Bridgehaven Center for Peer Excellence

Debbie Homan is the Bridgehaven Center for Peer Excellence Recovery Specialist. She has the lived experience of having a serious mental illness. Debbie started her position as an Adult Peer Support Specialist with Bridgehaven Mental Health Services in March of 2020. Debbie has worked in the mental health field for 16 years. For 4 years she worked as an IPS (Individual Placement and Support) Supported Employment Trainer. For the previous 9 years she worked as an IPS (Individual Placement and Support) Supported Employment Specialist with a Community Mental Health Center. Debbie believes that work and employment have been a powerful force in her mental health recovery. Debbie received her B.A. in Speech Communications from Elmhurst College and her Master’s Degree in Broadcast Journalism from Northwestern University. Except for a brief 6 month period, she has been working full time since her college graduation. Debbie helps to educate the public that Treatment Works, and recovery from a serious mental illness is not only possible – but probable. Debbie and her husband Steve have been married for 18 years and live in Louisville, KY.