RHSBCTwo-Phase Training in Recovery, Mental Health, Ethics & Relational Peer Support
People are more than problems to solve.
RHM's training is intentionally rigorous. Students do more than listen to lectures. They study peer ethics, work through realistic cases, practice conversations, participate in experiential exercises, demonstrate skills, receive feedback, and learn how to recognize when a situation requires consultation or another level of care — preparing qualified students for peer-support roles within RHM programming, including our planned faith-based recovery-home ministry beginning in 2027.
An RHM Relational Recovery Peer uses lived experience, listening, hope, ethical boundaries, practical support, resource connection, and relationship to walk alongside another person — without taking ownership of that person's recovery.
Peer support is not psychotherapy. It is purposeful human relationship supported by education, ethics, supervision, and responsible practice.
Walk alongside — not ahead.
Phase 1 establishes the ethical and relational foundation of the RHM peer role. Learning happens through participation — case discussions, role-plays, group exercises, and facilitated practice, not lectures.
Students study and practice
At RHM, lived experience does not give someone authority over another person's life.
Peers are trained to protect
Good intentions do not replace ethical practice.
Students learn when to listen, when to support, when to consult, when to refer, and when something is outside the peer role.
Phase 2 develops the student's ability to provide ethical one-to-one peer support — collaborative, never directive.
Training includes
Phase 1 + Phase 2: $499 — save $99 when purchased together.
Peer support can help people identify and access real-life resources — health, housing, work, education, transportation, relationships, recovery community, faith and meaning, and purpose — without the peer becoming a case manager, clinician, or decision-maker.
After completing the educational phases, eligible students may progress into an RHM supervised peer practicum — practicing peer relationships, navigation, group work, documentation, consultation, and team communication under supervision.
Training completion alone does not authorize independent peer practice within RHM. Competency, supervision, onboarding, applicable background or placement requirements, organizational needs, and final RHM authorization remain required.
The image of this program is a home — and the pathway leads there. One of the primary long-term purposes of the RHM Relational Recovery Peer pathway is to develop competent people who may serve within Restoring Hope Ministries' planned faith-based recovery-home programming beginning in 2027.
Recovery housing requires more than people who care. Residents need staff and peers who understand how to build relationships while maintaining boundaries, how to recognize the difference between support and treatment, how to respond to setbacks without humiliation, how to navigate resources, and how to work responsibly within a multidisciplinary environment.
Students completing the full pathway may be considered for RHM peer opportunities associated with the recovery-home program and other RHM recovery services. Consideration for service or employment remains subject to competency, supervision, background and placement requirements, organizational policies, available positions, and final RHM authorization. Completion does not guarantee employment.
Restoring Hope Ministries is a Christian nonprofit ministry. Christian faith informs our understanding of human dignity, hope, restoration, service, compassion, responsibility, and community.
At the same time, ethical peer work requires respect for the person receiving support. RHM peers are trained to approach spiritual conversations with humility. Faith is not used to pressure participation, bypass appropriate healthcare, explain away suffering, or control another person's recovery decisions.
Peers learn to ask permission, listen carefully, respect conscience, and distinguish personal testimony from authority over another person's life.
We believe strong Christian service should produce more humility, not more coercion.
Students enrolled in an applicable program through the Restoring Hope School of Biblical Counseling (RHSBC) may be eligible to have approved peer-training coursework recognized as a three-credit elective, subject to applicable academic policies, program requirements, enrollment status, and academic approval.
RHSBC theological education provides students an opportunity to integrate academic formation, Christian ministry, and supervised service.
RHM peer training is competency-oriented. Students may be required to complete:
A student is not considered ready simply because coursework has been completed. Readiness requires demonstrated ethical judgment, relational skill, role clarity, appropriate boundaries, responsible use of supervision, and the ability to recognize when something exceeds the peer role.
RHM Relational Recovery Peer Training is an RHM educational and ministry training pathway. It does not independently confer Wisconsin Certified Peer Specialist status, Certified Parent Peer Specialist status, professional counseling licensure, substance-use counseling licensure, social-work licensure, medical credentials, or another state-regulated professional credential.
Students wishing to obtain a state-recognized peer credential must separately satisfy the applicable state requirements. RHM training is designed to complement responsible peer formation while maintaining a clear distinction between organizational training and governmental certification.
