PEERS:
WHO IS A PEER / PEER COUNSELOR / PEER TESTIMONIALS
| Who is a Peer? |
| Anyone who has experienced a mental, emotional challenge and/or spiritual emergency that has disrupted some area of their life. |
| What is a “Peer Counselor? |
Peer Counselors are people who have had similar life experiences on a mental, emotional, and/or spiritual level. Through this connection, understanding and compassion is both felt and shared. Peers support one another to attain self-empowerment.
SPIRIT Center provides training for anyone interested in becoming a Peer Counselor, Group Facilitator, or other volunteer position. See Classes or Volunteer for more information. |
| WHAT PEERS SAY ABOUT SPIRIT! |
| “Empowerment for me has meant going beyond what my physical body was telling me. My body felt too depressed and heavy to move. My mind was telling me I can’t. Despite all my fears, empowerment has meant to me, that I can! I started moving into a world of “I Can” one step at a time, loosening and breaking the chains that have kept me mentally and emotionally bound.” - Dwight “Digger” Daniels |
| “I felt lost without “purpose” when I came to Grass Valley. I had come a long way in my therapy. I was able to make changes in my social skills. I had stopped living from crisis to crisis, with less need for hospitalization. I had no way to put my life into purpose, I felt empty. My more healthy psychology needed to be shared. Then along came SPIRIT! I found myself loved. I found myself loving. I started cooking on Saturdays and people liked it and they got into cooking too. Now, I am co-facilitating a group as well! Wow! I have purpose! Thank God for SPIRIT Empowerment Center! THANKS TO YOU ALL!”-Adama Wise |
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