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What is Peer Support?

“Peer support is someone with lived experience helping someone on their journey to recovery.”

Brian Bailys

CEO and Co-Founder, Thrive Peer Recovery Services

First-Hand Experience

Thrive’s Peer Recovery Supporters are equipped with the lived experience to understand, encourage and enhance your recovery journey.

Long Term Recovery

Thrive Peer Recovery Services uses evidence-based, personalized recovery programs to help you regain control of your life and achieve independence.

One-On-One Support

No matter where you are on your recovery journey, our Peer Recovery Supporters are there whenever and wherever you need them.

Warmline

Early intervention with emotional support.

Help Change Lives

At Thrive Peer Recovery Services, we’re always looking for dedicated, passionate people to contribute to our organization. As part of the Thrive team, you’ll be helping to deliver essential behavioral health services to those in need.

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Our Peer Support Programs

At Thrive Peer Recovery Services, we deliver industry leading peer support for those suffering from Mental Health and/or Substance Use Disorders. We offer tailored programs within the recovery community to ensure the highest level of care is available to all.

Resources

Thrive Peer Recovery Services provides peer support to individuals in recovery from substance use and/or mental health through lived experience. In addition to our patient-focused programs, we provide access to resources within the greater Ohio recovery community. Visit our resources page for support links, mental health articles, and much more.

Become a Peer Recovery Supporter

Are you someone in long-term recovery? Do you want to make a difference in the lives of those who have shared experiences? Thrive Peer Recovery Services offers many job opportunities as well as information on how to become an certified Ohio Peer Recovery Supporter.

News & Blog

  • Family History of Mental Health: Do Genetics Determine Psychological Problems?

    It has been recognized that genes can play a role in the development of these issues. According to case studies conducted by the Cleveland Clinic, mental health disorders have the potential to run in families and may have hereditary roots.

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  • What Is Peer Support?

    The role of a peer support worker complements but does not duplicate or replace the roles of therapists, case managers, and other members of a treatment team.

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  • How To Become An Ohio Certified Peer Recovery Supporter

    Individuals with a direct lived experience of a mental health or substance use disorder who are in recovery are eligible to apply for the OhioMHAS Peer Recovery Supporter Certification.

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  • What Is NAS Peer Support?

    There are two types of NAS: prenatal and postnatal. Prenatal NAS is caused by the discontinuation of drugs taken by the pregnant mother, while postnatal NAS is caused by the discontinuation of drugs directly to the infant.

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  • Celebrity Influence on Mental Health: Changing the Narrative

    Experts say that promoting peer norming programs and safe messaging is one way to overcome the stigma surrounding mental health problems. In recent years, the cause has gained some serious star power with prominent public figures now advocating mental health awareness and normativity.

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  • Effects of COVID-19 on Behavioral Health

    The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life as we know it. While vaccines and expanded testing have offered some much-needed hope, the sustained stress and worry of the last 19 months have had a real effect on behavioral health.

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