Peer Support
Safe, confidential peer support for military, veterans, and first responders by your peers — other military, veterans, and first responders
Gatherings provide peer-to-peer connection & support to help guardians improve their mental health & overall well-being.
Gatherings
Peer support — by guardians, for guardians, with guardians
Led by a Peer Leader from Guardian Revival, these group sessions are an open forum and offer an opportunity to listen, learn, or share what's on your mind.
Our Gatherings allow guardians to connect over shared experiences and similarities in a safe space. We encourage you to continue building your network of peer guardians.
Vet2Vet (for veterans and active duty military)
First Line (Law Enforcement, Fire, and EMS)
Women Guardians (for women across service branches)
Campfire (for male guardians)
Wellness Wednesday (all guardians)
upcoming gatherings
Connect with fellow veterans & first responders over shared experiences and similarities. We offer a mix of in-person and Zoom meetings.
Who provides peer support?
Our Peer Support Specialists are fellow guardians — Veterans, Active Military, Reserve, National Guard, Law Enforcement, Fire & Rescue, EMS, Dispatchers, Corrections, and Federal Agents — who are certified & trained to provide peer support services to other guardians.
In addition to their backgrounds, they also have strong leadership & communication skills, emotional intelligence & maturity, mental & physical fitness, and the administrative & logistical capacity to ensure they can successfully support their peers.
What is peer support?
Trained peer support specialists can provide guidance & mentorship to help an individual identify the resources & support they need to improve & maintain their mental health & well-being, whether that is financial & legal support, family support, housing, or clinical services.
Peer support also helps combat the feelings of isolation & loneliness. Peer support provides connectedness & belonging, leveraging guardians’ similarities and shared experiences to quickly build the foundation for a healthy therapeutic relationship.
Within our Peer Support Division, peer support is emotional, social, and practical support from one guardian to another — by, with, and through shared experiences and other commonalities to help improve mental health & well-being.
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4th Degree
Any guardian to another guardian
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3rd Degree
Veteran to veteran
First responder to first responder
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2nd Degree
Service / community specific
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1st Degree
Same demographic, special circumstance, and/or inherent identity
Help our guardians
Connect with peers
Make a donation today to support our events & offerings for military, veterans, and first responders to connect with their peers & receive support.
Everything we offer is provided free of charge to our guardians so your contribution truly makes a difference!
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Dwyer Vet2Vet
Our peer support services are funded in part by the PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Vet2Vet program initiative directed by New York State and the Putnam County Veterans Service Agency. Dwyer Vet2Vet of Putnam County is administered by Guardian Revival.
The Dwyer initiative was created to afford veterans access and opportunities for peer support. Joseph P. Dwyer was an Army veteran who suffered from severe PTSD and died from an overdose on June 28th, 2008.