Peer Resources

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The Pursuit of Wellness is passionate about including the voices, input, and valuable lived and living experiences of peer support specialists (PSS) and certified recovery mentors (CRM) in mental health services. Our peer team is supervised by Nautilus Torello, PSS (he/him), who has almost a decade of professional peer experience. Peer-delivered services continue to gain traction as more folx recognize its powerful impact on mental wellness and recovery. Peers use mutuality to strategically relate, intentionally co-learn alongside the people they're supporting (rather than a helper-helpee dynamic), and encourage personal exploration from an open place of curiosity. Scroll down for additional peer resources.

Although therapy and peer support can complement each other beautifully, you do not need to be enrolled in therapy at TPOW (or at all) to receive peer support here. For OHP members, peer services are free. For all others, the cost is $30 per hour for groups and/or individual peer support. Please click here  or contact Nautilus to get started, or reach out directly to the peer you're interested in connecting with. Scroll down to meet the peer team.

No attendance commitment is required. Groups are for Oregon residents age 18+.

Sundays: 5-6pm online: The Fast & the Furious for the AuDHD community. This group is for anyone who identifies as neurodivergent; a diagnosis of ASD and/or ADHD is not required. Email Jay to sign up! Starts January 5, 2025.

Mondays: 5-6pm online: WTF?! What the Fatigue: If you live with chronic pain and/or illness, this group is for you. Email Jay to sign up! Starts January 6, 2025. 

Nautilus Torello, PSS

Nautilus.TPOW@gmail.com

• He/him
• Peer Services Supervisor
• Fun fact: Nautilus rescued a street cat using the principles and tasks of IPS
• Oregon approved Intentional Peer Support (IPS) and Queer IPS trainer 
• Supports the practice with building a peer-delivered services program
• Provides supervision and co-reflection to the TPOW peer team
• Trained in trauma-informed supervision

Jenna Ellis, PSS

Jenn.TPOW@gmail.com

• She/they, queer
• Peer Support Specialist (pending) and TPOW administrative assistant
• Fun fact: Jenna's feels most at peace when snorkeling and watching sea life
• Areas of focus: Using creative expression and various forms of art to explore and process our wellness journeys in life
• Supports queer folks, survivors of various forms of trauma/abuse, & various types of relationship and boundary choices
• Available virtually, with potential in-person support in the Salem/Keizer area in the future

Jay Robertsen, PSSJay.R.TPOW@gmail.com

• She/they, nonbinary, queer
• Peer Support Specialist 
• Fun fact: Jay was almost banned from the Oregon Zoo for starting a peacock mutiny
• Areas of focus: Neurodivergence, art and creativity, philosophical approaches, fandom, spirituality, queer folks, gaming, trauma, workplace trauma, career exploration, and more
• Supports teens and adults virtually
• Offering support groups for the AuDHD community and people who live with chronic pain/illness/fatigue

Vesper Coble, PSSVesper.TPOW@gmail.com

• They/he
• Peer Support Specialist (pending)
• Fun fact: Ves loves videogames and writing, and they have an orange cat named Gnocci 
• Lived experience with physical and mental health challenges, self-advocacy with medical providers, and disabilities
• Areas of focus: Plural folks, queer folks, neurodivergence, chronic pain/health conditions, and more