Peer Support

At Another Way Community Center, our culture is steeped in the principles of Intentional Peer Support, and we practice moving toward building mutually accountable relationships and away from the service provider / consumer dynamic, and “being with” and supporting one another without the obligation to “fix” what is “broken”. We strive to listen for the untold story and will ask “What happened?” rather than the presumptive “What’s wrong?”. Staff are “peers” with “lived experiences” that are here to share and listen. Our community center is truly Another Way of supporting each others’ journey to live well and overcome struggles.

Another Way's staff is made up of folks that identify as psychiatric survivors, folks that have personal experiences with mental health labels and people in recovery (what that means to each one is different). 

Each one has had some experience with living on benefits, housing insecurity or being homeless. Each one brings their own personal knowledge of the systems and lived experience with disabilities. When meeting a staff person from Another Way, not only are you meeting a staff person, but a peer who can relate to the same emotions and experiences that you may be experiencing.