What is Recovery Coaching?
As Essential Piece of Recovery Support
Recovery coaching is one of the core tenets of the recovery community. Having the ability to connect with your peers—and to use that to strengthen your recovery—can be incredibly powerful. This topic page guides you through what recovery coaching might look like, as well as how you can use it in your own journey.
On this page, you'll find resources that discuss the key elements of recovery coaching. You can find the resources on this topic and a description of each item in the list below. You can click on the title of the resource to jump down to it on the page, or simply scroll down to see previews of each resource.
Available Resources
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Training Guide
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Articles and Blogs
This CCAR roleplay activity guides you through several scenarios to give you a better understanding of how recovery coaching works. Click here for an editable version of this document.
Articles and Blogs
This CCAR article explains a few terms that are integral to recovery coaching. Click here for an editable version of the document.
CCAR has some of the best experts in recovery coaching, so they've taken several of their webinars and built an ebook that helps to guide you through what it truly means to be a recovery coach.
CCAR has created the "three-legged stool" visual to provide you with a better understanding of the main pillars of recovery coaching.
Do you know what listening should really look like? This article from CCAR walks you through how to leverage active listening in your daily RCC life.
CCAR has created this exercise specifically to teach coaches how to execute motivational interviewing effectively. We invite you to try out this activity with your staff!