Peer Support Topics:

· Legal issues, confidentiality, liability, HIPAA, Colorado Law regarding Peer Support Conversations

· Egan’s Helping Model, building empathy, attending skills, active listening, probing, paraphrasing/mirroring, summarizing, beliefs and values, boundaries

· Strategies, action plans, identifying issues

· Processes and processing of grief and loss

· Recognizing critical incident stress, posttraumatic stress, acute stress, anxiety/panic attacks, depression, suicidal ideations/behaviors, eating disorders, and insomnia

· Intervention skills

· Resiliency skills, self-care, relaxation and breathing

· Anger and anger management, stress and stress management

· Addictions, alcohol, and prescription drugs