Barbara Kohlmann’s contribution to “Life during the Corona Virus: View from the ground Vol. 3” has just been published! Barbara is working as a Peer Support Worker in Ulm, Germany, and describes how her life changed due to the Corona pandemic and what she wishes for the future. Please download…
We would like to officially present the result of more than two years of work, sweat, tears, hope and joy: The publication of the field version of our UPSIDES Peer Support Training Manual. It is freely accessible via www.upsides.org for everyone who is interested in how UPSIDES training provides guidance…
Peer support workers from Israel have prepared a collection of quotes of what peer support means to them. This collection has been developed to celebrate the Global Peer Support Celebration Day (GPSCD) and to spread the awareness of peer support in general. Special thanks to the Israeli team! …
To celebrate the Global Peer Support Celebration Day (GPSCD), the UPSIDES team from Hamburg of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) has gathered a small collection of quotations why peer support is important and what it means to them. This collection has been developed in cooperation with peers from many…
Please find our newest publication “Challenges to peer support in low- and middle-income countries during COVID-19” in out output area or the following link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-020-00622-y
A report from the UPSIDES Train-the-Trainer Workshop in Vienna. In the first week of August 2020 a total of 7 participants were trained as UPSIDES trainers in a 5-day workshop. The workshop was organized by the association LOK Leben ohne Krankenhaus in Vienna. The cooperation came about after the conference…
Lion Gai Meir, manager of Lived Experience department in Enosh – the Israeli mental health association. One of the UPSIDES trainers from Israel. Lion is talking about her experience as a peer program leader and trainer. This video was presented by Dr Galia Moran, UPSIDES researcher in conference in Germany.…
Interview with David Meineke David Meineke (DM) is a peer support worker in Ulm. In this interviews he talks about his experience with peer support work so far. Why did you become a peer support worker? DM: I think everybody needs a task. I couldn’t get…
Interview with Barbara Kohlmann Barbara Kohlmann (BK) is a peer support worker in Ulm. In this interview she talks about her experiences with peer support work so far. Why did you become a PSW? BK: When I first heard about such a profession in 2006, I thought…
