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Recovery Coaching:
A Guide to Coaching People
in Recovery from Addictions
Second Edition
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Category Archives: Addiction
The Recovery Support that is Available Following Overdose
What subsequently happens to people who experience a drug overdose and are successfully rescued through emergency medical intervention? What is their fate after they leave the hospital or other emergency care setting? Missing in the media coverage of the unrelenting … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, opioid epidemic, Recovery Coaching
Tagged CCAR, Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery, Emergency Department Recovery Coaches, Recovery Coach Academy, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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What is a recovery coach?
In 2013, I published Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions, since then the duties and responsibilities of recovery coaches, peer recovery support specialists and professional recovery coaches have expanded significantly. In this article, I … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, behavioral health, Drug Addiction, eating disorder, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, Internet Addiction Disorder, love addiction, love avoidant, mental health, opioid epidemic, Pornography, pornography addiction, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged Association of Recovery Community Organizations, CCAR, Conneticut Community for Addiction Recovery, medicated supported recovery, medication assisted treatment, peer recovery coach, peer support specialists, peer to peer support specialist, recovery coach, recovery community organizations, sober companion
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10 Signs You’re a Sex Addict
By Brian Whitney Reposted from an article published by www.thefix.com in 02/10/15 Is sex starting to become a real problem for you? Take a look at our list for some warning signs you might want to look out for. So, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, love addiction, Sex Addiction
Tagged brian whitney, sex, Sex Addiction
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Lions, Tigers, Bears and the Yellow Brick Road to Recovery
This is a guest post by Steve Devlin, a recovery coach from Philadelphia PA, and a long time friend. I chose to post this over the Holiday weekend, because it brings me such joy, and brings back wonderful memories of watching … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, behavioral health, body dismorphia, Drug Addiction, eating disorder, Family Dynamics, Hunger, Internet Addiction Disorder, love addiction, love avoidant, mental health, opioid epidemic, Pornography, pornography addiction, Positive Thinking, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction
Tagged recovery, recovery coach, Steve Devlin, Wizard of Oz
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What is a recovery coach?
What is a recovery coach, a peer recovery support specialist or a professional recovery coach? In 2013, I published Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions, since then the duties and responsibilities of recovery coaches, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, behavioral health, Drug Addiction, eating disorder, Gambling Addiction, Internet Addiction Disorder, mental health, opioid epidemic, Recovery Coaching
Tagged 21st Century CURES Act, CARA act, CCAR, ICF, iNAPS, International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium, international federation of coaches, medication assisted therapy, Melissa Killeen, naltrexone, narcan, peer rcovery support practitioner, peer recovery suport secialists, recovery coach, recovery coaching a guide to coaching people i recovery fro addictions, suboxone
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Getting through the tough times
As a recovery coach, I often see my clients need help getting through the tough times, without using, picking up or acting out. Recently, I personally encountered some rough patches in my life, so, I went to my library of … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, behavioral health, body dismorphia, Drug Addiction, eating disorder, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, Hunger, Internet Addiction Disorder, love addiction, love avoidant, mental health, opioid epidemic, Pornography, pornography addiction, Positive Thinking, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction
Tagged Addiction, breath work, Buddhism, Buddhist Nun, Cape Breton Nova Scotia, chodron foundation, Gampo Abbey, mkrecoverycoaching.com, Pema Chodron, when things fall apart
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Is Recovery Coaching Effective?
