COMET™ (Changing Our Mental and Emotional Trajectory) teaches people how to have a conversation with  someone who is in a “vulnerable space” and help shift the person’s mental health trajectory back to a place of wellness instead of proceeding towards a mental health crisis.

COMET aligns with rural cultural values of neighbor helping neighbor and communities being their own best resource. COMET empowers friends and neighbors to be more prepared to support others’ mental health needs – especially before a crisis. COMET does not to ask community members to “be the fix.” Rather, the program trains community members how to initiate a supportive interaction for a potentially emotional conversation using a simple, conversational seven-question guide.

This training is a live virtual training through Zoom on Wed., 11/02/2022 from 12:30 - 2:30 pm. It will not be recorded for later viewing. To participate you must attend this live virtual training. You will receive the Zoom link and materials via email approximately 2 weeks before the Nov. 2 training. Your instructors will be Amanda Griswold and Carolyn Ihde. Please contact Amanda at amanda.griswold@wisc.edu if you have any questions.