Mental health
Peer / advocacy / group / family whānau support
Nelson Marlborough
Adult / Pakeke, Older adult / Kaumātua
Self referral
Contact us on (03) 548 2798 ext 6 or Freephone 0800 212 798
COMPASS provides Advocacy and Peer Support Services for people using or who have used mental health services and require support accessing services in the community.
A COMPASS advocate can help you to:
Peer Support is about people who have recovered from mental distress walking alongside tangata whaiora in their recovery journeys. Peer support offers a fundamentally different model of supporting people to make sense of their experiences. It can provide people with opportunities to find new ways and strategies to respond. Peer support relationships validate the reality of a person's experience outside the context of "illness" or diagnosis. Rather it is built on mutual aid and understanding. The peer support model challenges the "problem" approach and focuses on discovering and creating innovative and alternative resources, solutions and strategies.
https://healthpoint.co.nz/mental-health-addictions/mental-health-addictions/health-action-trust/