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I requested a peer support person at this place I go to for help. I've needed help since getting very anxious and depressed with the pandemic.
Anyway, I talked to my new peer support person today. Apparently she has access to my "confidential" information. She mentioned it to me today and questioned me very invasively about some things I did not want to speak to anyone else but my counselor about. The counselor is different than the peer support person.
What I did was to quickly tell her I did not want to talk about the issue. She backed off. But now I hope she does not get invasive again. I only got the peer support person to go to dr. appointments with. That is dr. appointments at the clinic I go to which is different than the mental health place where I have a counselor and now a peer support person.
What I want to do is to tell my counselor about the peer support lady asking me invasive questions. I want to tell her that I don't think she should have access to these things as I was told my case was confidential!
I requested a peer support person at this place I go to for help. I've needed help since getting very anxious and depressed with the pandemic.
Anyway, I talked to my new peer support person today. Apparently she has access to my "confidential" information. She mentioned it to me today and questioned me very invasively about some things I did not want to speak to anyone else but my counselor about. The counselor is different than the peer support person.
What I did was to quickly tell her I did not want to talk about the issue. She backed off. But now I hope she does not get invasive again. I only got the peer support person to go to dr. appointments with. That is dr. appointments at the clinic I go to which is different than the mental health place where I have a counselor and now a peer support person.
What I want to do is to tell my counselor about the peer support lady asking me invasive questions. I want to tell her that I don't think she should have access to these things as I was told my case was confidential!
She is just trying to help I would cut her slack. You established boundaries, she backed off and it seems she is a professional , so you would think she knows how to handle the situation and not be too invasive anymore. She was not malicious, just being there for you.
I had never hear that term before this and had to look up the definition.
What is a peer support person:
Peer support workers are people who have been successful in the recovery process who help others experiencing similar situations. Through shared understanding, respect, and mutual empowerment, peer support workers help people become and stay engaged in the recovery process and reduce the likelihood of relapse.
If I'm understanding that correctly then I think that means the peer support person is required to know certain kinds of information about their client(s) in order for the support person and the client to be able to mutually relate with each other. For example, if the client was a suicidal person or was at some other risk of harm then the peer support person would be required to know about that and be prepared to help the client during times of deep stress.
Next time you see your peer support person, ask her some questions about herself and her own similar situations. You are supposed to engage with and mutually empower each other.
She is just trying to help I would cut her slack. You established boundaries, she backed off and it seems she is a professional , so you would think she knows how to handle the situation and not be too invasive anymore. She was not malicious, just being there for you.
I agree she was not malicious but I thought she should not have access to my confidential information. I'm going to ask my counselor about that and see what she says too. The information she had access to was between me and my nurse practitioner.
The Peer Support person has no degree in anything only experience with her own problems.
I had never hear that term before this and had to look up the definition.
What is a peer support person:
Peer support workers are people who have been successful in the recovery process who help others experiencing similar situations. [Through shared understanding, respect, and mutual empowerment, peer support workers help people become and stay engaged in the recovery process and reduce the likelihood of relapse.
If I'm understanding that correctly then I think that means the peer support person is required to know certain kinds of information about their client(s) in order for the support person and the client to be able to mutually relate with each other. For example, if the client was a suicidal person or was at some other risk of harm then the peer support person would be required to know about that and be prepared to help the client during times of deep stress.
Next time you see your peer support person, ask her some questions about herself and her own similar situations. You are supposed to engage with and mutually empower each other.
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"Through shared understanding, respect, and mutual empowerment, peer support workers help people become and stay engaged in the recovery process and reduce the likelihood of relapse."
Yes, this is true but it by talking to me to find out what I need from her like I said I need someone to go with me to dr. appointments. The topic the Peer Support person brought up was nothing like that and I don't think it was her business. And also I am no where near suicidal and that was not what she brought up.
I don't feel the peer support person is anywhere near qualified to bring up what she did. She has no credentials or degree only has a recovery of her own. Thanks for your reply to me. This is my opinion of the situation and I will discuss more with my counselor.
...... Thanks for your reply to me. This is my opinion of the situation and I will discuss more with my counselor.
You're welcome. Yes, I think discussing it with your counselor is the best person to speak to about it. I hope you get the situation resolved to your satisfaction.
I certainly understand why you’d be upset! Sorry you went through that.
While I don’t have experience with peer support specialists, I have a counseling related degree and was a resident for almost a year (no longer in the field). My question is: what was on the informed consent you signed with your counselor? Was there anything there about information may be shared with others at the practice including peer support specialists? If you don’t have a copy of the informed consent, your therapist should have it. Certainly bring this to them.
Regardless, can you ask for a new peer support specialist if you don’t feel comfortable with how the other one treated you?
I agree she was not malicious but I thought she should not have access to my confidential information. I'm going to ask my counselor about that and see what she says too. The information she had access to was between me and my nurse practitioner.
The Peer Support person has no degree in anything only experience with her own problems.
Uncomfortable but not her fault. If she was given your information that her not her breaking any confidence. I would ask the nurse practitioner about that. See if you can get a new peer support that doesn’t have access to your private information.
I agree she was not malicious but I thought she should not have access to my confidential information. I'm going to ask my counselor about that and see what she says too. The information she had access to was between me and my nurse practitioner.
The Peer Support person has no degree in anything only experience with her own problems.
I think you probably need to go back to the agreements you made with this 'facility' and the people who are helping you. Perhaps part of the process is that those involved in helping you know your history, whether or not they have any professional, educational training related to your issue, just so they have the big picture. But I might feel the same way you do if someoe who is 'untrained' started asking me deeply personal medical and/or psyche questions, especially if that part of your history was supposed to remain private.
There are HIPPA laws.
I requested a peer support person at this place I go to for help. I've needed help since getting very anxious and depressed with the pandemic.
Anyway, I talked to my new peer support person today. Apparently she has access to my "confidential" information. She mentioned it to me today and questioned me very invasively about some things I did not want to speak to anyone else but my counselor about. The counselor is different than the peer support person.
What I did was to quickly tell her I did not want to talk about the issue. She backed off. But now I hope she does not get invasive again. I only got the peer support person to go to dr. appointments with. That is dr. appointments at the clinic I go to which is different than the mental health place where I have a counselor and now a peer support person.
What I want to do is to tell my counselor about the peer support lady asking me invasive questions. I want to tell her that I don't think she should have access to these things as I was told my case was confidential!
Definitely important to set boundaries, establish what your expectations are of a peer support , and discuss with your counselor.
I think a peer support should only be told information to help within the capacity you and the counselor define, in your case as an escort to appointments. My sense is she was making a clumsy attempt to connect and she took you off guard.
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