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2025 Texas Advocacy Action Day
AFSP Advocacy Action Days bring together passionate volunteers to advocate for state policy changes that will improve mental health and prevent suicide.

It's Real: College Students and Mental Health
It’s Real: College Students and Mental Health is an AFSP-produced documentary featuring the stories of six college students from across the country.

Supervision Rules & Roadblocks: Navigating the LMSW to LCSW Journey
This 2.0 CEU virtual training is designed for LCSW-Supervisors to deepen their understanding of Texas Board of Behavioral Health and Ethics Council rules, ethical considerations, and best practices in clinical supervision.

Mental Health Month Kickoff: Beyond the Frame - An Interactive MHB Experience
We are thrilled to invite you to an immersive art exhibit that invites you to step into the world of mental health through the lens of creativity and healing.

Research Connection South and Southeast Texas 2025
Join us for an AFSP Research Connection Program, where you will have the opportunity to engage in a conversation with a researcher about their work and about suicide prevention.

The Empowered Caregiver: Communicating Effectively
Learn how dementia affects communication, how person-centered approaches can improve communication and much more.

Understanding Compassion Fatigue & Burnout
Learn the warning signs, who is at risk, and how to restore your emotional energy in this one-hour seminar.

Meditation
Help build mental resilience, reduce stress and enhance focus, through meditation.

Strategies for Trauma Informed Service
This course shows how Trauma Informed Care practices can improve congregant, client, patient, and employee relationships, and help congregations and organizations avoid retraumatizing of those who have experienced trauma in the past.

EmpowerEd: Living with Grief & Trauma
This EmpowerEd session will explore evolving understandings of grief—from early stage-based models to contemporary, culturally informed perspectives.

Mindfulness for Youth (Adults Training Session)
Youth Mental Health Module for Youth Group Leaders, Teachers, Coaches, Parents, Grandparents, and anyone who deals with youth on a regular basis.

The Empowered Caregiver: Responding to Dementia-Related Behaviors - Georgetown Library
Learn how dementia can change a person’s behavior, possible triggers and person-centered care approaches to address behaviors.

Talk Saves Lives: LGBTQ
LGBTQ Suicide Prevention is a community-based presentation that covers what we know about this leading cause of death, the most up-to-date research on prevention, and what we can all do to fight suicide.

What is Emotional Intelligence?
Explore the core components of emotional intelligence—self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, and social skills—and gain practical tools to understand and manage your emotion.

Community in Crisis: Mental Resilience in Times of Disaster
This initiative brings together mental health professionals and local advocates for open discussions on mental health, aiming to find actionable solutions and address critical needs.

Talk Saves Lives: LGBTQ
LGBTQ Suicide Prevention is a community-based presentation that covers what we know about this leading cause of death, the most up-to-date research on prevention, and what we can all do to fight suicide.

Starting Your Mental Health Non-Profit
This initiative brings together mental health professionals and local advocates for open discussions on mental health, aiming to find actionable solutions and address critical needs.

Talk Saves Lives: LGBTQ
LGBTQ Suicide Prevention is a community-based presentation that covers what we know about this leading cause of death, the most up-to-date research on prevention, and what we can all do to fight suicide.

Managing Anxiety in the Workplace
Discuss common anxiety triggers and practical strategies for managing stress, setting boundaries, and building resilience.

The Empowered Caregiver: Responding to Dementia-Related Behaviors
Learn how dementia can change a person’s behavior, possible triggers and person-centered care approaches to address behaviors.

ThriveFest
Join Boys & Girls Club of the Austin Area and Texas System of Care for a free community event celebrating children's mental health!

AFSP Volunteer 101: Virtual Event
Join us for an AFSP 101 Orientation hosted by AFSP's Chapter Leadership Council to find out how to get involved with the fight to stop suicide.

Parent Cafe: Bloom Where You’re Planted
Join us for inspiring conversations and a chance to connect with fellow parents who are flourishing in the face of military life. Come in, relax, and let’s grow together!