A person's lived experience may become an important source of hope. RHM's goal is to help students learn how to use that experience wisely, ethically, and responsibly.
Experience can create connection and credible hope.
Listening and presence come before advice.
Boundaries, dignity, privacy, consent, and accountability protect the relationship.
Peers understand recovery as involving health, relationships, community, purpose, stability, and continued growth.
Peers help people find and engage appropriate support rather than trying to become every form of support themselves.
Strong peer workers know when to ask for help.
Christian faith can be shared authentically while respecting another person’s dignity, questions, experiences, and choices.
RHSBCView upcoming classes, skills labs, assessments, practicum milestones, and other Relational Recovery Peer training events.
Phase 1 — Relational Recovery Peer Training (RRP 210)
Saturday, October 24, 2026
1:00 PM–3:00 PM Central
RHM / RHSBC — Green Bay
Group Facilitation & Ethics
Individual Peer Support & Recovery Navigation
Applied Peer Experience
Potential RHM Faith-Based Recovery Home Peer Service
Group Facilitation & Ethics
Individual Peer Support & Recovery Navigation
Applied Peer Experience
Potential RHM Faith-Based Recovery Home Peer Service
The 2027 recovery-home service pathway is for qualified, assessed, supervised, and RHM-authorized peers.
Group Facilitation & Ethics
Fall 2026
Saturdays | 1:00–3:00 PM Central · RHM / RHSBC, 529 S. Jefferson St., Suite 106, Green Bay, WI
Upcoming Training
Saturday, October 24, 2026
1:00 PM–3:00 PM Central
RHM / RHSBC · 529 S. Jefferson St., Suite 106 · Green Bay, WI
Students learn the purposeful, ethical use of lived experience — when self-disclosure helps, when it harms, and how to keep the focus on the participant’s goals rather than the peer’s story.
Saturday, October 31, 2026
1:00 PM–3:00 PM Central
RHM / RHSBC · 529 S. Jefferson St., Suite 106 · Green Bay, WI
Students learn trauma-aware approaches to peer support — recognizing triggers, supporting emotional regulation, and creating environments of dignity and safety without forcing disclosure or stepping into clinical treatment.
Saturday, November 7, 2026
1:00 PM–3:00 PM Central
RHM / RHSBC · 529 S. Jefferson St., Suite 106 · Green Bay, WI
Students strengthen mental-health recovery support skills and practice recognizing when a situation exceeds the peer role. Includes scope-of-practice scenarios, referral practice, and crisis escalation.
Saturday, November 14, 2026
1:00 PM–3:00 PM Central
RHM / RHSBC · 529 S. Jefferson St., Suite 106 · Green Bay, WI
Students study addiction and recovery education — cravings, high-risk moments, and setbacks — and practice helping participants identify and build recovery capital and community connection with hope and without shame.
Saturday, November 21, 2026
1:00 PM–3:00 PM Central
RHM / RHSBC · 529 S. Jefferson St., Suite 106 · Green Bay, WI
Students explore faith, meaning, culture, inclusion, and respectful difference in peer relationships — learning to share faith with humility, pray only by permission, and respect conscience and choice.
Saturday, November 28, 2026
1:00 PM–3:00 PM Central
RHM / RHSBC · 529 S. Jefferson St., Suite 106 · Green Bay, WI
Students practice appropriate peer documentation — minimum-necessary information, objective language, and incident records — and learn how supervision, consultation, and ethical case review work.
Saturday, December 5, 2026
1:00 PM–3:00 PM Central
RHM / RHSBC · 529 S. Jefferson St., Suite 106 · Green Bay, WI
Students integrate the full Phase 1 curriculum through guided review, an ethics review, a written assessment, and a video or live skills assessment of peer facilitation competency. Successful completion confirms Phase 2 readiness.
Completed Sessions
Saturday, September 19, 2026
1:00 PM–3:00 PM Central
RHM / RHSBC · 529 S. Jefferson St., Suite 106 · Green Bay, WI
Students are introduced to the RHM Relational Recovery Peer pathway — what peer support is, what it is not, and how relationship, hope, and ethics shape responsible practice. The session includes a program overview, group agreements, and training expectations.
