peer support services
supporting recovery
The path to recovery can be long and winding. It often helps to have someone who has traveled the same road to point out the bumps, twists, and pitfalls along the way. Peer specialists provide this services for people recovering from mental illness or addiction.
A peer support specialist bring the empathy, compassion, and understanding that come from experience. And studies show that peer services support recovery and resiliency, making them an integral part of treatment.
At RACSB, we use peer specialists in many programs, including emergency services, crisis stabilization, psychosocial rehabilitation, and substance use disorder services.
Hunger for Hope
Fredericksburg Clinic,
600 Jackson Street in Fredericksburg
Serenity Sisters
Tuesdays 12:30-1:30
This meeting is for women only.
Anxiety: What, Me Worry!?!
Mondays, 4-5 p.m.
Fredericksburg Clinic
600 Jackson Street in Fredericksburg
Family Support Group
under 18.
Meets the first and third Tuesday of each month
at 7 p.m.
Voices, Visions and Unusual Exerpiences
Fridays, 3:30-5 p.m.
In person Wednesdays; virtual Fridays. Email [email protected] if you would like to be part of either group.
ABC's of Depression
Fredericksburg Clinic, 600 Jackson Street in Fredericksburg, Va.
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