http://www.balancewhanganui.org.nz/index.php/information/education-courses/intentional-peer-support
IPS is seen as having four “tasks”:
Connection, Worldview, Mutuality, Moving Towards
and three principles:
Moving from: Helping to Learning, Individual to Relationship, Fear to Hope
These approaches involve:
Looking at the power of language to define experience
Understanding trauma worldview and re-enactment
Rethinking old roles and ways of relating
Working towards shared responsibility in relationships
Examining power and privilege
Negotiating boundaries and limits
Navigating challenging scenarios
Understanding crisis as an opportunity
Using co-reflection to sustain values
Creating social change