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Recovery Coaching:
A Guide to Coaching People
in Recovery from Addictions
Second Edition
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Category Archives: Recovery Coaching
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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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 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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20 Question Assessment – Is this a healthy relationship?
As a recovery coach I guide a lot of people in the “realm” of healthy relationships. Many ask — is this a healthy relationship? Some clients have not been in a relationship for several years, and are attempting to dip their … Continue reading
Posted in love addiction, love avoidant, mental health, pornography addiction, Positive Thinking, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction
Tagged healthy relationships, intimacy, marriage
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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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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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Recovery Coaches to the Rescue
It is 5:30 am and a band of FBI and local sheriff authorities pull up to a New Jersey suburban house in a development not far from Philadelphia. Adorning Kevlar vests, and windbreakers with the yellow letters FBI on their backs, … Continue reading
Posted in behavioral health, Family Dynamics, Internet Addiction Disorder, love addiction, mental health, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction
Tagged pornography addiction, recovery coach, Sex Addiction, sex and love addicts anoinymous, sex offenders
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K9-Free and Effective Porn Blocker for MacBook and iPhones
As a recovery coach, I have been asked by many a porn addict, “what is an effective block to use on their digital equipment?” I say K9. The added bonus – K9 is free. But it is difficult to install. … Continue reading
Posted in Pornography, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged K9, porn addiction, porn blocker, pornography, Sex Addiction, Todd Love PsyD
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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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Ten ways of Improving Your Chances of Keeping that New Year’s Resolution
Make a list and think it through It’s that time and everyone is thinking of New Year’s Resolutions. You’re itching to get rid of that bad habit right now, but consider this: think it through. I know you have heard … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, behavioral health, Drug Addiction, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, Hunger, Internet Addiction Disorder, love addiction, mental health, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction
Tagged AA, Charles Duhigg, Harm Reduction, Mary Ellen Coepland, NA, Relapse Prevention Plan, The Power of Habit, The WRAP Plan
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