Applications for the next round of the Peer Mentoring Program, running October 2025 – March 2026 are now full.
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Peer Mentoring is peer support by and for people with lived experience of an eating disorder. Peer support offers a reciprocal relationship, where the Peer Mentor and Participant learn and grow through shared experiences.
Peer Mentoring can bean immensely valuable treatment option. It provides insights, hope and understanding. It is a unique relationship, not friendship or therapy, but filling the gap between the two.
The Peer Mentoring Program (PMP) is a FREE treatment option, providing one-on-one mentoring with an EDV Peer Mentor who has recovered from an eating disorder.
Your Mentor will support you by working together to develop a recovery focused ‘Mentoring Journal’ and undertaking activities to achieve identified goals. Common goals include getting involved in community life and developing self-care.
As a complementary treatment option, PMP supports you with the practical parts of recovery journey. It is designed to enhance clinical treatment, helping you to sustain better recovery outcomes.
Participants and Mentors meet over a six-month period, on a fortnightly basis for 13 sessions. Sessions can take place online, in the community or at the EDV office in Abbotsford.
The activities you and your Mentor participate in are completely up to you, focusing on strengths, practical supports and developing skills.
To participate, you need to:
In your application, you will need to provide contact details of:
If you are a health professional and wish to refer a client to the program, please contact us for more information at [email protected] or direct your client to complete the Participant Registration Form below.
You can also download and share the fact sheet below.
“The program has been life changing for me. I am at a place in recovery I have not been before mentally. I know my restriction has loosened. My binging and purging has reduced in severity. I have more control over my mind. It might sound small, but learning that recovery is possible with someone showing me, who has lived experience, makes change possible in real life. Having a mentor with a great attitude to food, culture and eating inspires changing my choices and learning to trust myself. This happened with eating, but also I noticed it also feed into my relationships/study in that I have been feeling more agency in general. I can’t thank my mentor enough.“
– Peer Participant“As someone who has previously had an eating disorder it would have been incredible to have a program such as this to exist. In the midst of illness, it can feel like you will never be well. This program provides proof that people will and do become well.” – Peer Mentor
“Through the program I can safely express my feelings and emotions, challenge my fear foods in a safe environment, and be provided support and encouragement from someone who has recovered from an ED themselves.” – Peer Participant
On this episode of Candid Conversations, Peer Mentoring Program graduate Jess chats with one of our wonderful Mentors Stefan, about her time in PMO and what shedding the identity of her eating disorder has meant for her.
Anyone who has completed the PMP is welcome to join the Alumni Participant Group.
This group provides ongoing support through engagement in practical self-care and recovery focused activities. Sessions are held on Wednesday evenings once a month and there is no cost involved. Alumni sessions are designed to be complimentary to clinical treatment.
You can register your interest by emailing [email protected].
For enquires please call 1300 550 236 ext. 214 or email [email protected]