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LETS Spaces

LETS spaces exist in whatever form the community needs, though all LETS spaces are equipped with the same, basic guidelines and principles. LETS spaces offer peer-run groups, where you will find comfort and direction in a confidential and supportive setting.
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The selection of services offered differs by each space, depending upon the needs of its participants — but usually includes some form of body-based movement (yoga or meditation), psychoeducation, coping skills, sharing stories + questions, hearing from speakers, and learning about ourselves and those around us.

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Facilitated by Peers

• By a fellow Brown student who is a trained Peer Mental Health Advocate 
• Meeting regularly and consistently
• Discussion at support group meetings is facilitated by a group participant, and this is important to the group’s smooth functioning.
• The facilitator guides discussion, provides focus to the group, and helps ensure that the group’s guidelines are followed.

Empowerment

• Each person has the ability to make appropriate use of available resources to meet their own needs.
• All of us together know more than any one of us alone.
• Everyone has value and has something to add to a group process.

• Each person is the ultimate authority on what they need and on what will work for them.
• Each person's story and experience will be heard and valued 
• Group members may not provide advice/solutions to other group members.

Safe and Accepting

• Participants make the group a safe place by fostering a supportive, trustworthy, respectful, non-judgmental, and nurturing atmosphere. 
• All those attending share experiences that can help others live successfully with mental illness. 
• People use information they’ve gained from others at the meeting and the mental health professionals they work with to make their own judgments about correct strategies for themselves.

Confidential

• Open and honest communication is important to a positive group experience.
• Support groups operate on the following premise: "What we say here stays here.”  No one may publicly reveal information about the people attending the group or what is said during a meeting.  
• Exceptions to this policy are made only when the safety of an individual is in danger.
• Participants are not required to provide personal contact information if they do not wish to do so.


In addition to participating in the group meetings, you will meet other students from your community who can relate to your experiences. You will learn valuable information about mental health professionals and services in at Brown (and the Providence community), as well as tips and techniques others use to manage their illness. Some LETS spaces run their own newsletters, lending libraries, and special events.


​For more information on what LETS Spaces are currently running, check our Facebook page, or email letsatbrown@gmail.com. 

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