Psychological Services for Peer Supporters
You are the go-to person in your family and at work. Maybe you took the peer support training to figure out what was going on inside of you. Maybe you were VolunTold to be on the peer support team and now feel in over your head.
I specialize in helping peer support team members overcome the embarrassment of being on the peer support team while also needing a garage to park their own traumatic events. Together we can put your past in the past so you can continue to help your colleagues who need you.
You trust the clinician and chaplain on your peer support team but want someone outside that system to share your personal baggage with. If you feel disloyal by calling another clinician, please know that I see the other half of that equation. I was the psychologist on a peer support team for 14 years. If someone on my team needed therapy, I recommended another clinician. It isn’t about loyalty or trust – it is about my objectivity and your privacy.
You have years of experience at your department. Have you buried a colleague who waited too long to get help? Now that you are on the peer support team, you feel like an imposter because you have similar reactions and thoughts after a critical incident or a relationship ends. Do you feel hesitant to call a psychologist because you think it means you can’t handle being on the team? I’m here to say it isn’t an either-or choice! You can be on the team and be in therapy. Or you could take 8 weeks off the team while we meet and then return to the team with a more realistic perspective. You have options!
I specialize in therapy for peer support team members who are struggling with the same job stressors as their colleagues and want to stop faking it and feel genuine again.