Peer Support Services
Guided by lived experience — Certified Peer Specialists with personal recovery journeys providing guidance, encouragement, and practical support to others navigating mental health or substance use challenges.
Support from someone who truly understands
Certified Peer Specialists draw on their own lived experience with mental health or substance use recovery to provide unique guidance and mutual support. Through shared understanding, respect, and a non-judgmental approach, peer support enhances traditional therapeutic interventions and fosters deeper connection and empowerment.
- Certified Recovery Support Specialist (substance use)
- Youth Peer Support (for young people with lived experience)
- Parent Peer Support (for parents of children with behavioral challenges)
- Adult Mental Illness Peer Support
How peer support helps
Shared Understanding
Connecting with someone who has walked a similar path provides hope, reduces shame, and builds trust.
Recovery Coaching
Practical guidance on navigating treatment systems, accessing resources, and building a recovery-focused life.
Self-Advocacy
Developing the skills and confidence to advocate for your own needs within service systems.
Natural Support Development
Building healthy social networks and community connections that sustain long-term recovery.
Safety Planning
Working alongside Psychiatric Urgent Care staff on safety planning and access to community recovery supports.
Psychoeducation Support
Helping individuals and families understand diagnosis, treatment, and how to support recovery.
Peer support for adults, youth, and families
Peer Support Services are available to adults, youth, and parents/caregivers involved in mental health or substance use services. Parent Peer Specialists have personally parented a child with emotional or behavioral challenges. Youth Peer Specialists have lived experience as young people. All Certified Peer Specialists complete state-approved training and are supervised by a Rehabilitative Services Professional.
