{"product_id":"peers-are-professionals-too-daevon-ealey-9798276392486","title":"Peers Are Professionals Too: The Truth About Our Work, Our Worth, and Why the System Needs to Catch Up","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeer support is not a side role. It is a profession built from lived experience, courage, and the kind of wisdom no classroom can teach. \u003ci\u003ePeers Are Professionals Too\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the truth about peer work and challenges the stigma, tokenism, and low pay that still hold the field back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book shows why peers are essential in treatment, harm reduction, mental health, reentry, trauma support, and community healing. It breaks down how peers build trust faster than anyone else, increase engagement, reduce relapse, and create safety in systems that often fail the people they claim to serve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside you will learn: \u003cbr\u003e- Why lived experience is a qualification, not a liability\u003cbr\u003e- How peer support grew from grassroots survival, not clinical theory\u003cbr\u003e- The many types of peers beyond substance use recovery\u003cbr\u003e- How peers influence outcomes, retention, and client trust\u003cbr\u003e- The difference between tokenism and real inclusion\u003cbr\u003e- What systems must change to respect peers as true professionals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a call to action for peers, clinicians, and leadership. If you believe in recovery, harm reduction, trauma informed care, mental health advocacy, and community wellness, this book gives you clarity, validation, and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeers are not helpers. Peers are professionals. And this book proves it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daevon Ealey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798276392486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Daevon Ealey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49083821588735,"sku":"9798276392486","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/peers-are-professionals-too-daevon-ealey-9798276392486","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}