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Recovery Coaching:
A Guide to Coaching People
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Category Archives: Family Dynamics
How can you heal the trauma within?
Trauma changes you. You might not necessarily like that change. How can you heal the trauma within? You have the ability to transform yourself into a healthier person. You have enormous healing potential; the goal is learning to access it—and … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, Hunger, love addiction, Positive Thinking, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged Brain and Brainwave Entrainment, Clear Therapy, Colored Light Entrainment and Re-patterning, DAVID Device, EFT, EMDR, Emotional Freedom Technique, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Green Wave Therapy, Light Stimulation Therapy, LST, PTSD, Somatic Experiencing, trauma
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Addiction is a Symptom of Untreated Trauma
I am a recovery coach. A recovery coach or sober companion is often called in to work with the most difficult addict, the chronic relapser. A chronic relapser is an individual that has been to several rehabs, often 7, 8 … Continue reading
Posted in Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Uncategorized
Tagged ACE Survey, Addiction, Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, dr. gabor mate, Drug Addiction, Kaiser Permanente Health Appraisal Clinic, Michele Rosenthal, san diego, the effects of trauma causes addiction, Trauma and Addiction: 7 Reasons Your Habit Makes Perfect Sense, trauma
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What kind of credential do I need to be a Professional Recovery Coach?
When I published my book Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions in 2013, the term professional recovery coach or professional recovery life coach was not in frequent use. A professional recovery coach is trained … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, love addiction, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction
Tagged ACC, Associate Certified Coach, Family Recovery Resources, ICF, International Coach Federation, International Coaching Federation, Master Certified Coach, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Professional Certified Coach Credential, RCI, Recovery Coaching International
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What training and certificate do you need to be a peer recovery support specialist ?
I published my book Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions in 2013. Since then, recovery coach or peer recovery support specialist training has become one of the fastest growing aspects of the coaching field. So, what … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, love addiction, Recovery Coaching, Uncategorized
Tagged CO OCCURRING, IC & RC, Mental Health Associations, Offices of Vocational Rehabilitation, OVR, PACE, PEER, peer recovery, peer recovery support practioner, peer support specialist, peer to peer recovery support specialist, Person Centered Thinking, Personal Assistance in Community Existence, Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health, Wellness Recovery Action Planning, WRAP, www.dbsalliance.org
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What kind of training do I need to be a recovery coach?
I published my book Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions in 2013. Since then, recovery coach or peer recovery specialist training has become one of the fastest growing aspects of the coaching field. So … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, Hunger, love addiction, Positive Thinking, Recovery Coaching
Tagged IC & RC, International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium, mkrecoverycoaching.com, NAADAC, National Certification Commission for Addiction Professionals (NCC AP), Peer Recovery Support-Specialist Code of Ethics, recovery coach training, recovery coaching a guide to coaching people in recovery from addictions, the Association for Addiction Professionals
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What kind of certification do I need to be a recovery coach?
I published my book Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions in 2013. Since then, recovery coach or peer-recovery specialist certification training has become one of the fastest growing aspects of the coaching field. So what … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, Hunger, Positive Thinking, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged IC & RC, ICF, International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium, International Coach Federation, Melissa Killeen, mkrecoverycoaching.com, peer recovery, peer to peer recovery support specialist, recovery coach, Recovery Coaching, recovery community organizations, state certification board
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What is the difference between a recovery coach, a peer recovery support specialist and a professional recovery coach?
I published my book Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions in 2013. A recovery coach, a peer recovery support specialist and a professional recovery coach’s job descriptions have expanded significantly since then. The organizations … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, love addiction, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged Buddhist Recovery, Harm Reduction, IC & RC, ICF, International Coach Federation, Kundalini Yoga, life coach, Moderation Management, peer to peer support specialist, professional recovery coach, recovery coach, recovery coaching a guide to coaching people in recovery from addictions, recovery community organizations, recovery support centers, state certification boards
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The Family Relationship Consultant
by Ronald B Cohen, MD According to Ronald B. Cohen, MD, an experienced Bowen Family Relationship Consultant, and this week’s guest blogger, we all struggle with balancing emotional closeness and distance in our families or origin. Learning and Doing “How … Continue reading
Posted in Family Dynamics, Uncategorized
Tagged Bowens Family Systems, family relationships, Great Neck New York, Ronald B Cohen MD
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How Emotionally Mature Are You in a Heated Conversation?
I am working with a client who is struggling in his recovery. He is having trouble being emotionally mature in heated conversations with his live-in girlfriend. I discussed with my client how he acts when he is in an argument. My client would like … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Family Dynamics
Tagged conflict, emotionally imature, heated arguements
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Why I can’t make a good decision when I am fatigued?
Fatigue takes a toll on the brain In the August 2004 issue of the journal Sleep, Dr. Timothy Roehrs, the Director of Research at the Sleep Disorders and Research Center at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, published one of the first … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, Family Dynamics, Uncategorized
Tagged Decision Fatigue, Dr. Timothy Roehrs, Dr. Travis Bradberry, insomnia, Roy F. Baumeister, Sleep Deprivation, T. F. Heatherton
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Thinking about my mistakes from the past
One of my clients, Caroline, is a brilliant woman who has hit bottom, very, very hard. She is an Ivy League-educated woman, mother of three, and the wife of a wealthy professional in the suburbs of Chicago. But unfortunately, she … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, Family Dynamics
Tagged andry, conflict resolution, disagreements, fight fair, fights, HALT
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I am angry — How do I fight fair?
The following post, I am angry — How do I fight fair?, is the fourth post in my HALT (Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired) series of blog posts. This post is about anger and a particular client, and how he might have better conversations … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, Family Dynamics
Tagged andry, conflict resolution, disagreements, fight fair, fights, HALT
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