Dear Ones,

We hope you and your families are safe and healthy. The COVID pandemic is still in full swing, with no real end in sight. It has had a devastating effect on all of us and increased stress, isolation and trauma for people across many communities.

We at GPS Group Peer Support are proud that in 2020 we trained over 250 people in our trauma-informed support group model to help people move through adversity with power, resilience and hope.

GPS is now being successfully implemented nationally with perinatal parents, men, women and LGBTQA folks struggling with addiction and recovery, people who are currently homeless, foster and adoptive parents, Hispanic, Chinese families and Black Leaders and allies.
UPCOMING:
GPS Facilitator Training Online
Jan - Feb 2021
  • 20 hour training
  • Live and recorded sessions
  • 20 ceus for social workers



Learn how to facilitate the trauma-informed, replicable and culturally co-created GPS Group Model and bring it to the communities you care most about. GPS is a community-tested support group model that provides support, community renewal and the strength to move ahead through the challenges of the COVID Pandemic.




"I just finished the GPS facilitator training. It was phenomenal. I have told many agencies and people about this training. It’s the best, easy, relaxed and effective way to facilitate a group!"
Andrew Babbitt, Peer Recovery Coach, Stairway to Recovery, Brockton, MA


GPS SUPPORT GROUPS ONLINE
Please join us and refer others to our weekly support groups.


GPS for Pregnant and Postpartum Parents 
Mondays 1 - 2:30 pm EST
To register click HERE 

GPS for Black Leaders 
Mondays 5 - 6:30 pm EST 
To register click HERE 

GPS for People in Recovery 
Wednesdays 5-6:30 pm EST
COMING SOON!
FREE WEBINARS:

Intro to GPS Support Group Model

A strength-based and trauma-informed group approach, addressing the social isolation and mental health consequences caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic. 

Leading Effective Online Support Groups

All the basics and tips on how to lead successful online support groups.
Purchase GPS Curriculums:

ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY

BECOMING A PARENT
White Supremacy in the Age of Trump

with Reproductive Justice Champion Loretta Ross & GPS Solidarity Facilitators 
Wednesday’s Nov 11th - Dec 2nd 7pm - 9pm EST
RECENT GPS EVENTS


COVID-19 Perinatal Emergency Project

Thanks to the generous support of the Massachusetts PPD Fund, The Perigee Fund and Sage Pharmaceuticals, GPS has trained over 75 professionals and lay leaders in the GPS Group Peer Support Model, serving new mothers and parents in diverse communities across the state of Massachusetts during the COVID Pandemic.
Do you serve new parents in MA?



GPS for Recovery in Communities Across Massachusetts!

GPS partnered with the MA DPH Bureau of Substance and Addiction Services to train over 120 professionals and peer leaders who are successfully running GPS groups in residential treatment facilities, outpatient and community recovery centers for people from all walks of life, including new mothers, struggling with recovery during the COVID-19 Pandemic.


Recent Conferences:

GPS Co-Founder Liz Friedman and GPS Master Trainer Terresa “Tessa” Smith presented at the Vital Village 2020 National Community Leadership Summit: Our Future Our, Communities
GPS Co-Founder Liz Friedman presented at The Second Sino-US Symposium on Maternal Mental Health Shaanxi Province
Get support from people who care
See our scheduled topics and registration link on the above menu on the right
“A mom came to our GPS Online Support Group and poured her heart out, saying she had been suffering with postpartum depression since her baby was born and had told no one.‘You are all strangers to me but for the first time in seven months I finally am able to feel like myself.’
GPS made her feel safe enough to share and now her healing process has begun.

~ Tawanda Evans-McIntosh, mother of 2, Parent Educator, Women’s Care Center, Dignity Health, NV