PEER Support Services

Peer Support is non-clinical, meaning that peer supporters do not provide therapy, make diagnoses, administer medication, or conduct clinical assessments. Instead, peer supporters engage in support that is: 

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• Recovery-oriented (meaning that peer support focuses on what people want and need to achieve a meaningful life, harnessing people’s strengths and recognizing there are multiple pathways of recovery);

• Person-centered (meaning that peer support is driven by goals, needs, and hopes of the person receiving services, not by the peer supporter or anyone else);

• Voluntary (meaning that peer support services are always contingent upon the choice of the person receiving services);

• Relationship-focused (meaning that peer support is a relationship that prioritizes trust, empathy, respect, collaboration, and mutuality above all else); and

• Trauma-informed (meaning that peer support focuses on people’s strengths and promotes a relationship built on safety and empowerment, as defined by the person receiving support).