Peer Support: A Theoretical Perspective

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members of the peer community to try out new behaviors with one another and move beyond previously held self-concepts built on disability and diagnosis. The Stone Center refers to this as “mutual empowerment” (Stiver & Miller, 1998). Peer support can offer a culture of health and ability as opposed to a culture of “illness”and disability.

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