DBSA Continuing Education for Peer Specialists
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Not a Pity Party: Effective Peer Support Groups
Track
:
Online Self-Study Courses
Program Code:
040
Date:
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Time:
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
CST
SPEAKER
(S):
Ingrid Deetz, Director of Chapter Relations, DBSA
Elizabeth Siegel, Manager of Chapter Recruitment
Description
Have you ever attended a support group where everyone sat around trading stories about how terrible their lives are? Did participants end up leaving feeling worse than they did when they arrived? In this session we'll explore ways peer specialists can turn group conversation around to focus the group on hope and recovery. Specific topics will include: person-first language, comfort contracts, beginning and ending groups with recovery in mind, and more.