NCCPSS PROVIDING SUPPORT ON THE GO WHETHER ITS FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, or just someone to support you in your walk to a healthy life
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Recovery Stories: Peer support for Connection and Compassion Enabling Recovery from Alcohol and drugs
Lucia D’Ambruoso
This podcast series shares community empowerment experiences from peer supporters working with Turning Point Scotland in Aberdeenshire helping communities dealing with alcohol and drug problems. Practitioners and peer support workers share how they have used their personal experiences to help at-risk groups supporting recovery from addiction through processes of connection and compassion. Communities play critical roles in public health. The active participation of communities in health serv ...
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Di’s Story: Personal transformation and freedom from addiction
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Di Mitchell is lead practitioner for peer support services in Banff, with Turning Point Scotland. In this podcast, Di shares her journey from engaging with the service as a client, to becoming a practitioner and professional in her own right and providing services in the Banff area. Di’s peer support work is deeply person-centred, offering opportun…
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Amanda’s Story: Supporting people in recovery to connect, build confidence and trust
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Amanda Stephen is lead practitioner for peer support services in Fraserburgh, with Turning Point Scotland. In this podcast, Amanda shares how she initially engaged with the service during active addiction and early recovery, and how this built and led to a professional role in provision of peer support services. Amanda describes how the service sup…
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Kathleen's Story: Addressing stigma and isolation associated with addiction
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Kathleen Donaldson came to be involved in peer support volunteer services following the death of her husband. Kathleen describes being a peer supporter in her community, and how her work addresses the stigma and isolation associated with addiction that she experienced. Kathleen outlines the breadth of highly person-centred support through peer work…
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Ashley's Story: Empowering people to overcome addiction
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Ashley Grant came to be involved in peer support through her own journey of addiction and recovery. Following 10 years of heroin addiction, Ashley engaged with and took up peer support worker roles for recovery groups across Aberdeen City and Shire. Ashley’s peer support work promotes acceptance, integration and inclusion, empowering people to reco…
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Motivation#Look Forward
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Hoarding the new addiction
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Random thought
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Your physical and mental health are very very important so take some time for yourself
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Secret anniversaries of the heart
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Facts for Mental Health Awareness
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PTSD AWARENESS MONTH
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What anchor can do for you
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5/24/19
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COPING SKILLS FOR PTSD
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Coming together as citizen
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Admitting and understanding ADDICTION
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Cherish the ones while they are still here
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