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Support Services
Peer support occurs when people provide knowledge, experience, emotional, social or practical help to each other. It commonly refers to an initiative consisting of trained supporters, and can take a number of forms such as mentors, listening, or counseling.
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What are peer support groups?
Peer supporters link people together. People with a common illness are able to share knowledge, experiences and encouragement.
Peer support is frequent, ongoing, accessible and flexible. Peer support can take many forms – emails, phone calls, community blogs, group meetings and doing activities together. It complements and enhances other health care services by creating the emotional, social and practical assistance necessary for managing your challenges and staying healthy.
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What is a Senior Navigator?
Visit SeniorNavigator to find programs, services and information helpful to seniors, caregivers, baby boomers and their families. A program of the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services(DARS). The Virginia Lifespan Respite Voucher Program seeks to meet the respite needs of caregivers of children and adults of all ages with special needs. Click here for more ... |
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What is WRAP?
WRAP® stands for Wellness Recovery Action Plan™
WRAP is a structured system to monitor uncomfortable and distressing symptoms that can help you reduce, modify or eliminate those symptoms by using planned responses. This includes plans for how you want others to respond when symptoms have made it impossible for you to continue to make decisions, take care of yourself or keep yourself safe.
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What is Duel Recovery?
Our program helps people grow and recover from both their chemical dependency and their emotional or psychiatric illness by focusing on relapse prevention and actively improving the quality of their lives. It's a gathering of mutual support, we learn to avoid the risks that lead back to alcohol and drug use as well as reducing the symptoms of our emotional or psychiatric illness.
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Our primary purpose is to help one another achieve dual recovery, to prevent relapse, and to carry the message of recovery to others who experience dual disorders. | |
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