Personal Stories / Information
Personal Stories
Watch the following videos of family members talking about their lived experience supporting loved ones with a mental health challenge.
This clip by Mental Health Ireland looks at a number of perspectives on recovery and family member Gina talks about her experiences of supporting a loved one.
Becky talks about family and recovery and how she got support for herself.
You can listen to Maria talk about her experience of supporting a family member who experienced mental health distress.
You can listen to Alison talk about the impact of mental health distress on the whole family and how with a wide range of supports recovery does happen.
Information for Families
Mary G. Killion outlines in this video the role of family peer support workers and how they can help family members to think about their own self- care too when a loved one is experiencing mental health distress.
Karen, Billy & Kevin from the Mayo Recovery College speak about transformative learning and recovery education. They invite anyone with an interest in mental health and wellbeing to take part.
A peer support worker is someone who identifies as having personal lived experience of mental health difficulties and intentionally shares their lived experience as a means of providing support and connection with others experiencing similar challenges. A peer works as a member of the mental health multidisciplinary team.
Feargus is a HSE peer support worker (PrSW) based in Mayo and he explains in this video the role of peer support as part of a community mental health team.
Staff members Elaine and Niamh at St. Patrick’s mental health services discuss as part of their webinar family roles, relationships, supports that may help and why family members/supporters need to consider their own needs too.
This video by Michael gives lots of practical advice for family members.
Family Peer Support Workers have lived experience of supporting someone with mental health challenges.
You can listen to family peer support workers Elaine and Sinéad talk about how family members can be supported by the Family Peer Support Service.
