You Care Deeply.
But You Don’t Always Know What To Say.
Stop second-guessing. Come Alongside gives you a clear, biblically grounded framework and Scripture-aligned clinical tools to respond with wisdom and confidence. No more freezing, overthinking, or fearing you’ll say the wrong thing when it matters most.
Do you freeze when someone shares their pain? You want to help.
But you don’t know what to say. So you say nothing. Or worse, you say the wrong thing.
Come Alongside teaches you how to respond with confidence and discernment–every time.
What You’ll Learn And Use This Week:
- The 7 phrases that always work (and the 3 that always backfire)
- How to listen without trying to fix
- When to speak and when to stay silent
- How to know if someone needs professional help
- Discern what’s going on beneath the surface
- Help people move toward real healing–not dependence
Go From "I'll Say the Wrong Thing" to "I Know Exactly What to Say"
Before: You’re hesitant. You replay conversations afterward. You feel responsible for what’s not yours to fix. Your church struggles with care needs.
The Truth: 87% of people avoid helping others because they're afraid of saying the wrong thing. But here's what we know: the right framework makes all the difference.
Come Alongside online training prepares you for real-world conversations. Here’s what you’ll be able to do immediately
Within your first week, you’ll know how to:
✔ Connect First with God to strengthen your discernment
✔ Walk into hard conversations without freezing
✔ Ask the right questions (instead of saying the wrong thing)
✔ Respond without overstepping or taking responsibility for fixing
✔ Recognize when someone needs more than you can provide
✔ Pray in a way that actually supports—not pressures—someone
✔ Leave conversations feeling clear, not drained or second-guessing
This is not ‘theory’. This is real-life, next-conversation clarity.
*Individuals can complete the training online at their own pace. Churches and Non-Profit Ministries can request an in-person training workshop for staff and ministry volunteers.
From Module 1: The 7 Core Communication Skills
When your friend calls in a crisis, you’ll know what to say–and not to say. You’ll have 7 specific phrases and techniques to apply.
From Module 2: The “What To Say” Cheat Sheet
You’ll have a ready-to-use guide for the most common scenarios: grief, overwhelm, relationship crisis, and spiritual distress. Including the Spiritual Discernment Checklist for how to recognize when someone needs clinical help vs. spiritual care. Print it. Screenshot it. Use it.
From Module 3: Asking the Right Questions
Instead of jumping in to fix, you’ll learn how to ask questions that help people find the answers connecting with God. This single skill will transform every conversion you have.
From Module 4: Setting Boundaries Without False Guilt
You’ll learn how to care deeply while maintaining your own health. No more burnout. No more false guilt.
Choose Your Come Alongside Plan:
- Individual License: $149 (one-time) 12-month access, certificate, downloadable workbook
Small Church Pack: $997 (up to 10 users) Team assessments, 12-month access, certificates, printable guides.
Confidence + Discernment for high-stakes conversations with relief from the fear of doing harm
Real Conversations. Real Skills. Real Results.
What This Is NOT
- This is NOT counseling certification
- This is NOT therapy training
- This is NOT about fixing people
Who This Is For / Not For
For:
- Individuals, leaders, teams
- People who feel responsible but unprepared
Not for:
- Those looking to become licensed counselors
- Those unwilling to stay within role boundaries
Your friend shares something
Before: “I don’t know what to say, so I avoid her”
After: You have options of what to say. You ask the right questions. You discern if clinical, medical, or spiritual intervention is needed. She is cared for well.
Your colleague mentions suicidal thoughts
Before: You panic. You don’t know if you need to call 911 or listen or distract them.
After: You have a Biblically grounded compassionate conversation. You clarify what’s really going on. You
What’s included in Come Alongside?
The course focuses on the person offering care, the process of change for the person needing care, and the skills necessary to affect hope-filled change together. You can complete the online training at your own pace or request an in-person team training.
| What You’ll Get | Details |
|---|---|
| Training Videos |
4 Modules, 5 training videos, 4 Practice Videos, 4-hours 20-minutes total videos |
| Workbook |
Downloadable & Printable, Fill-in-the blank, Lifetime access |
| Tactical Tools |
“What to Say” cheat sheets, Prayer guides, Referral protocols, Skills and Tools, Conversation Guide, Spiritual Discernment: is it clinical, medical, or spiritual. Plus Church Packs include ministry team specific items. |
| Q&A Calls for Church Packs |
1 Free consultation call. 4 Group Calls to help you implement |
| Certificate |
Recognition of Completion Printable |
| Facebook Community *launching late 2026 | Weekly Q&A engagement |
What’s Different About Come Alongside
Developed by licensed clinical counselor with 20+ years experience
Not just theory. Proven clinical methods aligned with Biblical wisdom.
No credentials required. No licensing needed.
