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What are some effective ways to incorporate anti-oppressive practices into your peer support sessions?

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Peer support is a valuable form of mutual aid that can empower people who share similar experiences of mental health, trauma, addiction, or other challenges. However, peer support is not immune to the effects of systemic oppression and power imbalances that may affect the relationship between peers and the communities they serve. Therefore, it is important to incorporate anti-oppressive practices into your peer support sessions, to ensure that you respect the diversity, dignity, and autonomy of your peers, and challenge the structures that marginalize and exclude them. In this article, we will explore some effective ways to do so, based on the principles of cultural humility and anti-oppression.

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1 Define your role and boundaries

As a peer supporter, you are not a therapist, a coach, or a mentor. You are a companion, a listener, and a co-learner. You do not have the authority or the responsibility to diagnose, treat, advise, or judge your peers. You have the privilege and the opportunity to share your own stories, insights, and resources, and to learn from theirs. Therefore, it is essential that you define your role and boundaries clearly, and communicate them to your peers from the start. This will help you avoid imposing your own values, expectations, or solutions on your peers, and respect their choices, goals, and preferences.

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2 Acknowledge your positionality and privilege

As a peer supporter, you may have some commonalities with your peers, but you may also have some differences. These differences may relate to your race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, ability, religion, or other aspects of your identity and experience. These differences may also affect how you and your peers access resources, face barriers, experience discrimination, or cope with challenges. Therefore, it is important that you acknowledge your positionality and privilege, and how they may influence your perspective, assumptions, and biases. This will help you avoid making generalizations, stereotypes, or comparisons about your peers, and recognize the complexity and uniqueness of their situations.

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These days, it is almost like walking through a minefield to use words like ‘privilege’. Yet we cannot fail to acknowledge that some of us are born with more than others. ‘I have won the lottery of life- without even buying a ticket’- is how I explain this value laden term. So I consider it my duty to pay it forward. Who is there in the workplace around you who has less of what you have? It is an act of kindness- of basic human decency- to help them succeed as you have. No more, no less.

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3 Cultivate curiosity and openness

As a peer supporter, you may encounter peers who have different beliefs, values, norms, or practices than yours. These differences may relate to their culture, spirituality, worldview, or coping strategies. These differences may also challenge your own beliefs, values, norms, or practices. Therefore, it is important that you cultivate curiosity and openness, and approach your peers with respect, interest, and empathy. This will help you avoid judging, dismissing, or invalidating your peers, and appreciate the diversity and richness of their experiences.

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My three favorite questions which help cultivate curiosity and build relationships with colleagues: - What else might be true? - Can you listen as if you might be wrong? - What would you do if you weren’t afraid (of doing the right thing, taking up space, asking the uncomfortable questions?)

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4 Seek feedback and consent

As a peer supporter, you may want to share your own stories, insights, or resources with your peers, to offer support, encouragement, or guidance. However, you may not always know what your peers need, want, or expect from you. You may also unintentionally harm or offend your peers by saying or doing something that is inappropriate, insensitive, or triggering for them. Therefore, it is important that you seek feedback and consent from your peers, and check in with them regularly about how they feel, what they think, and what they want from the peer support session. This will help you avoid assuming, imposing, or overstepping your role, and respect the agency and voice of your peers.

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5 Address oppression and power

As a peer supporter, you may witness or experience oppression and power dynamics that affect your peers and yourself, both within and outside the peer support context. These may include racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, classism, ableism, or other forms of discrimination, violence, or injustice. These may also impact the mental health, well-being, and safety of your peers and yourself. Therefore, it is important that you address oppression and power, and challenge the systems and structures that create and maintain them. This will help you avoid ignoring, minimizing, or normalizing the effects of oppression and power, and advocate for the rights and needs of your peers and yourself.

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6 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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1 Define your role and boundaries

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3 Cultivate curiosity and openness

4 Seek feedback and consent

5 Address oppression and power

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1 Define your role and boundaries

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5 Address oppression and power

6 Here’s what else to consider

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