1. Community Counseling Solutions Inc
Community Counseling Solutions Inc. David Romprey Oregon Warmline and Intentional Peer Support (IPS) by Shery Mead
Angel Prater

2. Is all Peer Support the same?
There are many different kinds of peer support and ways to practice peer support.
Different ways of “doing” peer support bring about different outcomes.

3. Intentional Peer Support asks:
What are we here to do? Not What are we here to stop?

4. What Is Intentional Peer Support?
IPS is a purposeful way of being in relationship.
It requires deep self-reflection (What’s my agenda? What’s my assumption/bias?)
Curiosity and openness (How do you understand things? Honor other’s beliefs.)
Expectation of learning from each other (We both have much to learn, rather than I’m here to help you.)

5. Intentional Peer Support is also…
Purposefully focusing on Communication and Relationship.
Support and Help go both ways in a mutual reciprocal relationship.
Both individuals learn and grow.
Each person is the ‘expert’ about themselves and together, in an IPS relationship, a new ‘story’ is created.

6. Traditional Crisis Response
Crisis Stabilization = Moving Away from what you don’t want
Crisis Respite = Resting
Keeping people safe = Coercion
Skills to cope = Dealing with & maintaining status quo.
Problem Solving = Directing and advising

7. How can we change what we’re currently doing?
Change our Fear Based conversations to conversations that are Hope Based Fear Based = Moving Away from what we don’t want. Hope Based = Moving Toward what we do want!

8. Fear-Based Response vs.. Hope- Based Response
When we’re afraid we want to contain or control the situation. We want things to feel comfortable.
When we respond out of fear we take power.
Fear is sometimes generated by outside forces and stories (such as by our community).
A hope-based response means that you and the other person see an opportunity to learn and grow.
A hope-based response is contingent on both people’s needs

9. Learning Vs Help
Assuming we are there to help assumes there is a problem (disconnect)
Sometimes we “help” based on our own experience with help (worldview)
Co-learning does not assume that either one is there to teach (mutuality)
An emphasis on learning assumes growth (moving towards)

10. The 4 Tasks
1. Connection 2. Worldview 3. Mutuality 4. Moving Toward

11. Overview of IPS training
Module 4
Working in challenging situations
Self care
Module 5
Co-supervision
Final projects
Module 6 (Oregon)
Consumer/survivor/ex-patient Movement
Charting Progress Notes
Confidentiality & HIPAA
Reporting Abuse & Neglect
Module 1
Learning vs. helping
The 4 tasks overview
Module 2
Worldview
Listening differently
Module 3
Trauma informed peer support
Mutual responsibility

12. Connection
Authenticity
Paying Attention
Honesty
Trust

13. Connection
A sense of belonging
We’re in it together
Builds trust which leads to learning for both people
Moves the focus away from the individual and into the relationship

14. 13 Disconnects Ordering, directing Cautioning
Wanting to make a difference
Arguing or lecturing
Telling people what they should do; moralizing
Being unaware of your power
Agreeing, approving, praising
Over relating
Interpreting or analyzing
Reassuring or sympathizing
Questioning or probing
Withdrawing, joking or changing the subject
Steering the conversation, or pushing your own agenda

15. WORLDVIEW
Told Story: Icing
What is said/seen= Truth

16. WORLDVIEW Untold Story: Cake Ingredients Contributors =Truth Ethnicity
Birth-order
Religion
Culture etc.

17. Mutuality: Re-defining help
Learning and growing together
Moving away from a “service” type relationship
It is only working if it is working for both of us

18. Doing Mutual Responsibility
The relationship
Shared Responsibility Me
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19. Moving Towards When we’re moving away from we’re focusing on problems
When we’re moving towards, we’re creating what we want

20. Who is using IPS?
Oregon-IPS is unique to other trainings in Oregon and has been trained in at least 28 Oregon counties for various positions. Many have adapted IPS as their leading training for Peers as well as many traditional service staff.
For instance Clackamas County has trained many of their community members and clinical staff because it is known as a useful tool of communication in various areas of ones life (personal and professional).

21. People all over Oregon using IPS!!
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22. Who is using IPS? (Cont)
To name a few of the areas IPS is used in PDS are:
All employees of the David Romprey Oregon Warmline
Deschutes County- Hospital emergency rooms, peers centers and Warmline
GOBHI region in various areas of PDS including but not limited to Warmline
Telecare Corporation all crisis program staff
Drop in centers
WVP Health Authority Clinical staff and Peer Providers
All IRON TRIBE members
Portland State University Students
NAMI members
Crisis respite centers
Youth programs (youngest trained thus far in Oregon is 13 years old)
Senior programs
Veterans Programs
Faith based community programs
Homeless and low income programs
Addictions treatment programs
Correctional programs
And more…

23. Uses of IPS outside of Oregon
IPS is used in at least 20 + US states and is a leading National and International recognized training. It has been trained in China, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Japan to name a few.
It has been used to help the United Nations communicate and move towards what they want. This is a perfect demonstration of how universal it is.

24. Questions
Angel Prater