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Recovery Coaching

Ben Bass Bob Carty November 18, 2009. Recovery Coaching. Trainers Ben Bass Bob Carty Participants Name? Program?. Introductions. Describe recovery coaching and its benefits Identify differences between the roles of recovery coach, counselor, and sponsor

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Recovery Coaching

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  1. Ben Bass Bob Carty November 18, 2009 Recovery Coaching

  2. Trainers • Ben Bass • Bob Carty • Participants • Name? • Program? Introductions

  3. Describe recovery coaching and its benefits Identify differences between the roles of recovery coach, counselor, and sponsor Explain recovery planning and its importance Introduce supervision models and training topics to help recovery coaches Workshop Goals

  4. Recovery is a life long journey that begins with a desire to change and requires abstinence from alcohol and drugs. It is a spiritual way of life that leads to the restoration of hope, freedom, and wellbeing; and a willingness to be of service to others* * El Paso Alliance “Recovery Coach Academy” What is Recovery?

  5. Recovery from alcohol and drug problems is a process of change through which an individual achieves abstinence and improved health, wellness and quality of life* *CSAT National Summit On Recovery Report, HSR, Nugent – 2005 What is Recovery?

  6. Self-Directed – What the person in recovery wants, desires and can accomplish; not what the provider imparts to the person • Strengths-based – Focus on strengths, capacities, talents and skills • Empowerment – Providing the tools needed to empower the person • Basic Needs – Recovery is not possible without meaning, purpose, goals, housing, work and personal development Guiding Principles of Recovery

  7. A Peer Recovery Coach is a member of the recovery community who is presently in a recovery program or way of life, who can summarize the positive effects of their recovery experience and empower anindividual to develop or improve their recovery capital* * El Paso Alliance “Recovery Coach Academy” What is a Recovery Coach?

  8. Motivator and Cheerleader Ally and Confidant Truth-Teller Role Model and Mentor Problem Solver Resource Broker Advocate Roles of a Recovery Coach

  9. Sponsor • Focus specifically on 12-step recovery • Does not represent 12-step fellowship openly in community • Counselor • Clinically trained and credentialed • Employed in a treatment facility • Focus on treatment completion (Adapted from William White’s Sponsor, Recovery Coach, Addiction Counselor: The Importance of Role Clarity and Role Integrity) A Recovery Coach Is Not A:

  10. Promotes recovery Removes barriers Connects people with recovery support services Encourages hope, optimism and healthy living Empowers the person in recovery Shares Personal Recovery Journey Benefits of Recovery Coaching

  11. Recovery Capital is the quantity and quality of both internal and external resources that a person can bring to bear on the initiation and maintenance of recovery (W. White, 2006) *(Granfield & Cloud are credited with developing the concept of Recovery Capital for SUD Recovery) Recovery Capital

  12. Physical Capital – Physical health; financial assets; health insurance; safe and recovery-conducive shelter; clothing; food; and access to transportation • Human Capital – Includes a person’s values, knowledge, educational/vocational skills and credentials; problem solving capacities; self-awareness; self-esteem; self-efficacy, other positive aspects such as self confidence • Social Capital – Intangible but effective and beneficial connectedness to family, community, and social institutions, includes intimate relationships; kinship; family and relationship, church and neighborhood relationships *Granfield and Cloud, Coming Clean, New York Univ Press, 1999 Aspects of Recovery Capital

  13. More expansive than treatment plan and includes the individual’s recovery capital • Person seeking recovery discusses with the recovery coach goals and how to meet them • Person writes, keeps and updates the plan • Person brings the plan with her/him to meetings with the coach to discuss progress • Activities on the plan are specific to the individual, his/her family, and community Recovery Plan

  14. Natural pathways to recovery should be recognized by the Recovery Coach in the natural environment of the community. • The Recovery Coach is a recovery resource locator in the community • The Recovery Coach helps the person build or rebuild recovery capital within the environment of the person’s own community • The Recovery Coach guides the person from the culture of addiction to the culture of recovery Culture and Community

