Mental Health Spotlight

Today’s Mental Health spotlight is on PeerVida. PeerVida is where the clinical expertise you get from group therapy meets the encouragement and camaraderie found in a peer group. Our peer support groups are small, topic-driven, and led by both an expert and a peer who has lived experience. In a nutshell, peer support is the process of giving and receiving encouragement and assistance to achieve long-term recovery. Peer supporters “offer emotional support, share knowledge, teach skills, provide practical assistance, and connect people with communities of support. Peer support is an evidence-based practice that helps normalize mental health experiences and foster hope for individuals working towards recovery. Thus, by providing normalization and support, individuals living with mental health symptoms and disorders report a drastic reduction in feelings of shame and internal stigma.

PeerVida is different. We aren’t rigidly structured like you get with traditional group therapy, and we’re also not the completely unstructured ‘free-for-all’ you get with traditional peer groups. PeerVida offers a unique approach to mental health, taking support groups to a whole new level with clinically-trained facilitators who also have lived experience. We bridge the gap between the clinical world and the peer world so that you get the best of BOTH…expert facilitators who are also peers!

Interested in signing up for a group;

Meeting day and time: Online Groups Multiple times a week

Open To: Individuals (teens age 13–17 and adults 18+) who have OCD, PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, etc

Fee: $35.00

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To learn more about PeerVida and what they offer contact Melissa @ melissa@peervida.com