Peer Support Specialist Recovery Coach
"A recovery coach is anyone interested in promoting recovery by removing barriers and obstacles to recovery, and by serving as a personal guide and mentor for people seeking or in recovery." - From CCAR
When you turn to us for help whether coming from your own addiction recovery journey or a having a loved one in recovery, we provide a shame-free environment. We learn about your goals and create a plan together to help you achieve whole health wellness. We connect you with community resources for support and in all areas including fitness/recreation, clubs, family, spiritual health, holistic health, emotional health, livelihood, substance support groups and grief support. Leading a positive active lifestyle is an important element to finding your purpose and recovery.
We meet you in the community for a walk, short hike or at a local cafe.
A place where we can engage and build upon your recovery goals!
We meet you in the community for a walk, short hike or at a local cafe.
A place where we can engage and build upon your recovery goals!
Roles of a Peer Support Recovery Coach
Motivator and Cheerleader - exhibits bold faith in individual/family capacity for change; encourages and celebrates achievement.
Ally and Confidant - (genuinely cares, listens, and can be trusted with confidences)
Truth-Teller - provides a consistent source of honest feedback regarding self destructive patterns of thinking, feeling and acting.
Role Model and Mentor - offers his/her life as living proof of the transformative power of recovery; provides stage – appropriate recovery education and advice.
Problem Solver - identifies and helps resolve personal and environmental obstacles to recovery.
Resource Broker - links individuals/families to formal and indigenous sources of sober housing, recovery – conducive employment, health and social services, and recovery support.
Advocate - helps individuals and families navigate the service system assuring service access, service responsiveness and protection of rights.
Community Organizer - helps develop and expand available recovery support resources.
Lifestyle Consultant - assists individuals/families to develop sobriety-based rituals of daily living.
*Roles of the recovery coach as first outlined by Bill White in his landmark paper – Sponsor, Recovery Coach, Addiction Counselor: The Importance of Role Clarity and Role Integrity (2006).
Ally and Confidant - (genuinely cares, listens, and can be trusted with confidences)
Truth-Teller - provides a consistent source of honest feedback regarding self destructive patterns of thinking, feeling and acting.
Role Model and Mentor - offers his/her life as living proof of the transformative power of recovery; provides stage – appropriate recovery education and advice.
Problem Solver - identifies and helps resolve personal and environmental obstacles to recovery.
Resource Broker - links individuals/families to formal and indigenous sources of sober housing, recovery – conducive employment, health and social services, and recovery support.
Advocate - helps individuals and families navigate the service system assuring service access, service responsiveness and protection of rights.
Community Organizer - helps develop and expand available recovery support resources.
Lifestyle Consultant - assists individuals/families to develop sobriety-based rituals of daily living.
*Roles of the recovery coach as first outlined by Bill White in his landmark paper – Sponsor, Recovery Coach, Addiction Counselor: The Importance of Role Clarity and Role Integrity (2006).
Goals of a Peer Support Recovery Coach
- Promote recovery
- Remove barriers
- Connect people with recovery support services
- Encourage hope, optimism and health living
- Remove barriers
- Connect people with recovery support services
- Encourage hope, optimism and health living
Resources
We are a resource-broker in creating a whole health wellness plan by providing supportive services with community integration. We learn your goals and together build upon a "person centered" recovery plan where you can pursue, achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle through connections and community. Become an active advocate in your journey that is obtainable and sustainable through Peer Support and Recovery Coaching Services.
We provide support to people in their recovery journey that includes someone seeking or in recovery as well as families that are impacted by the disease of addiction.
We provide support to people in their recovery journey that includes someone seeking or in recovery as well as families that are impacted by the disease of addiction.
Connections
FITNESS & RECREATIONPositive feelings of keeping up with fitness, recreation and being a part of an organization or club can help heal your body and brain. It also provides structure to your day.
|
CREATIVE OUTLETSIncorporating photography, art and music as part of a holistic treatment plan can offer multiple benefits. It can help share the voice and express feelings of the recoveree and families of addicted loved ones.
|
FAMILYFamilies can struggle in many different ways when they are impacted by the disease of addition of a loved one. Supporting families, empowering and showing them how to navigate and getting their loved ones help be teaching them important strategies to employ with love.
|
SPIRITUAL HEALTHBody, mind and spirit. Finding hope and comfort even in the hardest of times. Providing us with systems of faith, beliefs, values and how we can connect this with serving others and community.
Volunteerism, social contributions, belonging, fellowship, forgiveness and expressions of compassion. |
HOLISTIC HEALTHHealing that considers the whole person in connection of mind, body, and spirit. Living a holistic lifestyle is healthy and a choice to live your life and heal by opting for natural health remedies.
|
EMOTIONAL HEALTHBeing able to express and process your feelings. A state of wellbeing and recovery from situations and stresses that leads to a life worth living.
|
LIVELIHOODSecuring the necessities of life. Housing, employment, food and activities required for a means of sustaining a living.
|
SUBSTANCE SUPPORTSupport groups for both the one who is recovering and loved ones providing tools towards the path of recovery.
|
GRIEF SUPPORTGrief a natural reaction to loss is a strong and overwhelming emotion. Grief recovery support is where you can find help and healing for the hurt of losing a loved one.
|