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What is Peer Support? “Peer support is a system of giving and receiving help founded on key principles of respect, shared responsibility, and mutual agreement of what is helpful. Peer support is not based on psychiatric models and diagnostic criteria. It is about understanding another’s situation empathically through the shared experience of emotional and psychological pain.” ~Mead, Hilton, & Curtis (2001) Peer support is a supportive relationship grounded in the principles of mutuality, empathy

Chapters

• Core Values of Peer Support
• Trauma-Informed Approach
• References
• A Paradigm Shift
• Practices that will Support Your Learning
• Empathy
• Dealing with Uncertainty
• References
• Life Application Story
• Connection and Over-Relating
• We All Judge
• Categories and Containers
• Implicit Bias
• Confirmation Bias
• Perception
• Everyone Has a Story
• Life Application Story
• Self-Determination Theory
• Ecology of Self-Determination
• You are the Expert on You
• Components of Culture
• When Identifying With a Culture Doesn’t fit Anymore
• Worldview and Culture
• Examples of Societal Culture
• Popular Culture, Subcultures & Counterculture
• Cultural Appropriation
• Newcomers to British Columbia
• References
• Fundamental Principles Within Peer Support
• Clarity on Boundaries
• Role Clarification and Boundaries
• Communicating Our Boundaries
• References
• SAMHSA’s Definition of Trauma-Informed Care
• SAMHSA’s Six Principles of Trauma-Informed Care
• Vicarious Trauma, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Retraumatization
• Examples of Systemic Trauma
• Trauma and Its Impact on Health
• The Vagus Nerve
• What Does it Mean to be Trauma-Informed?
• When I have been listened to and when I have been heard, I am able to re-percei
• References
• Intentional Communication
• Intent
• Self-Disclosure – Sharing About Yourself
• Compassionate Curiosity – Asking Good Questions
• Safety in Communication
• Deep Listening Self-Assessment
• Working Through Conflict
• Empathy and Compassion
• Obstacles to Communication
• References
• Supporting Someone in Crisis
• Resilience & Recovery
• When Someone you Support is in an Acute Psychiatric Crisis
• Understanding Psychosis
• Self-Harm
• Supporting Yourself
• Collective Grief
• We Can’t Fix it: Supporting Someone Who is Grieving
• Using Substances
• Harm Reduction
• References
• Life Application Story
• Equity vs. Equality
• Poverty, Homelessness & Food Insecurity
• Inequities in Mental Health
• Systemic Racism
• Three Types of Stigma: Public, Internalized, and Stigma-by-Association
• Social Justice, Advocacy & Moving Forward with Hope
• Life Application Story
• Wellness for Yourself as an Individual
• Self-Compassion – An Overview
• Stress and Overwhelm
• Routines and Daily Practices
• References
• What is Leadership?
• Power and Leadership
• The Core Values
• The Facilitation Process
• Adult Learning Principles
• References

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