Peer Support Sessions
The Comrade Rosie team hosts peer support sessions on the second Tuesday of every month.
What is peer support? How is it different from conventional therapy?
Here's an excerpt from one of our recent working group meetings:We consider both external material circumstances and respective internal emotional experiences
Synthesis of individualized therapy and collective action
Collaborative art, poetry, music, writing
Questioning stories we tell ourselves, developing new narratives
In-the-moment techniques to cope & live w/ mental illness (breathing exercises, EMDR)
Deprogramming, undoing damage of dog-eat-dog mindset
Challenging societal norms and attitudes that keep us trapped in fear and shame, creating new norms
Participating in collective action w/ comrades in tow
Developing and utilizing real-life support systems (financial, social)
Learning how to reach out to your peers and ask for help
No institutions; no insurance; no cost; no barriers to entry
People helping people (neuroatypical people helping neuroatypical people); not professional, mutually beneficial
Community aspect; addressing group solutions; we are each other’s resources; forming a network
Addresses the alienation of neoliberal capitalism; healing inherent in collective acts
Supporting each other by sharing techniques and coping skills we’ve learned elsewhere; peer support and traditional therapy not mutually exclusive
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