OUR VISION
Lived Experience Saves Lives
Our take is a simple one- when solutions exist, suffering shouldn’t. The issue we find is while we’ve made great strides as a society to help those of us who’ve struggled with mental and physical health issues, we’ve seemed to leave behind the voice of empathy in the room. There’s unparalleled value in the experience of someone that’s been in the depths and found their way. Our mission is to train a new generation of leaders in the treatment of Physical and mental health through lived experience.
We realized early on that such an initiative can’t be accomplished alone. Although we’ve dedicated our work, much of our personal lives, and experienced tremendous joy and great sadness along with sometimes sleepless nights in our efforts, we needed help. We needed to join with like-minded individuals. We needed to grow our base as people with lived experience. We needed to harvest a new generation of people who can not just sympathize, but empathize with those they serve. We needed a pathway to have these passionate, altruistic and talented souls to have a voice at the table when it came to treating those like us. We needed an avenue to have these voices validated. To be viewed as imperative to those starting their own journeys to wellness. We needed Peer support.
Moreover, we needed professionals among us. We needed those of us with vital experience to share and be educated in evidence-based treatment practices. This education takes empathy and experience and makes it a legitimate approach to treat those whom are struggling. The Training Center was born through this necessity. Join us. Let’s change the landscape of physical health/mental health/substance use treatment by training a new generation through lived experience.
