Coaching Executives and Entrepreneurs in Recovery from Addictions and Building a Successful Sober Life
Recovery coach, sober coach, addiction-prevention specialist, peer-recovery support practitioner, sober companion, or personal recovery assistant, whatever the moniker, recovery coaching is about keeping the client sober.
Melissa Killeen, an executive coach for recovering leaders at MK Recovery Coaching, provides confidential, personalized recovery coaching services designed to help individuals successfully navigate the critical transition from treatment to long-term recovery. Melissa Killeen, MSOD, MPhil, works alongside clients to help them develop the skills, confidence, structure, and accountability needed to maintain recovery while rebuilding their personal, family, and professional lives.
Completing treatment is a major accomplishment, but recovery truly begins when you return to everyday life. The transition from a treatment center, rehabilitation program, or sober living environment back into the real world can be challenging. This is where professional recovery coaching can make the difference between simply maintaining sobriety and building an extraordinary life in recovery.
Just as elite athletes, actors, and business executives work with coaches to achieve their highest level of performance, individuals in recovery can benefit from professional coaching that helps them stay focused on their goals and continue growing beyond treatment. Melissa’s unique approach combines evidence-based recovery principles with executive coaching strategies, providing clients with practical tools for success in every area of life.
Recovery coaching is not therapy. Rather, it is a forward-focused partnership that helps individuals translate the lessons learned in treatment into real-world action. Together, Melissa works with you to create a personalized recovery plan that supports long-term sobriety, healthy decision-making, improved relationships, and personal goal fulfillment.
Every coaching relationship begins with a complimentary one-hour consultation. During this complimentary consultation, Melissa learns about your recovery journey, treatment experience, current challenges, and what you want to accomplish in your recovery journey. This consultation provides an opportunity to explore whether recovery coaching is the right fit for your needs and to discuss how coaching can support you.
Following the consultation, coaching services are tailored to your individual circumstances and preferences. Sessions may be conducted in person, by telephone, or through virtual platforms, depending on your location and schedule. Together, you and Melissa develop a customized coaching plan that identifies specific goals, milestones, and areas of focus.
As part of the coaching process, behavioral and communication assessments may be utilized to provide valuable insight into relationship patterns, leadership strengths, communication styles, and personal growth opportunities. When appropriate, additional assessments may be recommended for spouses, family members, business partners, or workplace colleagues. These tools help identify barriers to effective communication and provide practical strategies for rebuilding trust, strengthening relationships, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.
Melissa integrates proven recovery models, including the Twelve-Step recovery model, Recovery Management model, harm reduction approaches, and other evidence-based recovery frameworks, blended with executive coaching methodologies used by successful leaders and organizations worldwide. This integrated approach helps clients develop the resilience, accountability, self-awareness, and decision-making skills necessary for long-term recovery success.
Because every individual is unique, every coaching engagement is customized. Some clients benefit from intensive support immediately after leaving treatment and may require daily contact or short-term 24/7 availability (sober companionship) during the transition period post-discharge. Others may prefer regularly scheduled virtual coaching sessions and periodic accountability check-ins by text or email. Coaching relationships typically last six months, although many clients continue working with Melissa for one to two years as they pursue increasingly ambitious personal and professional goals.
Whether you are newly discharged from treatment, returning to recovery after a relapse, rebuilding family relationships, re-entering the workforce, or seeking greater success in long-term recovery, recovery coaching can provide the guidance, accountability, and support needed to help you move forward with confidence.
Recovery is about more than staying sober. It is about creating a meaningful life, strengthening relationships, achieving personal goals, and becoming the person you were meant to be. Through personalized recovery coaching, Melissa Killeen helps clients transform recovery into a foundation for lifelong success.
Do you need a Recovery Coach? Contact Melissa for a complimentary discussion on what a recovery coach can do for you. Email her at killeenmelissa@gmail.com
If you are interested in purchasing Melissa Killeen’s new book, click below.
Recovery Coaching
A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions
(Third Edition)