Emphasizes conversation-level transformation + discernment + boundaries. Practical and actionable.
Not just knowledge—conversation competency.
Spiritual Discernment to know what you’re actually dealing with.
Most care training teaches you what to say. Very few teach you how to discern:
- Is this emotional overwhelm… or something deeper?
- Is this a clinical issue… or a spiritual attack, or a stronghold?
- Is this a season of suffering… or a pattern that needs intervention?
We train people what to do in the moment that matters most—led by the Holy Spirit.
After 20+ years, I’ve seen what helps—and what unintentionally harms.
You don’t need more information. You need confidence, clarity, and the right tools to care well.
For over two decades, I’ve helped people move from overwhelmed and unsure… to discerning, equipped, and confident in how
they show up.
I spent 15 years on church staff implementing Come Alongside, v.1-3—to help everyday leaders care for real people with real problems, without fear of saying the wrong thing or getting in over their head.
At the same time, I co-founded one of South Austin’s first Christian counseling centers, integrating Spirit-led clinical excellence with Biblical truth. Later, as a Clinical Director and therapist-trainer at a mental health facility, I
expanded this work with more tools for discernment in complex situations.
Because I saw the same pattern: Clinical tools need to be Scripturally aligned. People care deeply—but feel unprepared. Afraid of doing harm, they hold back, overextend–or rely on themselves.
That’s exactly where Come Alongside comes in.
Dr. Myers has spent more than 25 years writing, ministering, and speaking nationwide on the subjects of discipleship, teenage life, and Christian parenting. We are excited to have his endorsement of Come Alongside.
“I think all of us desire to be used by God to help the hurting people around us. We just don’t know how. This material provides the practical tools to do just that. I can’t recommend this highly enough!”
– Jimmy Myers, PhD, LPC-S, CSAT, Founder and CEO of The Timothy Center, Austin, Texas
You might be saying…
Every believer is called and equipped to be a relationship-reconciler; one who brings reconciliation to those in need of hope or healing. You don’t have to be in a ministry role to offer the skills and tools you can learn through Come Alongside. Any relationship can benefit from growing and learning through the Come Alongside training. Come Alongside will teach you what to say, how to say it, and when to say it to bring hope to any conversation.
Many churches offer some basics of care ministry training but they do not include the wealth of skills, tools, and resources in the Come Alongside training. When those difficult conversations come up, you will want to know what to say, how to say it, and then what to do next to offer help that is truly healthy. Come Alongside truly empowers every believer for every conversation, everyday, everywhere.
And that’s exactly why you need the Come Alongside training! The content is broken down into 30+/- minute segments. Each segment is perfectly timed for a lunch break, or a workout on the exercise bike or treadmill, or a group learning experience. We want every believer to be equipped with the skills and tools to help any and every person in their lives.
We agree!! The online, self-paced training is only one version of Come Alongside. But even in this version you can get some of the interaction we all need to be whole, healthy people. How? Through taking everything you are learning into everyday conversations, then sharing that interaction in the private Facebook community, and posting your stories on our Instagram channel.
Also if you are ready for an interactive workshop, connect with your pastor, ministry leader, or non-profit leader to schedule an In-Person Workshop for 50+ people. In this version of the training, you get to interact and practice together.
One of the biggest fears people have is: “What if someone tells me something I can’t handle? What if they need professional help?”. Here’s the good news: Come Alongside teaches you how to recognize when someone needs professional help—and how to refer them appropriately.
You’ll learn:
- The red flags that indicate someone needs a therapist or counselor
- How to have a conversation about getting professional help
- How to stay supportive while maintaining your boundaries
- That helping someone doesn’t mean being their therapist
You’re not a therapist. You’re a caring friend with training. And that’s what people need.
No we don’t teach deliverance ministry training. This is a framework for understanding the root of a person’s struggle and how to discern the difference so that you can support them appropriately with the training you have.
You will know how to listen, respond, and discern what the Holy Spirit is saying to you. You’ll learn how to recognize when someone needs a higher level of help and how to pray with authority while maintaining your own health. You’re not learning to be a deliverance minister, you’re a caring friend with training and discernment.
Life is too precious to waste without caring well for others.
Individual License
$149
one-time
Small Church Pack
(Up to 10 Users)
Mid-Sized Church Pack
(Up to 25 Users)
Graduates receive:
- A Care Ministry Training License with Come Alongside, authorizing them to implement the Come Alongside framework either as an individual or as a church ministry.
- This license is not a state-issued counseling credential, and it does not credential the user as a counselor or
as a lay counselor, but the license is a recognition of readiness
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee. We’re confident that Come Alongside will transform how you care for others. If you’re not satisfied
within 30 days, simply show you have completed the workbook and the Quizzes for Set The Stage, Unit 1, & Unit 2, and we’ll refund your full investment.
