Welcome to Peers.net! We’re so glad you’re here.

Professional peer support is a type of mental health support based on the idea that people who have successfully overcome their mental health challenges can be trained to support those who are experiencing something similar. Peer supporters are real people with real experiences, just like you, and we’ve been professionally trained to help you navigate life’s challenges—whether you’re dealing with anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, ED, or other struggles. We offer emotional support and can teach you skills to help you better understand yourself and your feelings, improve your relationships, and set goals. Peer support creates a supportive space for you to feel seen and be heard by a professional who has actually been in your shoes and knows how to help. All of our peer supporters have gone through our proprietary training that meets state and national standards. They undergo ongoing supervision from clinical professionals.

Peers.net is a confidential and secure telehealth service provided by Flourish Labs, a healthcare company focused on flourishing minds for all. Flourish Labs is on a mission to scale professional peer support with tech to address the mental health crisis. Flourish Labs ensures the quality of our services and measures outcomes of our sessions.

Obi Felten (former Google X technologist) and Kim Newell Green (former Kaiser Permanente pediatrician) founded Flourish Labs in 2021. They bring together decades of experience working in tech and healthcare, and are passionate about leveraging technology to improve mental health for all. Both Obi and Kim are mothers and partners who have experienced what it’s like to have a loved one struggle with their mental health.

Support comes from the Peers.net team of professional peer supporters. We are a group of young adults 18-35 with a wide range of backgrounds and past experiences dealing with mental health challenges, who have since experienced recovery and have been trained to support others experiencing similar challenges. No matter what you’re going through, we’ve got you covered. You’re unique, and your support should be too. That’s why you can filter by life experience and identity to find a supporter who feels right to you.

Our training and certification program, developed in partnership with WGU Labs, meets state and national standards. Training topics include (but are not limited to): active listening skills, strength-based counseling and motivational interviewing, ethics and boundaries, trauma-informed care, suicide and crisis response, de-escalation, domestic violence, sexual assault, confidentiality, and mandatory reporting.

For more details about our peer support training, visit our training page.

• You can get started using Peers.net by taking our quiz to find and book a session with professional peer supporters that matches what you’re looking for, whether that is a shared life experience, personal identity, or similar backgrounds. Each peer supporter is unique—feel free to filter or search for the experiences you want to talk about. You can check a peer’s availability on their profile page. Sessions are scheduled for 50 minutes.
• Once you’ve booked your session, reviewed the forms, and added your payment method you’ll receive more information via email covering next steps. You’ll also receive a Google Meet link for your session.
• When it’s time for your session, just click on the video link in the email or calendar entry.
• You can choose to turn your camera on or off, or opt for just a phone call—whatever makes you feel the most comfortable.
• If you enjoy your session, you can book another one with the same peer or experiment with a different supporter—you are not limited to sticking with just one peer!

If you don’t enjoy your session for any reason, we will provide a refund, no questions asked.