Evolving Peer Support: A Guide to Using Your Lived Experience to Help Others

By Nikki Mattocks

"What I've learned is that what brings more opportunity, health and magic to anyone is family and community support. The arrow of the compass I keep with me when asking that question points to Peer Support... Nikki's training provided accessible and transferable skills, learning and concepts for us all." - James Moore, Community Facilitator

Have you ever wished you could use your lived experience to help others-but weren't sure where to start?

In Evolving Peer Support, mental health advocate and award-winning trainer Nikki Mattocks offers a compassionate, practical, and inspiring guide to peer support. Drawing from her own journey as founder of Evolve, an award-winning grassroots project, Nikki shares tools, activities, and insights that show how shared experience can create hope, healing, and connection.

Readers will learn how to:
✅ Share lived experience safely and with impact
✅ Facilitate groups and one-to-one sessions with confidence
✅ Build trust, resilience, and community (even without funding)
✅ Overcome stigma, manage boundaries, and prioritise self-care
✅ Harness creativity and trauma-informed practices in peer support

"Nikki's facilitation style exuded a humble wisdom... galvanising our perspective on learning and growing with more humility and compassion."

Whether you're a volunteer, community leader, or aspiring peer support worker, this book will give you the knowledge and encouragement you need to transform pain into purpose and lived experience into lasting change.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FSF6S9MJ
• ISBN13: 9798265524904
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"