Peer Support Services
At At Ease USA, our Peer Support Specialists are trained veterans who walk alongside other military-connected individuals. They aren't therapists, and peer support isn't therapy. Instead, they provide understanding, encouragement, connection, and practical guidance from someone who understands military culture and the challenges that can come with service.
Peer support begins with a conversation about where you are and where you want to go.
Together, you and your Peer Support Specialist create an individualized service plan based on your needs and goals. That plan might include connecting with a therapist, participating in wellness programming, building a stronger support network, addressing practical challenges, or simply finding ways to reconnect with purpose and community.
You can expect a monthly touch-base meeting with your Peer Support Specialist to see how things are going, celebrate progress, identify new challenges, and adjust your plan as needed.
Your goals might be mental health goals, wellness goals, relationship goals, or simply taking the next step toward feeling more connected and supported.
For some, peer support is the first step toward mental health care. For others, it provides connection and accountability while they work on their overall well-being. Our wellness programs can also serve as a comfortable entry point, helping individuals build relationships and confidence that can eventually lead to mental health therapy when they are ready.
Peer support is about meeting you where you are, helping you identify where you want to be, and walking alongside you as you get there.
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Vets 4 Vets is a peer support group encompassing a range of activities and interactions between individuals who share similar experiences of being diagnosed with a mental health condition as well as having lived military experience. The peer support relationship promotes connection, recovery, and inspires hope. By sharing their own lived experience peer support workers help people to develop their own goals, create strategies for self-empowerment, and take concrete steps towards building fulfilling, self determined lives for themselves.
Vets 4 Vets is intended for active duty service members/veterans. Each meeting includes a check in with each member, education, support, and camaraderie. Vets 4 Vets is open, meaning individuals may attend meetings as frequently as they decide. Groups are capped at 10-12 attendees so every individual has the opportunity to engage in the meeting.
Call (531) 247-4040 for more information.
✔︎ Registration Required
✔︎ Confidential
In partnership with the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant
Incarcerated Vets Program
At Ease USA’s Incarcerated Veterans Program supports justice-involved veterans by meeting them where they are and walking alongside them on their path to healing. Many first connect through peer support—relationships built on shared experience, trust, and understanding that often serve as the first step toward stability and long-term recovery.
Through peer support groups and one-on-one conversations in Douglas and Sarpy County jails, veterans find encouragement in a non-clinical setting that frequently opens the door to therapy and additional mental health services. At Ease USA also partners with Veterans Treatment Courts, providing peer support and therapy to help veterans address underlying trauma, navigate an alternative path through the justice system, and build the tools and purpose needed for a successful return to the community.
Contact us for more information about the program.
Ann Ashford ★ At Ease USA Board Member