The PHAROS Guidebook for Peer-to-Peer Support Networks is a practical resource for newly trained Lay Mental Health Advisors who are establishing and managing peer-to-peer support networks in their communities.

Building on the Lay Mental Health Advisor training, the guidebook provides guidance on promoting the network, recruiting participants, building trust, making appropriate referrals, and facilitating both one-to-one and group support sessions. It also covers essential peer-support skills, professional boundaries, crisis situations and collaboration with mental health professionals.

Across six chapters, advisors will find practical steps, case examples, templates and reflection questions that they can adapt to their own community, language and cultural context.