Peer support is a new intervention approach for people’s mental and emotional well-being. This supplemental treatment is done by letting people with the same problems share among each other their experiences and struggles. Through this, people can give and receive comfort from others who have gone through the same challenge. Peer support offers people a chance to look into other people’s lives, gain inspiration from each other’s stories, and build stronger bonds to foster natural connections and support for each other.
Peer support is done in several approaches, oftentimes with a trained professional supervising the session and providing mentoring or counseling whenever necessary.