Trainings
Relationship-First Approach to Extreme States
In this interactive workshop, participants will gain insight into and practice an approach that centers personal connection, empathy, and mutuality when supporting people who experience extreme or unusual states and/or […]
Intentional Peer Support Virtual Overview (90 minutes)
“As peer support in mental health proliferates, we must be mindful of our intention: social change. It is not about developing more effective services, but rather about creating dialogues that […]
Pathways Vermont’s Relationship-First Practice
In this interactive workshop, participants will explore ways to tolerate and embrace discomfort in their relationships with service recipients while learning about the values of Pathways Vermont’s Relationship-First Practice: humanity, […]
A Harm Reduction Approach to Psychiatric Drugs (Vermont Only)
Training schedule: Tues 5/21 and Thurs 5/23 , 1230-430pm each day (this is a two-day workshop) As peer support workers, we are sometimes discouraged from having conversations about psych drugs […]
A Harm Reduction Approach to Psychiatric Drugs (2-day training)
As peer support workers, we are sometimes discouraged from having conversations about psych drugs and are encouraged to leave it to the medical professionals. While we cannot give medical advice […]
Intentional Peer Support Overview Training (4-hour)
“As peer support in mental health proliferates, we must be mindful of our intention: social change. It is not about developing more effective services, but rather about creating dialogues that […]
Intentional Peer Support Core (In-Person – Burlington, VT)
Intentional Peer Support is a way of thinking about and inviting transformative relationships. Practitioners learn to use relationships to see things from new angles, develop greater awareness of personal and […]
Mad Movement Histories (Vermont Only)
DATES: Tues 6/11 and Thurs 6/13, 1230pm-430pm each day (*this is a two-day event*) DESCRIPTION: Come explore mad* movement histories through themes of resistance to oppression and building alternative supports, […]
Mad Movement Histories (Vermont Only)
DATES: Tues 6/11 and Thurs 6/13, 1230pm-430pm each day (*this is a two-day event*) DESCRIPTION: Come explore mad* movement histories through themes of resistance to oppression and building alternative supports, […]
Training – Conversations About Privilege & Oppression (Sold Out)
As peer support workers, we are sometimes faced with difficult conversations around oppression and privilege. We may encounter a service recipient who expresses racist or misogynistic worldviews. A co-worker may […]