Peer support can help people with mental health challenges. Here's how it works

Mental health peer support

Meet Our Peer Support Team Leaders 💙 Behind every call, every shift, and every hard moment—there’s a human who needs to be heard. At @afterwatchfoundation , our dedicated Peer Support Team Leaders stand ready to support first responders and their families with compassion, experience, and understanding. Our Peer Support Leaders: • Veronica Leroux – Law Enforcement • Patrick Kreuzer – Law Enforcement • Bill Mitchell – Law Enforcement • Burke Roberts – Law Enforcement • Josh Grandinetti – Firefigh

Law Enforcement | Bureau of Justice Assistance

why peer support. why harm reduction. why now? clinical models alone can’t keep up with the grief, burnout, violence, and isolation people are living with. therapists and psychiatrists should not be treated as the only legitimate form of care… especially given the harm, abuse, and misaligned support reported by people who have been historically disenfranchised. we NEED peer support, and everyone involved benefits when peer support are grounded in harm reduction principles. peer support is a radi

Peer Support for First Responders – Lexipol

The Benefits of Peer Support for Mental Illness and Self-Stigma