Transcript Prater - CCO Oregon
Community Counseling Solutions Inc.
David Romprey Oregon Warmline and Intentional Peer Support (IPS) by Shery Mead
Angel Prater 503-319-6671 [email protected]
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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.
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Intentional Peer Support asks: What are we here to do?
Not What are we here to stop?
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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.) 4
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.
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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
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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!
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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.
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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) 9
The 4 Tasks 1. Connection 2. Worldview 3. Mutuality 4. Moving Toward
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Overview of IPS training
Module 1 ◦ Learning vs. helping ◦ The 4 tasks overview Module 2 ◦ Worldview ◦ Listening differently Module 3 ◦ Trauma informed peer support ◦ Mutual responsibility 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 11
Connection
• Authenticity • Paying Attention • Honesty • Trust 12
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 13
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 14
Told Story: Icing What is said/seen= Truth
WORLDVIEW
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WORLDVIEW
Untold Story: Cake Ingredients Contributors =Truth • Ethnicity • Birth-order • Religion • Culture etc.
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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 17
Doing Mutual Responsibility You The relationship Shared Responsibility Me 18
Moving Towards
When we’re moving away from we’re focusing on problems When we’re moving towards, we’re creating what we want 19
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). 20
IPS People all over Oregon using IPS!!
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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… 22
Uses of IPS outside of Oregon
IPS is used in at least China , New Zealand , 20 + US states and is a leading National and International recognized training. It has been trained in 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.
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Questions
Angel Prater 503-319-6671 www.communitycounselingsolutions.org
www.letsbridgetogether.org [email protected]
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