peer support

Lived experience makes peer support professionals uniquely valuable in mental health care, complementing clinical practice rather than replacing it.

Peer support must reject medicalised language to protect its values, preserve mutuality, and remain distinct from clinical and institutional systems.

Changing medical language in peer support can strengthen respect dignity and the original purpose of the movement.

Resilience and curiosity empower people with mental health issues to move beyond survival and build lives where they thrive.

Peer supervision enhances professional growth by fostering collaboration, reflection, trust, and continuous learning across various fields.

City Voices empowers people with mental health issues through writing and social connection, helping them regain confidence and lasting well-being.

High registration fees for professional events often exclude low-income peer workers, undermining the inclusivity that peer support stands for.

Culturally intelligent peer support keeps students connected during study breaks, fostering belonging and easing their return to university.

The new book from Master Coach Clare Norman will be published on 17th October.

Peer support seems to have risen to stardom in the mental health care field and is finally receiving the recognition it deserves.

Alcohol recovery is a challenging journey that requires more than just personal determination.

In the final year of World War II, Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist, took unprecedented risks to save the lives of Jews during the Holocaust.

UK-based scaleup TalkLife has secured a capital investment from TELUS Ventures.

People with severe mental illness could benefit from peer support to help them manage their medication and improve their health and quality of life.

About 1 in 10 prescription drugs, mainly brand-name and expensive drugs and those for rare diseases, has a manufacturer-sponsored patient support programme.