From Lived Experience to Professional Peer Support

This training explores the transition from being a person in recovery to providing professional peer support, helping identify how lived experience can become a meaningful and effective workforce skill. The session will address common areas of role confusion, professional boundaries, and strategies for maintaining authenticity professionally. Through discussion and real-world examples, attendees will learn how to use their recovery story with purpose, professionalism, and intention to support others in their own recovery journeys.

Learning Objectives:

Describe what makes peer support a unique and valuable part of recovery-oriented services.
Identify ways to transform lived experience into a meaningful professional skill that supports the recovery journeys of others.
Recognize strategies for developing confidence, professionalism, and a strong peer identity while remaining authentic to your own recovery experience.

A 1.0 CEU certificate will be awarded to peer professionals after attending the full training and submitting an evaluation.

This is an interactive training. In order to award continuing education credits, it is important that we can verify your attendance. Please remain on camera as much as you can during this event and be mindful of your on-camera presence. Thank you for your cooperation!

Provided in Partnership by:

Mental Health America of Northern Kentucky & SW Ohio | 11238 Cornell Park Dr | Blue Ash, OH 45242 US

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