Certified Veteran Peer Support Service

According to SAMHSA, Peer Support is described as “offering and receiving help, based on shared understanding, respect and mutual empowerment between people in similar situations”. Peer support draws on sharing one’s own lived experience with others to guide them as they create goals and strive to reach their full potential through mentoring, advocacy, and linking to community resources. The concept of lived and living experience is the foundation of peer support. This lived and living experience creates a sense of shared trust and connection between a peer support worker and a person in or seeking recovery.

Our peer specialists are certified by the Texas Certification Board and have extensive lived experience with military related trauma.   

Peer specialists provide peer support services to help other Veterans with similar experiences. They help Veterans work on their recovery and wellness goals.

What services do peer specialists provide?

Peer specialists can:

 

  • Be role models for Veterans by sharing their own recovery stories

  • Inspire hope and show that recovery is possible

  • Work with other health care professionals on treatment teams to support Veterans’ goals

  • Help Veterans grow and improve their problem-solving skills

  • Help Veterans find strengths, resources and skills to reach their goals

  • Guide Veterans to develop self-care skills to manage health conditions

  • Inspire Veterans to successfully speak for themselves

  • Talk with Veterans about VA and community resources

  • Connect Veterans to resources when needed

  • Help Veterans see their personal potential

  • Help Veterans believe in their ability to reach wellness and personal goals