PROGRAM

Programs & Training

Each Carry Forward Learning Institute program takes one of Marguerite J. Joseph’s core books and transforms it into an immersive, facilitator-led experience. Whether you are an individual seeking deep personal growth, an organization building mental health resilience, or a leader wanting to facilitate support groups, our programs provide structured, actionable tools tailored for your community.

30+ Years

Social Care Impact

25 Identities

Certified Facilitators

12+ Workshops

Interactive Learning

5+ Books

Published Works

FEATURED PROGRAM

Words We Carry

Words We Carry – Young Adults brings Marguerite J. Joseph’s Words We Carry book series to life through facilitated conversation, reflection, and shared learning. The program gives young adults a supportive space to explore the words, experiences, and influences that shape their lives, consider what they want to carry forward, and develop insights they can apply within their relationships, families, and communities.
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STAGE FRAMEWORK

Who Is This For?

The Programme Is Designed For:

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Mental Health In The Workplace

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Organizational Workshop & Training Track

A workplace-focused adaptation of the Mental Health in the Workplace book series. Designed to help teams build psychological safety, recognize burnout, and establish sustainable peer support models.

Who it’s for:
Employers, HR professionals, team leads, and corporate groups.

Key Takeaways

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Words We Carry

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Facilitator Certification Track

Adapted from the three-book series on listening, healing, and personal growth, this program focuses on how we process emotional weight and choose what we pass on to future generations.

Who it’s for:
Young adults, educators, youth leaders, and community organizers.

Key Takeaways

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Hitting Rock Bottom

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Crisis Support & Recovery Facilitator Track

Built from the Hitting Rock Bottom series, this program equips leaders who support individuals and families navigating severe life crises, trauma, and recovery.

Who it’s for:
Social workers, counselors, community support staff, and faith-based leaders.

Key Takeaways

Other Programs Offered

Psychosocial First Aid Training

The Psychosocial First Aid Training program equips participants with practical skills to provide immediate, humane and supportive assistance to individuals experiencing distress following a crisis, emergency, traumatic event or other difficult life situation. The training emphasizes compassionate support, practical assistance, appropriate referral and respect for the dignity, culture and individual needs of those affected.

Safety in Mental Health Settings

A practical training program for people who work in environments where they may encounter
individuals experiencing distress, crisis, agitation, self-harm risk, aggression, or other safety
concerns.
The program focuses on preventing incidents where possible, identifying risk early, responding
proportionately when situations escalate, and learning from incidents afterward.

Beyond the Life Sentence

Understanding Mental Illness, Social Exclusion and Pathways to Recovery, Dignity and Inclusion.

A facilitated learning programme designed to help participants understand how mental illness interacts with family circumstances, social conditions, stigma, poverty, services, institutions, communities and public systems to shape a person’s long-term quality of life
The overall aim is to help participants respond more constructively to people and families affected by mental illness and identify actions that individuals, families, organisations and communities can take.
OUR APPROACH

Four Ways We Turn One Person's Experience Into A Community's Tools

Facilitator Certifications

Multi-week intensive programs that equip you with step-by-step guides, discussion prompts, and methodologies to host your own cohort.

Short-Term Workshops

Shorter, focused sessions for organizations that want the framework without a full facilitator commitment.

Self-Paced Learning Materials

Workbooks and foundational texts by Marguerite J. Joseph to support ongoing group discussions.

Impact

Every program exists to reach the young people, families, and workplaces the books were written for in the first place.

Ready To Carry It Forward?

Become part of a growing community of facilitators creating space for young people to listen, reflect, heal, and choose what they carry forward.