For mentors
Thanks for your interest in becoming a peer mentor! We're looking for caring people who want to support others struggling with internet and sexual addictive behaviors. You don't need to have all the answers — just be willing to learn and show up.
Sometimes the hardest parts of our lives become the very things that allow us to understand someone else. Not because we have all the answers — but because we know what it feels like to struggle, to keep going, and to discover that change is possible.
We'd love to welcome you to the first cohort of the EmpowHER Mentor Training Program.
You don't have to be perfect. You don't have to know all the answers. You don't have to be a therapist. You simply have to be willing to walk beside another woman who's where you once were.
We'll provide the training. We'll walk beside you, too.
If you're thinking…
You're not alone. Almost every great mentor starts there.
We're not looking for women who have everything figured out. What matters most is that you are:
We'll teach the skills. We'll support you every step of the way.
Who is a good fit to apply?
We're looking for women who have experienced meaningful personal recovery and have been free from the addictive behaviors they struggled with for at least six months.
Just as importantly, we're looking for women who have built a healthier, fuller life — not simply avoiding acting out, but actively engaging in healthy relationships, meaningful activities, and ongoing personal growth.
You don't need to be perfect, but you should feel emotionally stable, supported, and in a place where helping someone else won't come at the expense of your own well-being.
The training you'll receive
You don't come into this alone or unprepared. Every mentor completes a structured training curriculum first, covering the skills, the limits of the role, and how to take care of yourself while caring for someone else.
The goal, the role, and what a mentor is not. Empathy versus sympathy, building trust, sharing your own story wisely, and the limits of confidentiality.
Support, not stop. Recognizing codependency, staying grounded, the program's basic boundaries, how to communicate a limit, and the red flags to watch for in yourself.
What leads to burnout and how to protect against it — physical, emotional, spiritual, and relational self-care, plus breathing and grounding practices you can actually use.
The common habits that block real listening, and the OARS skills that replace them: open questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries.
Where someone is in their process, why setbacks are normal, and what actually helps at each stage — so you meet a mentee where she is rather than where you wish she were.
A walk through the resources your mentee will be using, built on three pillars: motivation, planning, and connection.
Building a fuller life rather than just avoiding, recognizing danger zones, how to run the initial call, daily check-in practices, and when to seek supervision or refer out.
As peer mentors, we believe in people and their ability to create meaningful change in their lives.
Listen. Ask. Guide. Support.
The application
The following questions help us understand where you are in your journey and ensure that mentoring will feel supportive and sustainable for you — and safe and helpful for those you'll be supporting.
A project of Guard Your Eyes
Guard Your Eyes helps individuals master shmiras einayim and build healthier digital habits, with free and anonymous tools, support, and guidance. Its approach is rooted in behavioral science, psychology, and Torah, and is endorsed by leading Rabbanim and therapists.
GYE serves men and women across the entire spectrum of the Jewish community, in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish, and its program is built on three pillars: