Intentional Peer Support (IPS)
A Shery Mead Developed Training
Check out her website for more information on this training at www.mentalhealthpeers.com or click here
What is Intentional peer support?
Intentional peer support (IPS) is a way of thinking about purposeful relationships. It is a process where both people (or a group of people) use the relationship to look at things from new angles, develop greater awareness of personal and relational patterns, and to support and challenge each other as we try new things.
" IPS is different from traditional service relationships because :
" it doesn't start with the assumption of "a problem." Instead people are taught to listen for how and why each of us has learned to make sense of our experiences, and then use the relationship to create new ways of seeing, thinking, and doing.
" IPS promotes a 'trauma-informed' way of relating- instead of asking 'what's wrong' we ask 'what happened'?
" IPS looks beyond the notion of individuals needing to change and examines our lives in the context of our relationships and communities.
" Peer Support relationships are viewed as partnerships that enable both parties to learn and grow- rather than as one person needing to 'help' another.
" Instead of a focus on what we need to stop or avoid doing, we are encouraged to move towards what and where we want to be.
At the end of the day, it is really about building stronger, healthy communities.
What does the training cover?
Some areas covered:
Learning vs. helping
Thinking beyond the individual to the relational
The four tasks: (and what is unique about peer support)
1. Connection and disconnection
2. Worldview
3. Mutuality
4. Moving towards
The power of language
Listening Differently
Mutual responsibility
Shared risk
The impact of trauma
Relationship patterns
Moving forwards in relationships
Boundaries and limits
Issues of power and privilege
Conflict dynamics and resolution
Challenging situations and conversations- e.g.
* Suicide
* Self-harm
* When someone's reality is different from our own
Co-supervision
Values
Competencies
To register for the next Intentional Peer Support Training in San Antonio, TX please click here
For a Scholarship Application for the December 2010 San Antonio Training, please click here
Please return the form to:
PRO International
4218 Eisenhauer Road
San Antonio, TX 78218
or fax it to 210-653-7372. Thank you.