Articles
Insights on Peer Support Practices
Explore a wealth of knowledge and insights in our Articles section, where we delve into the core practices and transformative concepts of peer support. Whether you're a practitioner, a student or simply curious about the power of peer support, our resources are designed to inform and inspire action towards a more empathetic and inclusive society.
Peer Respite Handbook:
A Guide to Understanding, Supporting and Building Peer Respites
Understanding peer respite is the first key to ensuring that they are developed with integrity, well supported in the community, and accessible to all those who might want to use them. This book provides a comprehensive review of peer respite.
The entire text of this thoughtful handbook is now available to download for free.
An Alternative Approach – First Chapter
You're about to embark on a new and exciting path. This workbook will help you discover many things, but the main goal will be to provide you with a very different way of thinking about “help.“
The first chapter of this innovative workbook is now available for free, or you can & purchase the complete book.
Co-Reflection Guide
Co-Reflection is a vital practice where people come together to reflect upon the IPS tasks and principles in their relationships.
Taken from Intentional Peer Support: An Alternative Approach, the Co-Reflection Guide is now available for free.
Articles by Shery Mead
IPS: A Personal Retrospective (Languages: English, Español, Nederlands, Hrvatski, Norsk)
Defining Peer Support
(Languages: English, Nederlands)
Crisis and Connection
(Languages: English, עִבְרִית)
Peer Support: What Makes It Unique
(Language: English)
Shared Risk: Redefining Safety
(Language: English)
Sustaining Intentional Peer Support in Crisis Alternatives
(Language: English)
Peer Support as a Socio-Political Response to Trauma & Abuse
(Language: English)
Talking in Ways that Can Be Heard
(Language: English)
Intentional Peer Support as Social Change
(Language: English)
Rights, Research, and Liberation
(Language: English)
Crisis as an Opportunity for Growth and Change
(Languages: English, Nederlands)
Peer Support: A Systemic Approach
(Language: English)
Peer Support: A Theoretical Perspective
(Language: English)
Discovering the Fidelity Standards of Peer Support in an Ethnographic Evaluation
(Language: English)
What Recovery Means To Us
(Language: English)
Join the Movement
Are you ready to be part of a global community that values growth, mutual support, and transformative change?
Explore the world of IPS and learn how you can help reshape mental health support, one relationship at a time.