
All Basics level elements
Readings, videos, quizzes, example conversations, HOLD model

5+ shadowing sessions
Learn from experienced Peer Supporters and gain personalized mentorship

5 Exercise sets
Deepen your understanding and identify where to continue learning
Curriculum
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Module 1: Onboarding
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1.0 Module Objectives
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1.1 Course Introduction
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1.2 Orientation
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1.3 Quiz 1
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1.4 Peer Support Policies
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1.5 Video: Peer Support Policies
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1.6 Discord Navigation
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1.7 Video: Discord Navigation
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1.8 Non-Carceral Support Review
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1.9 Video: Non-Carceral Support
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1.10 Quiz 2: Non-Carceral Support
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Module 1 Activities
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Onboarding Questionnaire
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Module 2: Peer Support Basics
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2.0 Module Objectives
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2.1 What is Peer Support?
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2.2 Peer Support Scope
- 2.3 Video: Intro to Peer Support Free preview
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2.4 Quiz 1
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2.5 How to Provide Peer Support
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2.6 Self-Disclosure and Soft-Sharing
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2.7 How to Write Peer Supportive Messages
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2.8 Examples of Peer Supportive Messages
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2.9 Example 1: Short Message Exchange
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2.10 Example 2: Singular Response
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2.11 Example 3: Later Check In
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2.12 Example 4: Offering Ideas
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2.13 Video: Peer Support Examples
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2.14 Quiz 2
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Module 2 Activities
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Shadowing Session #1
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Module 2 Exercise Set
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Module 3: HOLDing Space Basics
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3.0 Module Objectives
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3.1 HOLDing Safer Spaces
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3.2 What Does it Mean to HOLD Space?
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3.3 Characteristics of HOLDing Space
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3.4 Video: HOLD Model Part 1
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3.5 Video: HOLD Model Part 2
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3.6 Quiz 1
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3.7 Applying the HOLD Model
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3.8 Examples: Humanizing Only
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3.9 Examples: Sharing Ideas, Strategies, and Resources
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3.10 Example: Relationship Building Over Time
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3.11 Quiz 2
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Module 3 Activities
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Shadowing Session #2
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Module 3 Exercise Set
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Module 4: Marginalization and Stigmatized Mental Health
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4.0 Module Objectives
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4.1 Video: Marginalization and Mental Health
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4.2 "Maladaptive" Coping Strategies
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4.3 Depathologizing
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4.4 Video: Depathologizing
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4.5 Quiz 1
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4.6 Talking About Suicide
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4.7 Examples: Suicide and Trauma
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4.8 Normalizing Stigmatized Experiences
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4.9 Example of Normalizing Stigmatized Experiences
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4.10 Video: Talking about Suicide
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4.11 Quiz 2
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Module 4 Activities
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Shadowing Session #3
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Module 4 Exercise Set
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Module 5: Relationship Building in Discord
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5.0 Module Objectives
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5.1 Relationship Building
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5.2 Discord: Building relationships over time
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5.3 Tips for Building relationships over time
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5.4 Example of Building Relationships
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5.5 Unsupportive Example of Building Relationships
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5.6 Video: Building Relationships Over Time
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5.7 Quiz 1
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5.8 Breadcrumbs
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5.9 Connection and Disconnection
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5.10 Repairing Ruptures
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5.11 Quiz 2
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5.12 Video: Relationship-Building Skills
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5.13 Mirroring Language
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5.14 Self-Disclosure and Soft-Sharing
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5.15 Instead of Saying...
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5.16 Quiz 3
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Module 5 Activities
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Shadowing Session #4
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Module 5 Exercise Set
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Module 6: Concluding Activities
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6.0 Module Objectives
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6.1 Shadowing Session #5
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6.2 Reflection Questions
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6.3 Next Steps
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6.4 Testimonial
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Go beyond the basics with 45 hours of Stronger U HOLD Model instruction, exercises and reflections, and shadowing experienced supporters who will mentor your practice. For payment plan requests, please email [email protected] directly.
$1,000.00
Instructor: Ryder Fox

Ryder Fox is the Founder and CEO of Stronger U and the President and Founder of THRIVE Lifeline. They are a nonbinary, queer, neurodivergent person living with multiple chronic illnesses. They also are a cult and violence survivor living with cPTSD and have navigated muteness, dissociative episodes, and chronic suicidality throughout their life. Ryder began working professionally with vulnerable populations in the late 1990s and founded Stronger U in 2007. They are passionate about supporting the too-oft dismissed needs of multiply marginalized people. Ryder has supported thousands of clients worldwide, which work propelled their founding of THRIVE Lifeline and educating hundreds of practitioners through a non-carceral lens that humanizes and uplifts supportees' expertise.