ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the development of these two forms of group-based interventions for persons with psychosis in the US, beginning with those led solely by peers, and followed by those co-led by peers in a hybrid model that has been slower to evolve, but which appears promising nonetheless. It explains the Intentional Peer Support (IPS) approach in which peer facilitators of groups may be trained, even though this approach has not spawned its own groups per se. This is the approach of IPS developed by Shery Mead, and it offers a framework within which peer-led groups utilising different self-help tools might be developed. IPS differs from traditional clinical or service relationships by not beginning with the core assumption that there is 'a problem' that has brought the person to the group. The chapter explains the one hybrid group that was co-led by a peer and a counsellor and utilised the Pathways to Recovery curriculum.
