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What Is A Recovery Coach?

A Recovery Coach is a trained professional that promotes recovery and serves as a guide for individuals, families and communities to identify and remove barriers to recovery.

Who a Recovery Coach is and what his/her roles are varies from individual to individual. Here are some common ideas regarding a Recovery Coach:

• Recovery coaches are not therapists. They do not provide clinical help; rather, they help the person engage with treatment, and also help  with various skills needed for recovery.
   
• Recovery coaches are professionals who should be paid for their work.  The payer, whether Medicaid or commercial insurance, is likely to make  all decisions about role definitions and requirements.
   

International Recovery Coach Institute

The International Recovery Coach Institute (IRCI) is a global leader in quality recovery training and bases all offerings on fundamentals of coaching excellence.  

The Course: A CCAR Course

The CCAR Recovery Coach class is a 30 hour intensive course  focusing on providing individuals with the skills needed to guide, mentor and support anyone who would like to enter into or sustain long-term recovery from an addiction to alcohol or other drugs.  Provided in a retreat like environment, the course prepares participants by helping them to actively listen,  ask really good questions, and discover and manage their own stuff.

IRCI participants will:

• Describe Recovery Coach role and functions
• List the components, core values and guiding principles of recovery
• Build skills to enhance relationships
• Explore many dimensions of recovery and recovery coaching
• Discover attitudes about self disclosure and sharing your story
• Understand the stages of recovery
• Describe the stages of change and their applications
• Increase their awareness of culture, power and privilege
• Address ethical and boundaries issues
• Experience recovery wellness planning
• Practice newly acquired skills