Talk Saves Lives: Latinx
Community presentation that covers what we know about this leading cause of death, the most up-to-date research on prevention, and the strategies that can help save lives.

Forgiveness of Others
A discussion from the peer support lens on forgiving others and will encourage the positive and transformative benefits of finding peace through forgiveness.

Talking to Children About Alcohol & Substance Use in the Family
Learn how to talk about caregiver/relative substance and alcohol use with kids, how to tailor the discussion to the child's developmental stage, and how to create a supportive environment where children feel safe to express their concerns and ask question.


Understanding Suicide
Explore the causes of suicide, the warning signs, and how to cope.

Understanding Grief
Explore the symptoms, risk factors, diagnostic criteria, and treatment of prolonged grief disorder with a licensed therapist and learn practical tips for managing symptoms and supporting loved ones.

How to Get Involved: Mental Health Advocacy Groups & Community Leadership
This initiative brings together mental health professionals and local advocates for open discussions on mental health, aiming to find actionable solutions and address critical needs.

Community Health & Wellness Fair
This event will focus on promoting wellness, preventative care, and healthy living by offering valuable health services and resources to the community.

V-SRG: Love & Relationships
Join us for an opportunity to connect with other military and veteran spouses/partners and discuss our relationships with our partner, share challenges and successes, and receive support.

Let’s Talk About it: Military Sexual Trauma Survivors
This event is a peer support event and open to survivors of MST, their loved ones, and those within the military and veteran community that want to learn and support with care in compassion.

AI and Mental Health: Building Trust in Technology-Driven Care
This series will raise awareness and build practical skills around mental health issues like substance use and suicide risk.

Research Connection with Dr. Paul Nestadt
Join us for an AFSP Research Connection Program, where you will have the opportunity to engage in a conversation with a researcher about their work and about suicide prevention.

Rising Up to Support Military Sexual Trauma Survivors
During this EmpowerEd session, you will learn about MST, hear about the Rising Up research project engaging MST survivors and practitioners, and identify strategies to support MST survivors on their healing journey.

2025 Public Health Symposium
Join us for an engaging symposium focused on the latest insights, strategies, and innovations in public health.

Understanding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
This one-hour webinar provides an accessible guide to understanding this often-misunderstood diagnosis, including symptoms of OCD, co-occurring disorders, and treatment options

Talk Saves Lives: LGBTQ
LGBTQ Suicide Prevention is a community-based presentation that covers what we know about this leading cause of death, the most up-to-date research on prevention, and what we can all do to fight suicide.

Building a Mental Health Program in Your Faith Community or Organization
It helps to bring your team with you, as we will put you in Breakout Rooms together to begin the conversation. This is one of our Core Modules required for Wellness Champion Certification.

Understanding Traumatic Grief in Children
Learn to recognize the signs of traumatic grief in children with a licensed therapist and discuss how to provide support to children who are experiencing traumatic grief.

Talk Saves Lives for the LGBTQIA+ Community (FLCS)
An Introduction to LGBTQ Suicide Prevention is a community-based presentation that covers what we know about this leading cause of death, the most up-to-date research on prevention, and what we can all do to fight suicide.

Taking Care of Ourselves
If you’ve been struggling to define what self-care means for you, in a practical, achievable way, then this session is for you.

Breaking Barriers Teen Mental Health Conference
It is a safe pace to "break barriers" in mental health stigmas for teens and find connection with one another!

Cultural and Cognitive Drivers of Alcohol Use in Hispanic/Latinx Communities
This series will raise awareness and build practical skills around mental health issues like substance use and suicide risk.

Crisis Prevention, Intervention,& De-Escalation
Learn what to do if you encounter someone with a Mental Health Crisis, who may need to be verbally de-escalated.

Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Explore the diagnostic criteria, symptoms, treatment options, and common misconceptions of body dysmorphic disorder.

Understanding Psychotherapy
Discuss the reasons why people go to therapy, what the process truly looks like, and how to find a qualified professional.