Nonprofessional Peer Support to Improve Mental Health: Randomized Trial of a Scalable Web-Based Peer Counseling Course.
Samantha L BerneckerJoseph Jay WilliamsNorian A Caporale-BerkowitzAkash R WasilMichael J ConstantinoPublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2020)
The results provide proof of concept that nonprofessionals can learn basic counseling skills from a scalable web-based course. The course serves as a promising model for the development of web-based counseling skills training, which could provide accessible mental health support to some of those underserved by traditional psychotherapy.