Peer Support
An individual or group space grounded in lived experience, to move forward in a recovery, employment or health journey.
Services · Training · Support
Bridging knowledge, Advancing mental health
More than 15 years of experience at the intersection of lived experience in mental health, engineering and research.
An approach grounded in patient partnership, peer support, and the integration of experiential, professional, interdisciplinary and community knowledge.
Savoirs Croisés
Connecting lived experience, professional practice and society
Savoirs Croisés is led by Guillaume Escourolle, a mental health practitioner, peer support worker and patient partner.
Savoirs Croisés helps improve the way mental health issues are understood and addressed by supporting people experiencing mental health difficulties, as well as organisations, businesses and support services.
Learn more about my approach
A hybrid approach
The richness comes from bringing different perspectives together
Our approach combines lived-experience expertise, professional practice, active learning and an understanding of mental health dynamics.
- Peer support and the sharing of experiential knowledge
- Patient partnership and co-design
- Active learning and collective intelligence
- Research and exploration
Areas of work
Formats tailored to your context
Each service is designed around your context, your audiences and your organisation’s objectives.
Awareness-raising & destigmatisation
Challenge perceptions and create a safe space for discussion.
Patient partnership & peer support
Develop practices that recognise the expertise of people with lived experience.
Mental health & employment
Connect mental health, employment pathways and workplace environments.
Psychosocial risk prevention
Understand psychosocial risks and strengthen protective factors.
Training & groups
Design participatory training and facilitate group dynamics.
Research
Contribute to producing and sharing knowledge from multiple perspectives.
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Support | Peer support
Support for reflection, co-design and recovery-oriented processes.
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Services
Talks, lived-experience contributions, round tables and awareness-raising sessions.
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Training
Learning programmes tailored to the needs of your teams and audiences. Research
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Research
Studies, exploration and dissemination of diverse forms of knowledge.
About me
Guillaume Escourolle
Engineer, I work in mental health as a peer support worker, patient partner, and researcher.
Since 2017, I have drawn on my lived experience of recovery and mental health to support people directly concerned, relatives and groups. My engineering background also brings an analytical and collaborative approach, with a focus on building solutions suited to each person’s circumstances.
I support people experiencing mental health difficulties, starting from their situation, strengths and aspirations. When useful and with their agreement, this support can also involve people in their personal or professional circle, in order to foster understanding, dialogue and more appropriate day-to-day responses, whether in education or at work.
I work with stakeholders in healthcare, social care, employment, training, local government and business. Savoirs Croisés brings together knowledge from lived experience, professional practice, research and civic life to support more inclusive and practical approaches.
I am also conducting a research project, in connection with the University of Tours, entitled “Beyond experiential knowledge: a constellation of resources”, to better understand and recognise the resources mobilised by peer support workers.
I also contribute to a university research project within the EXPAIRS scientific programme, at the ESO laboratory (UMR 6590) and Rennes 2 University. It is coordinated and scientifically led by Ève Gardien (Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Rennes 2 University).
Recognising the plurality of knowledge opens up new possibilities for action.
Insights & Resources
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Articles on peer support, patient partnership, experiential knowledge, and mental health at work
Peer support is not a low-cost version of care
Peer support is taking on an increasingly important role in the mental health, disability, and social support sectors. And that is rather good news. But this recognition is sometimes accompanied by a misunderstanding: since a peer worker relies on their lived experience, their intervention would be simpler, less technical, or even less costly than that of a professional from the [...]
Peer support worker, patient partner, expert patient… Related roles, but not interchangeable
In a first article, we explained why different forms of knowledge need to be brought together in mental health. This raises another question: who actually takes part in this process? Peer support worker, patient partner, expert patient, patient educator, patient researcher, service-user representative… The number of terms is growing. They reflect an important shift: people with lived experience are no longer […]
Why bridging different forms of knowledge together in mental health?
Mental health is often approached from a single perspective: scientific knowledge or professional expertise. Yet understanding a complex human situation requires drawing on several forms of knowledge. Scientific knowledge is essential. It helps identify mechanisms, evaluate interventions and guide practice. Professional knowledge brings experience […]
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