Finding the Perfect Fit with Peer Support: Navigating Employment with Mental Illness

• By: Jonathan Landau, MA Kristopher Migliore, LMSW ACMH
• January 22nd, 2024
• employment, job search, mental illness, peer specialist, peer support, recovery, social identity, social inclusion, stigma, substance use disorder, Winter 2024 Issue
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Searching for the right job, or even any job, can be stressful for weeks, months, or even years. The challenges may not even stop after obtaining gainful employment. They can bleed into maintaining that job, which then shields us from engaging in the stressful job search process. These challenges...

Crisis Respite: An Effective Intervention in the Continuum of Recovery

• By: Kearyann Austin, MS, LMHC Garden House Respite Amy Winarsky ACMH
• October 1st, 2017
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Think about your work with a client with a psychiatric diagnosis in emotional crisis. Did your client get what they needed at an emergency room? Or, after hours of waiting, were they told they were well enough to deal with it at home, perhaps by themselves? A peer-run Crisis Respite stay is an...