Container of Hope Peer Support Group

Container of Hope

Mental Health Peer Support Group

Brain & Mind Hub Sunshine Coast is now hosting a weekly Peer Support Group for adults who have received a mental health diagnosis and are seeking the support of peers with a lived experience of mental health recovery. Participants are encouraged to share, learn, and grow together in a collaborative space that instills dignity and hope into their recovery journey. This will include group processes using multiple modalities which assist in cultivating self-awareness, self-determination, and self-regulation.

Peer support in mental health can be defined as - the help and support that people with lived experience of a mental illness can give to one another.

This form of group support cultivates improved quality of life and emotional resilience, increased feelings of hope and empowerment, a sense of connection with less loneliness, and reduced self-stigma around mental health.

With support, participants will learn to identify and access their inner and external resources, cultivating confidence and resilience that can be carried through into everyday life.

What happens at BaMH SC Container of Hope?

Our Peer Support group is facilitated by our caring and compassionate peer support workers with lived experience of mental health challenges and recovery.

When you join our peer support group you will begin to experience the intention of the Container of Hope; to support and promote a sense of well-being and connection, instilling hope, dignity, and self-determination into the mental health recovery process.

Meeting weekly, we gather over healthy refreshments, hold a group check-in, share experiences, resources, and learning relevant to your mental health recovery, and explore our weekly session intention using multiple therapeutic modalities.

The Container of Hope instills a collaborative approach providing opportunities for group choice of meeting locations; in nature, at cafes, or local community spaces. As the group develops, we will collectively choose topics and interventions to explore together.

Who can benefit from attending BaMH SC Container of Hope?

Adults with a lived experience and recent diagnosis of a mental illness who want to navigate their road to recovery together with their peers.

What you’ll learn:

• Self-confidence and resilience building skills
• Developing a foundation of mental health supports
• Relationship building for better recovery outcomes
• Independence through self-care strategies
• Increased mental health awareness
• Community resource-building knowledge
• Improved self-advocacy with health-care providers

Practices we’ll be offering in the BaMH SC Container of Hope include:

• Mindfulness
• Arts Therapy
• Meditation
• Nature Therapy
• Breath Exercises
• Walking Therapy
• Sharing Circles

How to join:If you’d like to join the BaMH SC Container of Hope Peer Support Group:

• Register at Container of Hope - Brain & Mind Hub
• Call us: 07 5220 8793
• Emails us: [email protected]

Group details

• Wednesdays, 1pm – 2:15pm
• Brain & Mind Hub, Sunshine Coast, Lvl 2/60-62 Dalton Drive, Maroochydore, QLD, Australia, 4558

Host or Publisher Brain & Mind Hub, Sunshine Coast