Principle 3: Peer Support

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Companion Slides

The power of 'me too' — why shared experience creates healing that professionals can't.

Key Concepts

  • 'Me too' carries a power that no professional credential can replicate
  • Peer support normalizes the struggle
  • Lived experience as expertise — not a lesser form of knowledge
  • Structured peer groups vs. organic peer connections
  • Supporting peer supporters — they need care too

Part of

Module 3: Core Principles of Trauma-Informed Care

Culture, identity, and power — then the six SAMHSA principles: Safety, Trust, Peer Support, Collaboration, Empowerment, Cultural Humility.

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Principle 4: Collaboration

Power-with, not power-over — shared decision-making and goal-setting.