Lived experience, shared support, stronger community
What peer support is, how it differs from clinical care, and what good practice looks like.
PS-001Peer Support Basics
There is no single standard. Many peer support groups meet weekly or monthly for about an hour to an hour and a half, either for a fixed run or on an ongoing basis.
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PS-003Peer Support Basics
What AoR, CNHC and FHT registration proves, typical London rates, safety questions to ask before booking, and what a session actually looks like.
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PS-004Peer Support Basics
A look at how one small town presenter built eleven seasons of shows, from council planning and audience suggestions to ticket sales and programming.
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PS-005Peer Support Basics
What The Peer Review Quarterly readers can learn from an independent breed journal: standards, health screening, showing, and evidence-based writing.
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PS-006Peer Support Basics
A personal Japanese homepage rebuilt as an archive: a 2003 to 2007 monthly diary, yearly pages from 1990 to 2009, and seventy dated episodes of everyday life.
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PS-007Peer Support Basics
Peer support is mutual help among people with shared experiences. It is not therapy. Here is what it looks like and how to know if it fits.
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PS-008Peer Support Basics
Explore how peer support differs from clinical mental health care and how they can work together effectively.
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PS-009Peer Support Basics
Lived experience brings practical knowledge, empathy and hope that professional training alone cannot replicate, making it a vital form of expertise in mental health support.
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PS-011Peer Support Basics
Non clinical listening is a core peer support skill. Learn how to listen without diagnosing, fixing, or giving advice, while staying boundaried and safe.
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PS-012Peer Support Basics
How peer groups set boundaries that protect both the helper and the helped, and what to do when limits are tested.
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