Peer support allows you to connect with someone who shares your lived experiences in a professional, judgment-free environment.

While peer support is most often associated with common experiences around mental illness and addiction, it’s a valuable tool for anyone who needs a listening ear as they navigate their relationships, their career, and their overall well-being.

A peer support worker is someone who has been through what you’ve been through. When you work with a peer support worker, you connect with an accredited professional who is trained to facilitate meaningful conversations that help you develop the skills to build resilience in the face of life’s challenges. A peer support worker can provide emotional, social, and practical support—or a combination of all three.

It’s important to note that peer support workers are not case managers, clinicians, or therapists. They walk beside another person on their recovery journey, they don’t direct that journey. Their role is to widen an individual’s network of care to cultivate a greater sense of belonging and deeper confidence. Peer support workers offer an authentic and genuinely supportive mentorship relationship to the people they support.