Treatment professionals and researchers are calling for a change in the treatment model for substance use disorders (SUD). This change calls for shedding the acute care model (28 days of SUD treatment will fix you) to a continuum of care … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, behavioral health, Drug Addiction, Recovery Coaching
Tagged Alexandre Laudet, B.A., Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, David Loveland, Ellen L. Bassuk, Faces and Voices of Recovery, JAMA, Justine Hanson, M.A., M.D., Michael Boyle, Molly Richard, Pat Corrington, Peer Delivered Recovery Support Services for Addictions in the United States: A Systematic Review, Ph.D, PhD, R. Neil Greene, SAMSHA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, william white
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Recovery Coach Training Organizations – Free Listing
Does your organization want a free listing for your recovery coaching certification training? Every year this website updates the list of over 300 agencies, organizations and schools that offer certification training for recovery coaches working with people in recovery from addictions. This list receives … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, mental health, Recovery Coaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Melissa Killeen, mkrecoverycoaching.com, recovery coach, recovery coach certification training, recovery coach training, recovery coaching a guide to coaching people in recovery from addictions
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The Top Ten Warning Signs You Are Talking to an Online Catfisher-Part 4
How can you protect yourself from a Catfisher or an online predator? Why do they do what they do? Catfishers want something from you. These are people that are not motivated by love, but are driven by money, perverse sexual … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Anger, behavioral health, Drug Addiction, love addiction, love avoidant, mental health, pornography addiction, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged catfisher, conartist, FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, internet predator, National Sexial Assault Hotline, National Sexual Violence Resource Center, scammer, stalking Resource Center
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The Top Ten Warning Signs You Are Talking to an Online Catfisher-Part 2
Are you talking to someone online? Do you trust them? Could they be a catfisher, a scammer, a scallawag or a con? I recently returned to online dating after ending a long-term relationship. With a profile depicting a self-supporting, intelligent … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Anger, behavioral health, Internet Addiction Disorder, love avoidant, mental health, Positive Thinking, Recovery Coaching
Tagged Catching the Catfishers: Disarm the Online Pretenders, catfisher, con artist, match.com. eharmony, Predators and Perpetrators Who Are Out to Ruin Your Life, scammer, Tyler Cohen Wood
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A Call for Clinical Humility in Addiction Treatment
by William White and video featuring Chris Budnick The history of addiction treatment includes a pervasive and cautionary thread: the potential to do great harm in the name of help. The technical term for such injury, iatrogenesis (physician-caused or treatment-caused … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, opioid epidemic, Recovery Coaching, Uncategorized
Tagged addiction treatment, chestnut health systems, chris budnick, recovery, recovery advocacy, Recovery Management, recovery orientated system of care, RM, ROSC, stigma, william white, www.williamwhitepapers.com
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How Adverse Childhood Experiences affects long term health – a TED MED Talk by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, during her TED-Med talk presents the benefits of the Adverse Childhood Experience study and the substantiated affects the study has brought forth on how childhood trauma can impact the quality of one’s health and length of a … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, behavioral health, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, mental health, Uncategorized
Tagged ACE Study, Adverse Childhood Experiences, CDC, Kaiser, Nadine Burke Harris
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Faces and Voices in Recovery Develops an Addiction Recovery Toolkit
Faces and Voices in Recovery Partnering with Members of Congress to Offer Comprehensive Addiction Resources Faces & Voices of Recovery, in collaboration with the Addiction Policy Forum and the House of Representatives Bipartisan Task Force to Combat the Heroin Epidemic … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Drug Addiction, opioid epidemic, Recovery Coaching
Tagged Addiction Policy Forum, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Community Anti-Drug Coalition, Faces & Voices of Recovery, House of Representatives Bipartisan Task Force to Combat the Heroin Epidemic, Legal Action Center, National Institute of Drug Abuse, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Shatterproof, the National Association for Children of Alcoholics, the National Council, the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
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How do I get recovery coaching certification?
One of the most frequent questions I receive is “How do I get my recovery coaching certification?” The second most frequent question is “How do I get my peer recovery support-specialist certification?” A recovery coach and a peer recovery support-specialist … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Recovery Coaching
Tagged IC&RC, International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium, Melissa Killeen, mkrecoverycoaching.com
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Recovery Coaching Texas Prison Style
Kyle Gage lives in Longview, Texas, and he is a recovery coach. Longview is a little oil and manufacturing town a couple of hours east of Dallas-Ft Worth and about an hour west of Shreveport, Louisiana. The small town has … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Recovery Coaching
Tagged Clyde M. Johnston Unit Texas Correctional Institution’s Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facility, recovery coach, recovery coaching a guide to coaching people in recovery from addictions
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The Sobering Center’s Recovery Coach- George Shea
The Houston Recovery Center The Houston Recovery Center and the Sobering Center, is located at 150 N Chenevert St, in Houston, Texas. The Sobering Center employs recovery coaches, case managers and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs). At first I thought a Sobering … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism
Tagged CA, CARE Connection Sobering Center Santé Fe NM, Dutch Shisler Sobering Support Center Seattle Washington, Houston Recovery Center, San Francisco Sobering Center, Sobering Center, Sobering Center San Antonio TX, Sobering Center/Inebriate Reception Center San Diego, Star of Hope Mission, The Sobering Center Redding
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Why are Love Addicts and Love Avoidants or Love Ambivalents attracted to each other?
The last person a love addict should be attracted to is a love avoidant or love ambivalent. But all love addicts are attracted to love avoidants or love ambivalents. Why? In order to answer this we have to go back … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, behavioral health, Family Dynamics, love addiction, love avoidant, mental health, Sex Addiction
Tagged love addict, love addiction, love ambivilant, love avoidant, sex and love addicts anonymous
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The Dance of the Love Addict and the Love Avoidant
A love addict knows they do not want an emotionally unavailable partner, and the love avoidant knows they want an emotionally distant mate. Yet, the love addict and love avoidant still end up being attracted to each other. The love … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, love addiction, mental health, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged love addict, love addiction, love addicts anonymous, love avoidant, SASH, sex and love addicts anonymous, Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health
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