Saturday, September 26, 2026
1:00 PM–3:00 PM Central
RHM / RHSBC · 529 S. Jefferson St., Suite 106 · Green Bay, WI
Students learn the identity, purpose, and scope of the peer role — including the distinction between peer support and counseling, case management, or pastoral authority. RHM peer ethics and the ethical decision-making process are introduced.
Saturday, October 3, 2026
1:00 PM–3:00 PM Central
RHM / RHSBC · 529 S. Jefferson St., Suite 106 · Green Bay, WI
Students examine healthy boundaries, dual relationships, privacy, and confidentiality — and how these protect both the peer and the person supported. Practice includes boundary scenarios and confidentiality decision exercises.
Saturday, October 10, 2026
1:00 PM–3:00 PM Central
RHM / RHSBC · 529 S. Jefferson St., Suite 106 · Green Bay, WI
Students examine how peer groups create safety, belonging, mutual learning, and hope while maintaining clear peer-role boundaries. Training includes group agreements, facilitation practice, ethical scenarios, and supervised skills rehearsal.
Saturday, October 17, 2026
1:00 PM–3:00 PM Central
RHM / RHSBC · 529 S. Jefferson St., Suite 106 · Green Bay, WI
Students practice listening and reflective communication — presence before advice. Exercises include reflective listening practice, observation, and small-group feedback.
Individual Peer Support & Recovery Navigation
Spring 2027
Schedule Coming Soon
Phase 2 advances students from group peer work into individual Relational Recovery Peer support.
Practicum is available to eligible students following required training, competency review, and RHM approval.
Public milestones
The public calendar shows only major practicum milestones. Individual student schedules, client appointments, resident assignments, supervision appointments, confidential locations, and private case information are never displayed publicly.
Phase 1
$299
Phase 2
$299
Both Phases
$499
Save $99 when both phases are purchased together.
Church and Ministry Sponsorships Available
Complete Phase 1 and Phase 2, then eligible students may progress into supervised practicum preparation for potential RHM peer-service opportunities within the planned faith-based recovery-home program in 2027.
Training fees must be paid according to RHM enrollment requirements before participation begins. Churches, ministries, organizations, employers, family members, and community sponsors may pay tuition on behalf of an approved student.
Group Facilitation & Ethics
Individual Peer Support & Recovery Navigation
The complete pathway
Save $99 when both phases are purchased together
Church and ministry sponsorships are welcome. Approved UMOS and CCEP participants may have separate funding arrangements according to their individual program eligibility and authorization. Payment links and QR codes may be provided through Restoring Hope Ministries.
Peer work starts with relationship. It grows through education. It becomes responsible through ethics. Sign up below — we'll email you the payment link for your phase and answer any questions you have.
Train to walk alongside people in recovery. Prepare to serve. Prepare to grow. Prepare to bring hope into relationship. Phase 1: $299 · Phase 2: $299 · Both Phases: $499.
Restoring Hope Ministries tracks the well-being of every participant in our clinical and faith-based services using empirically validated screeners, clinical interviews, behavioral analysis, and self-report — so we can honestly see whether the people we serve are getting better.
This rigor reflects the training of our founder, Dr. Jeffrey Gross, who earned an M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology and is continuing his Psy.D. studies in Clinical Psychology, with completion anticipated in 2028. His Th.D. in Theology and Ph.D. in Christian Counseling complement that clinical education with theological preparation for Christ-centered soul care.
At Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin, he served as a Student Psychologist and later Chief Student Psychologist, supporting veterans and first responders with traumatic brain injuries through the BRAVE program. His work included assessment, individualized treatment planning, multidisciplinary rehabilitation, psychoeducational and process-oriented groups, and peer supervision. His experience also includes supervised psychological testing of clergy at Milwaukee Psychotherapy Collaborative, recovery-focused group development at The Manor by Windrose, and case management and peer-support supervision at Biehl Bridges to Recovery.
Continuing education in assessment, trauma, neurobehavioral conditions, supervision, ethics, and risk management further informs this approach. Together, these experiences help shape RHM’s commitment to careful assessment, responsible documentation, collaborative care, and attention to each person’s spiritual, relational, emotional, and practical needs. His clinical psychology doctorate remains in progress; this background does not replace the qualifications or licensure required for regulated clinical services.
