Peers - ANSWER The individuals we serve
Peer Support Specialist - ANSWER A person with a mental illness diagnosis
who is a mental health service provider. He or she has been trained and can use
his recovery experience to help his peers recover.
Recovery - ANSWER a process of change through which individuals increase
their health and well-being, live a directed life, and work to realize their full
potential
How do you help a peer achieve wellness? - ANSWER The CPSS need to
know themselves first, their own identity, values, experiences, goals and dreams
Values - ANSWER The things that you believe are important to the way you
live and work
what are values for? - ANSWER To help you get a good foundation for
sustainable change
What is the most important thing about peer support work? - ANSWER
Making sure you are taking care of yourself
What alone can be a change spur? - ANSWER Self-monitoring
Downsides of self monitoring - ANSWER Preventing from keeping on
reporting or acknowledging failures
self-monitoring - ANSWER Watching out for your own feelings, thoughts, and
actions
, Mindful Recovery Model - ANSWER one of the many self-help techniques
that encourages the practice of mindfulness and the acceptance of our emotions
Personal Wellness - ANSWER A balance between your physical, emotional,
social, academic, environmental and spiritual lives
Countertransference and transference - ANSWER These triggers can lead to a
decline in service provision and result in poor performance and relapse
What does it look like when personal wellness is ignored? - ANSWER The
CPSS suffers, the peer suffers, the agency that is represented by the CPSS
suffers
How to maintain personal wellness - ANSWER Make sure to create an open,
trusting relationship with your agency's supervisors so that you can locate a
venue for releasing feelings of being overwhelmed, stressed or burned out
Good communication - ANSWER the secret of success in peer support work
How do you assert yourself? - ANSWER Be patient, State your position, If you
believe you are worth it, so will they, Get to know your colleagues
Person First Language - ANSWER One of the ways to combat the stereotype
and stigma often associated with mental illness and substance abuse disorders
Trauma - ANSWER Extreme stress caused by surprising or unexpected
situations or events or circumstances beyond the capacity of one's coping
systems
Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD - ANSWER A trauma- and stressor-
related disorder occurring as a consequence of direct or indirect exposure to
actual or threatened death, violence, or severe injury.
Peer Support Specialist - ANSWER A person with a mental illness diagnosis
who is a mental health service provider. He or she has been trained and can use
his recovery experience to help his peers recover.
Recovery - ANSWER a process of change through which individuals increase
their health and well-being, live a directed life, and work to realize their full
potential
How do you help a peer achieve wellness? - ANSWER The CPSS need to
know themselves first, their own identity, values, experiences, goals and dreams
Values - ANSWER The things that you believe are important to the way you
live and work
what are values for? - ANSWER To help you get a good foundation for
sustainable change
What is the most important thing about peer support work? - ANSWER
Making sure you are taking care of yourself
What alone can be a change spur? - ANSWER Self-monitoring
Downsides of self monitoring - ANSWER Preventing from keeping on
reporting or acknowledging failures
self-monitoring - ANSWER Watching out for your own feelings, thoughts, and
actions
, Mindful Recovery Model - ANSWER one of the many self-help techniques
that encourages the practice of mindfulness and the acceptance of our emotions
Personal Wellness - ANSWER A balance between your physical, emotional,
social, academic, environmental and spiritual lives
Countertransference and transference - ANSWER These triggers can lead to a
decline in service provision and result in poor performance and relapse
What does it look like when personal wellness is ignored? - ANSWER The
CPSS suffers, the peer suffers, the agency that is represented by the CPSS
suffers
How to maintain personal wellness - ANSWER Make sure to create an open,
trusting relationship with your agency's supervisors so that you can locate a
venue for releasing feelings of being overwhelmed, stressed or burned out
Good communication - ANSWER the secret of success in peer support work
How do you assert yourself? - ANSWER Be patient, State your position, If you
believe you are worth it, so will they, Get to know your colleagues
Person First Language - ANSWER One of the ways to combat the stereotype
and stigma often associated with mental illness and substance abuse disorders
Trauma - ANSWER Extreme stress caused by surprising or unexpected
situations or events or circumstances beyond the capacity of one's coping
systems
Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD - ANSWER A trauma- and stressor-
related disorder occurring as a consequence of direct or indirect exposure to
actual or threatened death, violence, or severe injury.
