The Peer Counseling Program at WIU is designed to provide comprehensive support and resources to students facing various challenges. We take a holistic approach to well-being and recognize the central ...

WASHINGTON (WCYB) — Senator Tim Kaine has introduced legislation which is aimed to help elevate the role of peer support specialists. Peer support specialists are mental health professionals who have ...

SOLON, Ohio -- Eight years ago, businessman Brian Bailys, who had been in recovery for substance abuse, had a major relapse and ended up hospitalized. “I crashed and burned” is how he describes it.

Mark Kalina was 23 and studying civil engineering at Ohio State University when he tried to walk around a stopped train while heading home. He slipped, got his shirt caught in the train’s mechanism ...

Addiction led Rhonda Warren and Paul Moore to years of despair, including doing time in prison. Recovery set them free – and put them on the road to helping others with their hard-won wisdom. Peer ...

Unlike professional therapists, peer counselors are non-directive, connecting students with resources rather than providing advice. More than 130 students utilized one of the groups, which are ...

Becky Hammill believes in the power of trained peers to bolster mental health recovery. She also backs healing in respite care – a sanctuary – if life gets overwhelming. Hammill now can call both ...