Agency Biography

Since 1993, Emotional Health Association, dba SHARE! the Self-Help And Recovery Exchange has been a premier peer-run agency fostering transformation through lived experience. We operate two Wellness Centers, a peer respite, and SHARE! Collaborative Housing, alongside impactful programs serving unique populations like our Veteran Peer Access Network and United Mental Health Promoter programs.

As a leader in workforce development, SHARE! has trained over 2,000 peers since 2016, including 1,000+ for the Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist training.

Our mission is to provide a nurturing environment where individuals honor their life stories, pursue growth, and embrace change by choice. Through unwavering peer support and self-help support groups, we empower people to reinvigorate life skills and address unresolved traumas.

We are entirely staffed by people in recovery from mental health/substance use concerns—including those with histories of incarceration or experience as parents/caregivers/family members of people with mental health/substance use concerns.

Specialization Training Information

Specialization(s) Offered:
– Parent, Caregiver, Family Member Peer
– Peer Services in Crisis Care
– Peer Services for Justice Involved
– Peer Services for Unhoused

Training Method: Cohort, Individual

Training Modality:  In-Person, Online (live), Asynchronous, Hybrid

Training Length: 40 Hours

Training Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (9 to 11:30 AM and/or 12 to 2:30 PM)

Registration Capacity: 35 students maximum per cohort

Link to register for classes:
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