About Holding the Hope
Let me tell you a little about Holding the Hope.
Holding the Hope was founded in 2005 when I found myself unemployed due to grant funding being discontinued. The past 20 years has been challenging and exhilarating. (I survived the great recession!) While I navigated constant change and growth, one things remained the same. Holding the Hope stayed laser focused on a message of recovery. We bring recovery principles into our work with everyone from policy makers to agency front office & reception staff. Everything we do always has been and always will be based on SAMHSA’s Guiding Principles of Recovery.
Hope Relational Peer Support
Person-Driven Culture Respect
Many Pathways Addresses Trauma Holistic
Strengths/Responsibility
This list of principles is our bedrock and our guiding star. We know that recovery is possible and that small things make a big difference. We are proud of the role we play in bringing peer support into the behavioral health landscape. We know that trauma influences mental illness and addiction and we work hard to create training spaces where people feel safe to be vulnerable and grow. We treat each person we encounter with respect and care because we know what it’s like to be disrespected and hurt. If people reconnect with their strengths during one of our events, we have done our job. We look forward to experiencing all of the cultural difference that present themselves and we learn from each of you about how to better welcome the rest of you. We don’t care what path led you to us, we just want to support you finding the path that takes you to your best life – and you know better than anyone, what that path is. When we look through the lens of recovery, we see that each one of you is a kaleidoscope of physical, mental, spiritual and emotional relationships and experiences. We are humbled to be a small part of your recovery journey.
We continue to Hold the Hope for people who find themselves experiencing mental illness and/or addiction. Just like we will be Holding the Hope for everyone who, in one way or another, serves those people experiencing mental illness and/or addiction. That will not change.
Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to be a part of this grand vision of Recovery. We cannot wait to see what’s next.
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A Beacon of Hope, Bringing Fresh Ideas and Perspective to Behavioral Health Program Design
Mary Jadwisiak and her team of consultants have been advocating for systems that make sense for people with addiction and mental illness for over 20 years. Programs designed by people in recovery for people in recovery really work. Whether you are creating a peer organization from the ground up or looking for ways to incorporated Medicaid reimbursable peer support specialists into your existing array of services, we have your back. Holding the Hope has assembled a team of nationally recognized experts that are waiting to help you succeed. This team infuses hope into everything they do, and they’ll teach you how to do it too.
Since 2003 Holding the Hope has provided expert training and consulting to international corporations, state and county governments and individual behavioral health provider agencies. The company has grown to include a team of trainers, consultants and speakers, all who are experts in their fields and all who bring their personal recovery story to their work.
With a wealth of expertise, insight and experience, Holding the Hope’s team of experts have helped transform the way mental health and addiction are viewed and treated in many counties and private agencies across the country. This team infuses hope into everything they do, and they’ll teach you how to do it too.
With Holding the Hope, it IS personal.
Mary understands the power of hope because her life has been transformed by it. Her personal story of recovery from PTSD, addiction, poverty and isolation is woven though out each keynote, workshop or consultation that she provides. Similarly, each trainer, keynote speaker and consultant that works with Holding the Hope brings their story of hope and recovery into their work. That’s what sets Holding the Hope apart- they all know what they’re talking about because they lived it.
This truly unique combination of lived experience with recovery and professional expertise is exactly what you are looking for. If you provide services to people who experience mental illness or addiction, Holding the Hope has something you need.
Holding the hope, for you.
Passionate, timely, extremely helpful and extensive expertise are all words that have been used to describe Holding The Hope’s work. Contact them now and find out how they can bring an informative and transformative message to your organization or community. They are holding the hope for you. All you have to do is take that first step. Contact now to see how you can utilize all that Holding the Hope has to offer.