Transforming a Life: the Power of Peer Support

In this talk, you will hear Emily Grossman, MA, CPRP Recovery Specialist and Trainer, OnTrackNY, share a first-hand account of her experience living with and recovering from Bipolar Disorder, as well as how she used this experience to help others, first as a Peer Provider in a Community Mental Health Center, and currently as a trainer of mental health professionals.  Emily will explore the definition and role of peer providers as well as her experience working in this exciting field.  Finally, she will talk about how the Center for Practice Innovations is using Peer Providers to advance their work.  The talk will be moderated by Dacia Morris, MSW, New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia Psychiatry Research Recruitment Liaison. Please join us for this informative discussion.

The Center for Practice Innovations (CPI) supports the New York State Office of Mental Health's mission to promote the widespread availability of evidence-based practices to improve mental health services, ensure accountability, and promote recovery-oriented outcomes for consumers and families. The CPI serves as a key resource to OMH by spreading those practices identified by OMH as most critical to accomplish OMH's system-transformation initiatives. For information about the Center for Practice Innovations please go to http://practiceinnovations.org/AboutCPI/tabid/172/Default.aspx or call 646 774-8422