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Recovery Coaching:
A Guide to Coaching People
in Recovery from Addictions
Second Edition
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Author Archives: Melissa Killeen
Recovery Contagion within the Family
By Bill White Addiction runs in families, but far less known is the fact that recovery also runs in families. Recovery Contagion is a phenomenon have captured my attention in recent decades and been the focus of numerous articles. Recovery … Continue reading
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What do I need to be a recovery coach?
What do I need to be a recovery coach? Continue reading
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Tagged CCAR, Faces and Voices of Recovery, IC&RC, iNAPS, mkrecoverycoaching.com, NAADAC, peersupportworks.org, recovery coach
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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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10 Signs You’re a Sex Addict
By Brian Whitney Reposted from an article published by www.thefix.com in 02/10/15 Is sex starting to become a real problem for you? Take a look at our list for some warning signs you might want to look out for. So, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, love addiction, Sex Addiction
Tagged brian whitney, sex, Sex Addiction
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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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Why Can’t You Do the Dishes? Part 2
This week’s guest blogger, Jeff Garson from Radical Decency Group, shares with us a very common example of a partner/spouse/husband/wife interaction. A husband and wife are about to leave for work and his wife, looking at a sink filled with … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, behavioral health, Family Dynamics, love addiction, love avoidant, mental health, Positive Thinking
Tagged Jeff Garson, Philadelphia, relationships, The Radical Decency group
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Why can’t you do the dishes?
Guest blogger Jeff Garson from Radical Decency Group shares with us a very common example of a partner or spouse interaction. A husband and wife are about to leave for work and his wife, looking at a sink filled with … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, behavioral health, Family Dynamics, love addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged fight or flight, Jeff Garson, Philadelphia, radical decency, The Decency Group
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I am most vulnerable when I am naked
As a recovery coach, I approach my clients as a peer, as someone who has gone through the slings and arrows of addiction and emerged on the other side, in recovery and sober from drugs, alcohol and some behavioral … Continue reading
Posted in behavioral health, body dismorphia, eating disorder, Family Dynamics, mental health, Uncategorized
Tagged body dismorphia, eating disorder, Elisa Goodkind, jacky o'shaunessy, Lily Mandelbaum, oilivia campbell, stylelikeu, tallulah willis, what's underneath
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The Top Ten Warning Signs You Are Talking to an Online Catfisher-Part 4
How can you protect yourself from a Catfisher or an online predator? Why do they do what they do? Catfishers want something from you. These are people that are not motivated by love, but are driven by money, perverse sexual … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Anger, behavioral health, Drug Addiction, love addiction, love avoidant, mental health, pornography addiction, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged catfisher, conartist, FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, internet predator, National Sexial Assault Hotline, National Sexual Violence Resource Center, scammer, stalking Resource Center
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The Top Ten Warning Signs You Are Talking to a Catfisher—Part 3
Are you talking to someone on line? Do you trust them? Could they be a catfisher, a scammer, a scallawag or a con? Last week I outlined some typical characteristics and warning signs of interacting with an online scammer. I … Continue reading
Posted in behavioral health, Internet Addiction Disorder, love addiction, Pornography, pornography addiction, Sex Addiction
Tagged Catching the Catfishers: Disarm the Online Pretenders, catfisher, conman, eharmony.com, match.com, online predator, Predators and Perpetrators Who Are Out to Ruin Your Life, scammer, Tyler Cohen Wood
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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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The Top Ten Warning Signs You Are Talking to an Online Catfisher
Are you talking to someone online? Do you trust them? Could they be a catfisher, a scammer, a scalawag or a con? How Monica Draper, a 55-year-old, Ontario-based graphic designer lost $100,000 is not unheard of. How could she fall … Continue reading
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Tagged catfisher, eharmony.com, InternetPredatorStat.homestead.com, match.com, online predator, scammer
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