SPIRITUAL FIRST AID ACADEMY

The Spiritual First Aid Academy is an all-inclusive online training platform designed to equip everyday Christian helpers, churches, organizations, and networks with practical tools for spiritual and emotional peer support. It includes on-demand courses, live training events, and a growing curated resource library, including tools we've reserved just for the Academy. 

The Spiritual First Aid Academy is designed for everyday Christian helpers, churches, organizations, and networks who want practical skills to support others well.

The Academy was created specifically for non-clinical helpers to help bridge the growing gap between those who need care and the limited number of available mental health professionals.

You do not need clinical training or a therapy background to enroll. The Academy equips peer supporters to respond confidently within their role and to recognize when and how to refer for professional care.

The goal is not to prepare you to become a therapist. It is to prepare you for the critical in-between moments when someone needs support, guidance, or connection to additional services.

The Spiritual First Aid Academy is a curated learning community grounded in a biblically-informed, evidence-informed, and trauma-informed framework. Every course, tool, and live experience is intentionally created using design thinking methods to be easy to understand and simple to use so you can be confident in the care you give.

When you join, you aren’t just getting content. You’re gaining access to the only Christian peer-to-peer support training program built on research and backed by research. 

You also become part of a supportive community of Christian mental health champions who are learning, practicing, and growing together. Through live coaching calls, interactive training events, and shared engagement, you develop skills alongside others who share your calling.

Our all-inclusive individual membership includes full access to our flagship Spiritual First Aid Certificate Course and all of our mini courses, including the Spiritual First Aid Basics Mini Course, Spiritual First Aid for Children and Adolescents Mini Course, Becoming a Trauma-Informed Church, Organization or Community Mini Course, and the newly released Preventing and Overcoming Burnout Mini Course.

In addition, you'll have access to live coaching sessions, quarterly training events, and a premium, curated library of 200+ practical tools and resources that is continuously updated. Members can access materials at any time while their membership is active.

Throughout the year, new tools, updated trainings, and live experiences are added to strengthen your skills in real time. Content is developed intentionally to support steady professional growth without overwhelming you.

Group membership includes everything available in the Academy, plus expanded facilitator and leader training materials, resources, and support designed to help you guide cohorts, host workshops, and scale. 

Groups can also customize their membership with add-ons, such as scheduling a private in-person workshop with Jamie and Kent, hosting a live online webinar for your team, or arranging a tailored virtual training series designed around your organization’s specific goals and context. 

Best of all, individual membership means you don't have to keep learning, helping, and growing alone. When you join the Academy, you'll become part of a supportive learning community. Plus, you'll have access to the best available training and tools for spiritual and emotional care, so you can feel confident in the care you provide.

Great question! The Spiritual First Aid Academy builds on the free resources you already receive through SFA and brings them together in a much more comprehensive and accessible way.

As an Academy member, you’ll still have access to the weekly resources we send out, but inside the Academy they will be organized in a searchable library by topic, making it much easier to find the exact tools you need when you need them.

In addition, the Academy includes many resources that are exclusive to members—including premium tools and materials that will only be available inside the Academy, with even more being added over time.

Academy membership also gives you full access to several of our core courses, including:

• Spiritual First Aid Certificate Course ($129 value)
• SFA Basics Mini Course ($49 value)
• Spiritual First Aid for Children & Adolescents Mini Course ($49 value)
• Becoming a Trauma-Informed Church, Organization, or Community Mini Course & Toolkit ($49 value)
• Preventing and Overcoming Burnout Mini Course ($49 value)

If purchased separately, these courses total $325 in value, but they are all included with Academy membership.

In addition, Academy members receive:

• Exclusive live events, such as live group coaching sessions and quarterly webinars
• Member benefits, including discounted rates on Jamie and Kent’s books (coming soon)
• Exclusive Academy tools and premium resources that are not shared anywhere outside the Academy
• New content and resources added regularly.

In short, the Academy takes the helpful resources you already receive and expands them into a complete learning and support hub, with structured courses, exclusive tools, live interaction, and a growing library of trauma-informed resources.

Yes! Group memberships for churches, organizations, and networks are launching soon. Want to learn more and be the first to know when they’re available? Join the waitlist here.

Our organizational membership enables groups to learn a shared framework and apply consistent peer support practices across their ministry, organization, or community.

In addition to full access to on-demand training and tools, group members receive an expanded suite of facilitator and leader resources. These materials equip designated leaders to guide group learning, host Spiritual First Aid training cohorts, and facilitate workshops. These additional resources make it easy to launch, lead, sustain, and scale your impact. 

Group memberships will also offer optional custom add-ons, including trainer-led workshops and private virtual experiences with Jamie and Kent.

Our turnkey group membership includes everything you or your leadership team needs to recruit, launch, and scale Christian mental health support. With a group membership, you'll receive:

• Ability to give Academy access across your entire membership
• Exclusive leader and facilitator materials, resources, and outreach tools
• Facilitator-led group and workshop courses for your members are designed so that it's easy for anyone to lead
  
• Priority partner success support for when you have questions or need guidance

You can also enhance your membership with optional add-ons such as in-person workshops, private webinars, consultation packages, or keynote events with Spiritual First Aid co-founders Jamie Aten and Kent Annan.

Every training and resource is biblically-informed, evidence-informed, and trauma-informed, giving you confidence that you’re equipping people with a trusted approach that works.

The result: a simple, flexible way to train more helpers, build a culture of care, support more people, and grow your impact.

Throughout the year, you will learn from Spiritual First Aid co-founders Jamie and Kent and our team, invited experts, and one another. The Academy is designed as a collaborative learning community where insight, experience, and practice come together.

Live group coaching focuses on timely topics and real-world questions to help you apply the Spiritual First Aid framework with confidence and get the most out of your Academy experience. Quarterly seminars offer in-depth training on specific SFA topics. Special events, such as Helping Labs, offer guided practice through role-playing and interactive exercises.

If you cannot attend live, recordings will be added to the resource library for replay at your convenience.

Individual membership provides one full year of access to all courses, live coaching sessions, training events, and the curated resource library. 

If you have access through a group membership, you will continue to have access for as long as your organization maintains an active membership and grants you access through that membership.

Many members choose to renew because the Academy's value grows over time. Live coaching sessions, new trainings, and shared learning experiences build on one another, strengthening both skill and confidence. Plus, new resources are added almost every week, meaning the longer you're a member, the more value you'll gain. Remaining connected also allows you to stay engaged with the Academy's supportive community so you can deepen your knowledge and continue sharpening your ability to care well for those who are hurting.