Speaker Series

"Peer Support in Clinical versus Peer Led Settings" What are the strengths and challenges of both? Peer Support has become an acknowledged and valued addition to traditional mental health services.…

About Major General Gregg F. Martin, PhD, US Army (Ret.), aka the BIPOLAR GENERAL, is a 36-year Army combat veteran, bipolar survivor, thriver, and warrior, and a retired two-star general. He…

About MJ Griego is a certified peer specialist and director of The Hope Center recovery learning center in Boston, which offers mental health recovery and community groups online and in…

About Laura Kaponer is originally from New York State. She relocated to South Carolina for the second time in 2015 after a difficult bout of depression. Walking into her first…

About My name is Mary Phillips and I currently work at the BMC as a peer specialist.  We have support groups that people can come in person or join on…

Biography Priestess Ziona is the CEO of AMRON International Organization and current Outreach Coordinator for Brockton RCC of South East Recovery Learning Community. She is considered a peer in the…

Biography - Michael Siena I grew up in Connecticut and moved to the Boston area in 1994 to go to school at Tufts University. I left Tufts during my junior…

Biography - Justin I grew up in the small town of Duxbury, located on the South Shore of Massachusetts. I have since moved to Fall River and I am currently…

Biography - Chris Christopher Laureano is a Certified Peer Specialist and Director of the Recovery Education and Learning (REAL) Program at Bay Cove Human Services. Christopher is an autistic person…