  15. Addiction professionals do not do assertive post-treatment monitoring and early re-intervention, but there is substantial anecdotal evidence that drug dealers and addicted peers do…* • We need to be in the community too… *Recovery, Linking Addiction Treatment to Communities of Recovery: A Primer for Addiction Professionals and Recovery Coaches, Wm. White, NE Addiction Technology Transfer Center, 2006 Natural Environment

  16. Recovery coaching in El paso, TX

  17. The recovery coach should have one year of recovery. • He or she must presently be in a recovery program, or way of life • The coach or ally will actively work the requirements of his or her specific program, or way of life. • Exhibits the signs of “a spiritual awakening” • Can summarize the positive effects of his or her recovery experience • Is willing to share this experience in a way that would be helpful to others El Paso Alliance Recovery Coach Manual V.4.5 Dec. 2008 Qualifications

  18. Recovery First: The Alliance values recovery as a guiding principle. All services, from recovery coaching to the Recovery Ally or the mapping of community recovery capital, are carried out by members of the recovery community. Core Values

  19. Participatory Process: The Alliance believes that the community makes us strong. The Alliance asserts that the shared experience of recovery is where our authority to provide services begins. The organization has depended on participatory process to define the vision, mission, and community values that guide the strategy of the organization. The Alliance’s success has always depended on the recovery community. Core Values

  20. Authentic Recovery Community Voice:This is the most valuable quality of the organization and its services and the reason they are effective. To preserve the authenticity of voice, the Alliance has started an association of peer providers with the fundamental mission of preserving the essential peer nature of the organizations and services. Core Values

  21. Community Connections

  22. Leadership Development: At the Alliance takes place in the Peer-A-Myd peer training system. Peers are recruited at social and recreational events into peer orientation and peer service provision. The Alliance has found that some peer leaders self-identify and come forward with ideas for services. They should be empowered. Core Values

  23. Cultural Diversity: The Alliance surveys the valuable qualities and gifts that people bring with them to the organization. These gifts may be due to their age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, or path to recovery. All of these qualities can be valuable to sustaining or initiating recovery, and in identification with the peer providing service. Core Values

  24. An example of the development of culturally enriched recovery support service is the Alliance’s Hombres Nobles Con Palabra. The service provides a reexamination of cultural mores in light of traditional values of Aztlan and old Mexico that teaches machismo as responsibility to family and society and can be a rite of passage to society for men who are making that trip for the first time. Why Culture Matters

  25. Most supervisory models are designed for supervising counselors • Delivered in a “power over” structure • Inclusion of administrative and clinical tasks • Focus on how client is doing in treatment • Supervising a recovery coach requires a revised approach Supervising a Recovery CoacH

  26. Parallel process: how the supervisor interacts with the counselor sets the stage for how the counselor interacts with the client In recovery coaching, there is less power differential and more empowerment of the individual Supervision of a recovery coach needs to reflect this Concept of Parallel Process

  27. Emphasizing a strengths-based approach, promotes empowerment • Mentoring the recovery coach on his/her own goals for improving as a coach • Discussing differences in role functions from counselor and sponsor, especially regarding ethics • Helping coach recognize ways to enhance recovery capital for those who s/he serves • Using incentives to encourage the recovery coach to meet performance expectations Coaching the Recovery Coach

  28. Wide range of topics include • Active listening skills • Stages of recovery • Ways to enhance motivation • Multiple pathways of recovery • Cultural competency • Ethical standards • Community resources • Self-care practices • Others? Training Needs For Recovery Coaching

  29. Ben Bass • bbass@recoveryalliance.net • (915)594-7000 • Bob Carty • rcarty2003@yahoo.com • (847)675-0508 Trainers’ Contact Info

  30. Recovery coaching is a valuable service in supporting recovery Ongoing efforts are needed to research its effectiveness and to continue its development as needed Closing Comments

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