Peer professionals are trained in relational practice grounded in mutuality, shared power, and voluntariness, yet governed by a code of ethics borrowed from clinical disciplines built on categorical rules and professional distance. When these frameworks collide, peer workers face ethical binds that produce moral injury: an identity wound deeper than burnout that self-care cannot fix. This workshop examines how that tension creates conditions for moral injury. Drawing on ethical philosophy, the Shay moral injury framework, Peer Support Guidelines, and the PCB Code, participants gain language to name what many have felt but struggled to articulate. Through ethical dilemmas, side-by-side analysis of Peer values and PCB rules, vignettes, and small group exercises, attendees explore key conflicts and identify how moral injury shows up in daily practice. The session closes with communalization strategies and directions for peer-informed change.
Note: This training will count toward the Ethics CEU requirement through the PCB
Who: Pennsylvania Peer Support Coalition
What: Ethics of Codes of Ethics: Moral Injury in Peer Support
When: Wednesday, September 9, 2026, 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Where: Online Virtual Training - a link to join the meeting will be sent to you the day before the training (please mark your own calendar now)
CEUs: 3
Price: $30 for Members; $60 for non-members
This training is being conducted online through Zoom. The training link will be emailed one day prior to the training if you have registered and paid.
You must have the ability to receive files through email and, at least, join the training with audio to participate.