Support From Others Who “Have Been There”
Certified Peer Specialists (CPS) are a key component of the services provided by Bay Cove’s Mental Health Services. “Peer Support” is a relationship between people with similar experiences. It is a mutually valuable exchange of hope, encouragement, connection, understanding, information and assistance. “I’ve been there” is one of the most validating and useful things a person can say or hear.
Peer services are delivered by individuals who have experienced emotional distress, trauma and/or been given a mental health diagnosis. Our CPS have been trained to share their experiences of behavioral health services and supports, and of their mental health recovery, and to carry the message of hope. Peer services are available to all interested individuals receiving assistance through the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center.
At times, the CPS will accompany a Mobile Clinician on urgent and emergency calls. During and after the evaluation, the CPS will sit with you and talk through your symptoms and challenges. Or, they may sit in silence with you if that is what you need. The CPS may refer you to peer led services in the community, or they may share with you their own story, including the means through which they found their path to recovery.
Moving Forward Together
Our CPS provide peer services foundationally based in the Intentional Peer Support (IPS) model, which focuses the work with individuals on the principles of Connection, Mutuality, World View and Moving Toward. Through our peers, individuals will have supported access to community-based peer support and recovery coaching, as well as access to wellness plan resources for individuals seeking to create a wellness plan.
The “Moving Toward” aspect of IPS encourages individuals to consider what creating a wellness plan might look like for them. Individuals who choose to can work with a CPS to create a wellness plan, which utilizes an in-place support system to manage behavioral health distress before it becomes a crisis.
About Bay Cove Behavioral Health & Wellness Center Services:
Psychopharmacology Services
Adult + Youth Community Crisis
The goal of the Cape Cod Adult Community Crisis Stabilization program is to assist individuals in crises to stabilize, to strengthen their coping resources and supports, and to partner with them in developing plans to improve their wellbeing.
Outpatient Therapy
Outpatient therapy can take many forms, depending on the client’s needs. Individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy, and couples therapy can all be provided at the Bay Cove Behavioral Health & Wellness Center.
Substance Use Services
Addiction is a complex disease that can affect many areas of a person’s life, and requires individualized treatments addressing both the presenting symptoms and the underlying causes of the disease.
Care Coordination
Bay Cove Behavioral Health & Wellness Center believes strongly in addressing the wellness and recovery of the whole person.
— G.S.
