Intentional Peer Support 10- 65+

……..is a way of thinking about purposeful relationships. It is a process where both people (or a group of people) use the relationship to look at things from new angles, develop greater awareness of personal and relational patterns, and to support and challenge each other as we try new things.

• IPS is different from traditional service relationships because it doesn’t start with the assumption of “a problem.” Instead people are taught to listen for how and why each of us has learned to make sense of our experiences, and then use the relationship to create new ways of seeing, thinking, and doing.
  
  
• IPS promotes a ‘trauma-informed’ way of relating- instead of asking ‘what’s wrong’ we ask ‘what happened’?
  
  
• IPS looks beyond the notion of individuals needing to change and examines our lives in the context of our relationships and communities.
  
  
• Peer Support relationships are viewed as partnerships that enable both parties to learn and grow- rather than as one person needing to ‘help’ another.
  
  
• Instead of a focus on what we need to stop or avoid doing, we are encouraged to move towards what and where we want to be.
  
   
  
  At the end of the day, it’s really about building stronger, healthy communities
  
  

One on one appointments with a peer

call us and book an appointment with one of our trained peer support kaimahi/staff.

Call us to make an appointment

you will need to fill in a self referral form so we are able to best cater for your individual needs.

FREE for clients in the MidCentral region who identify with having a mental health or addiction issue.

Your information is confidential

At Mana o te Tanagata Trust we pride ourself in working with you to reach your full potential.

Connection - worldview - mutuality - moving towards