About Peer Support Space
Peer Support Space was founded as a peer-led organization, that exists outside of the current system, where we use our lived experience to support and hold space for one another as we navigate our unique journeys with life struggles, mental illness and/or substance misuse challenges, grief, or other obstacles to mental wellness. We use, and help others use, the power of lived experience to support, educate, and guide one another while providing additional, free options for mental wellness.
Our mission is to build, and be a local hub for, peer-led recovery communities.
100 % Peer-Led
Peer Support Space is 100% led for and by those with lived experience and their loved ones. All of our services and initiatives are led for and by those the services are intended for. Every community is unique and nobody can understand needs and nuances like members from the community itself. Due to this, we don’t just focus on training people with lived emotional health experiences, we focus on uplifting individuals and host services created and led by and for the communities they serve.
Who We Serve
We acknowledge that the current emotional health system continues to repeatedly fail specific communities disproportionately. We focus on catching individuals that fall through the cracks of our emotional health system. We help those (18+) navigating mental illness and/or substance misuse challenges, grief, or other obstacles to wellness. This is done while focusing on communities that show statistically higher rates of emotional health challenges and/or lack of access to mental wellness options. At Peer Support Space, we have a deep focus on filling gaps for services that just don't exist. We consistently do community needs assessments to identify who lacking access to emotional health services so we can support those communities in creating their own peer-led recovery resources.
Core Values
Hope: Reminding folks that they are not alone in their struggles.
Innovation: Using evidence-based research while still pushing limits to be creative in building new ways to educate and achieve mental wellness
Leading with Love: Intentionally practicing radical kindness and compassion in leadership and in our interactions with others.
Mutuality: Striving for collaborative, empathetic relationships where everyone matters.
Self-determination: We honor that every individual is their own expert and has the right to make their own choices and control their healing including how they explain, understand or address their lived experience, emotional health and identities.
It’s okay to not be okay, but what does that mean, really?
At Peer Support Space we understand that navigating obstacles to mental wellness, or just honestly being a human being, can bring up big feelings. We honor those feelings and seek to cultivate spaces where mutuality and respect combine so that healing can happen. Sometimes, the most powerful thing is to be in space with others and be met with empathy. Reaching out for help can be scary, if we can answer any of your questions or do anything to help you feel comfortable, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us by emailing Dandelion@PeerSupportSpace.org
All of our services are no-cost to utilize.
Affordability is only a part of being able to access support. If you have any needs that we can support please email Dandelion@PeerSupportSpace.org