The Power of Peers: Navigating Ethics and Team Dynamics in Mental Health

The SOURCE and Oaklawn will host The Power of Peers: Navigating Ethics and Team Dynamics in Mental Health on August 20 at Ivy Tech Community College. Designed for mental health providers and those who refer clients for mental health services, this training explains the unique value of peer support professionals on mental health teams. Attendees will hear about ethical challenges of teams with peers, how critical pitfalls are avoided, and learn to effectively include peer support services as part of a multidisciplinary treatment team.

Event Details

The Power of Peers: Navigating Ethics and Team Dynamics in Mental Health
August 20, 2026, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Ivy Tech Community College
Goshen

• Clinicians who complete this training will receive 2 Category I Ethics CEUs.
• Free registration is required and limited to the first 90 registrants.
• Snacks and water will be provided. Drinks from The Electric Brew on campus are available for purchase.

Learning Objectives

As a result of this training, participants will:

• Gain awareness of the various roles peer support professionals play within mental health teams.
• Understand the differences between mental health provider roles.
• Learn common ethical dilemmas in the field of peer support and compare them to traditional mental health therapy dilemmas.
• Know ethical pitfalls professionals must avoid to bring quality care to shared clients.
• Process considerations to enhance one’s own ethical practice as part of a multidisciplinary treatment team.

Presenters

This training will be led by three presenters, along with a panel of peers from diverse backgrounds who all work at Oaklawn.

Anisa Carter, CPSP CCPC CCPSC MHFA, is the Orientation and Training Specialist for Peer Support Staff at Oaklawn. Anisa provides leadership and development of peer staff as well as providing peer services to peers as they navigate working in the mental health and addictions field. Along with lived experience in substance use and incarceration, Anisa has worked with adults with mental illness in case management and crisis capacities.

Kaylene Ediger, MA Ed, is the Family Peer Coordinator at The SOURCE. She has 30 years of parenting a son with autism and a son with mental health challenges and has worked to navigate the educational, behavioral health and disability systems. Before joining The SOURCE, she worked as an educator for 30 years.

Brooke Marshall, MSW, LCSW, LCAC is the Manager of Adult Addictions at Oaklawn, where she provides leadership and oversight for therapists, skills trainers, case managers, and peer support staff. Brooke has significant clinical experience working with individuals experiencing substance use disorders, mental health disorders, and co-occurring conditions.

Contact  Kelly Cataldo, at (574) 533-1234 or kelly.cataldo@oaklawn.org with questions.