Peer Support
Emotional CPR Webinar – Assisting Others Through Emotional Distress
An introduction to Emotional CPR, a public health education program that provides people with the skills to assist others through emotional distress or crisis. Click here to listen to or download an audio file of the
Free Slides from Self-Determination Summit Available
Learn more about self-determination in a time of economic uncertainty, with an emphasis on person-directed recovery, peer-run services, economic security, and transparency and accountability in behavioral health care. Featuring presentations from Debbie Whittle, NEC TAC
Engaging Women in Trauma-Informed Peer Support: A Guidebook
This guide was created by the National Center on Trauma-Informed Care as a technical assistance document to help make trauma-informed peer support available to women who receive or have received services in behavioral health or
From the Ground Up: How to Build your own Recovery Center
This guide on how to build a peer-to-peer recovery center was developed by the addictions community but can apply to peer-to-peer mental health communities as well. The guide includes a letter to the mental health
Hearing Voices
NEC's Oryx Cohen was featured along with the Western Massachusetts Recovery Learning Community's Marty Hadge in a SAMHSA sponsored webinar on Hearing Voices on World Mental Health Day (10/12/14). Click here to access the recorded
Peer Support Resources Website
This website was created as a way to share resources with those interested in understanding, implementing or working in peer-to-peer support roles (particularly those that exist within mental health services and/or that are intended for