Who Can Benefit from Peer Support?
Our online peer support group is to help anyone who is seeking emotional and social support to
cope with various issues. It will benefit people, facing several psychological or emotional
problems, by talking about their, struggles, challenges and experiences. Peers Gather and
facilitate healing together.
Online Peer Support's benefits vary widely for people seeking care, mentors and for the broader
mental health system. One of Peer Support's main advantages is the greater implicit empathy and
appreciation peer members are seen as having for the people they support. Peer support benefits
peers in enhancing self-esteem, confidence and induces optimistic thoughts that they are doing
well. Peer support group members experience a rise in their own ability to deal with mental
health issues.
The "success" of a peer support group does not depend on its members sticking around for the
long run. No, a successful peer group continues to function effectively even if members come
and leave and the group's dynamics and chemistry alter.
When members of a peer support group lead by example in being open, sympathetic, and
compassionate with one another, the group becomes truly effective and successful. And the
success of group participants in developing these skills depends on a strong, assured facilitator.
A competent peer support specialist or peer counsellor is more than just a timekeeper or
peacekeeper. Like a good parent, a skilled peer support specialist builds participants' individual
skills and instills confidence and assertiveness so they can outgrow the need for a peer support.
The ultimate objective is to help them integrate their new abilities and confidence into the larger
community.