5 jam-packed lessons that walk you step by step through the foundations of support

  • Only 1 hour total – quick, practical, and easy to finish

  • Handouts, templates, and scripts to make helping others simple and actionable

  • On-demand access – learn anytime, from anywhere, on any device

  • Totally free – just create an account in the Learning Hub

  • Bonus access: When you sign up, you’ll also unlock 30+ other courses and a full library of exercises and skills to strengthen your own mental health and support others

What’s Included

Hear from our learners

FAQs

  • 4C Mental Health is an online platform that provides practical, science-backed mental health skills and training. Built by experts and based on proven techniques from CBT, DBT, and other clinical models, our approach puts these skills directly in your hands—conveniently and with continuous support.

  • This training is for anyone who wants to better understand how to support others with compassion, clarity, and confidence.

    Whether you're a:

    • Teacher, coach, or youth mentor

    • Peer supporter or caregiver

    • Community leader or volunteer

    • Health worker or mental health advocate

    • Or simply someone who shows up for others in hard moments

    …this course gives you practical tools rooted in evidence. No prior experience is needed.

  • No, this course is not credentialed or accredited—it’s designed as an introductory, skills-based training that anyone can take. The goal is to give you practical tools you can start using right away in your daily life to support friends, family, coworkers, or community members.

  • This course—and 30+ others inside our Learning Hub—are completely free. Your membership is free too, so you’ll have instant access to lessons, handouts, and a full library of exercises at no cost.

    For those who want to go deeper, we also offer longer, more intensive training programs (like our Community Mental Health Worker course) for a low subscription rate. But getting started here is 100% free.

  • When you join this training, you’ll also get free, unlimited access to the 4C online community—a global space where learners and helpers connect, share support, and grow together.

    The 4C Community is our free, online space for connection, reflection, and support.

    Inside, you’ll find:

    • Weekly prompts and reflections

    • Coping tools and guided practices

    • Stories of hope from around the world

    • A supportive network of people learning and growing together

    Whether you're here to heal, help others, or both—this is a space to stay grounded, inspired, and never alone.