Sharing lived experience
Offer something from your story while leaving room for a different path.
PEER & FAMILY SUPPORT
Practice that respects
the peer relationship.
Bring your curiosity, your perspective, and the way you connect. Explore how MI skills can support learning together in the conversations your role asks of you.
Start peer & family practiceA free account includes one daily conversation. Choose peer & family support when you join. No card needed.
YOUR ROLE STAYS YOURS
Connection. Choice.
Room for both perspectives.
Peer support brings its own knowledge, relationships, and lived experience. Here, MI skills offer another way to notice how you listen, share direction, and respond to what matters to the person beside you.
You can share a relevant experience, set a personal boundary, ask a direct question, or simply listen. The conversation does not have to end with agreement or a plan.
CONVERSATIONS YOU MAY RECOGNIZE
Practice within the work.
Finding connection
Explore what belonging could look like on the peer’s own terms.
Getting someone’s meaning right
Respond when your summary does not reflect what the peer meant.
Making support clear
Talk honestly about contact and availability while staying connected.
Keeping their voice present
Prepare for a resource conversation in the way the peer chooses.
Making room for family
Hear a family member’s own concerns while respecting another person’s choices.
Daily practice rotates through this collection. Choosing any situation or starting point depends on your account’s practice access.
FEEDBACK YOU CAN USE
Notice a choice.
Try something useful.
Practice for a short back-and-forth with a fictional AI partner. Choose quiet practice or brief cues, then review conversation counts, a short summary, and one point to carry forward.
Feedback focuses on your words and their MI purpose: listening, understanding, sharing direction, and preserving choice. You can question a cue and ask the coach to explain it.
BECOMING WITHIN YOUR WORK
Grow in your peer identity while staying connected to yourself.
Your lived experience, values and relationship with the person are part of the work. Intentional MI practice helps you consider when to share, how to preserve mutuality and how to leave room for a different path. Your boundaries, support and life outside the role matter, too.
A question to carry into practice
How can I bring my experience in a way that supports this person’s voice and choice?
Explore professional identity and practice resources
SAMHSA · Federal workforce resource developed with peer input
Core Competencies for Peer Workers (opens in a new tab)
Explore collaborative relationships, sharing lived experience and continuing development within the peer role.
National Association of Peer Supporters (N.A.P.S.) · Peer professional association · resource hosted by PeerTAC
National Practice Guidelines for Peer Specialists and Supervisors (opens in a new tab)
Explore peer-support values and how supervisors can support their expression in practice.
Explore the resources that fit your role, alongside your organization’s guidance and local credentialing requirements. These independent resources are offered for learning; their inclusion does not imply affiliation or endorsement.
WHY BECOMING MI
Becoming is personal and professional.
Becoming MI connects daily practice with the person and professional you want to become. Try a response, consider feedback, and carry something useful into your next conversation.
Your whole well-being belongs here.
Your values, responsibilities and well-being meet in your work. We make room for that whole experience, including the resources and support you need.
Explore AMIGA’s approach to becoming →A few minutes to explore
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