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Recovery Coach Training Organizations (part 2)

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Melissa Killeen

Melissa Killeen

In 2013, I published a list of recovery coach training organizations in my book, Recovery Coaching — A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions. That list totaled 21 locations worldwide. This month I will post over one hundred and fifty organization names, addresses and web contacts for recovery coaching training! Wow, in just two short years this field has EXPLOADED!! As follows is a partial list of facilities that offer addictions recovery coach training, including organizations from Hawaii to Maryland. The complete list will take five weeks to publish, each week featuring at least ten listings. The fifth list will feature all of the Certification Organizations that issue recovery coaching, peer recovery specialist, or peer mentor credentials or certification in your state. (Check out the IC&RC website if you can’t wait for that info: internationalcredentialing.org). The sixth list will feature all of the facilities that train recovery coaches online and internationally. A complete list will be published in my newsletter, and is available immediately. To receive a newsletter, just subscribe to my blog (see top-right of sidebar).

Addiction Recovery Coaching Training Locations

Hawaii to Maryland

Hawaii	Hawaii Department of Health Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division-Access to Recovery (ATR) 601 Kamokila Blvd. Room 360 Kapolei, Hawai’i, 96707 (808) 692-7506 Dr. JoHanna Mechergui, ATR Service Developer, at 808-692-7512. http://health.hawaii.gov/substance-abuse/atr/
Idaho	Idaho Department of Health and Welfare RecoveryCoaching@dhw.idaho.gov or call (208) 332-7238. http://www.radact.com/anchorage/healthandwelfare.idaho.gov
Idaho, Boise and Nampa	Supportive Housing and Innovative Partnerships (SHIP). 1423 W. Grove St. Boise, ID 83702 (208) 331-2707 Contact Ken Widick at the SHIP office, regarding the Recovery Coaching Program, 208-331-0900, http://www.secondchanceboise.org/
Illinois, Chicago	State of Illinois Department of Human Services Rex E. Alexander, MS,CAADC, CADP, MISAII 401 South Clinton St., Second Floor Chicago, Illinois 60607 (312) 814-3701, https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=46190
Illinois, University Park	Governors State University FREE TRAINING 1 University Parkway, University Park, IL 60484-0975 708-534-5000 http://recoveryopportunity.com/recovery-trainings/for-peer-specialists/
Indiana, Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne	IAIC-Indiana Addiction Issues Coalition IAIC Recovery Coach Training April 30, 2015 in Fort Wayne, IN Contact IAIC -1431 North Delaware Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 Telephone: 317-638-3501 ext 231 Email: kManlove@mhai.net http://recoveryindiana.org/
Iowa, All areas	Iowa Department of Public Health 321 E. 12th Street, Des Moines, Iowa, 50319-0075: (515) 281-7689 or toll-free at 1-866-227-9878, Contact for Peer Coaching: Kevin Gabbert at 515-281-7080 and/or Michele Tilotta at 515-281-4816 http://www.idph.state.ia.us/atr/peer_coaching.asp
Iowa, All areas	Elite Continuing Education 1452 North US Highway 1. Suite 100 Ormond Beach, FL 32174 Hours: Mon – Fri 9 AM to 6 PM EST 1-888-857-6920 https://addiction.elitecme.com/IA/course/IAAD01RMC09
Kansas, Burlingame, Iola	Allen Community College Iola Campus 1801 N. Cottonwood Iola, KS 66749 620.365.5116Burlingame Campus 100 Bloomquist Dr Burlingame, KS 66413 785.654.2416 Online Learning: www.allencc.edu
Kansas, Lawrence	Consumers as Providers Training Program (CAP) University of Kansas 1545 Lilac Lane Lawrence, KS 66044 (877) 458-6804 (USA toll-free) Beth Oswald, Coordinator boswald@ku.edu http://mentalhealth.socwel.ku.edu/cap
Kentucky, Hazard	Hazard Community and Technical College Substance Recovery Coach Training 1 Community College Dr, Hazard, KY 41701 Contact: Cindy Plummer, Program Coordinator at (606) 487-3206 or (800)-246-7521, Ext. 73206 Cindy.Plummer@kctcs.edu www.HAZARD.KCTCS.EDU
Maine	Maine Association of Substance Abuse Programs For more information about Recovery Coach training please contact us at (207) 621-4111 or email dripley@masap.org http://www.masap.org/site/maar-recovery-coach.asp
Maine, Machias	Recovery Support Network-Supporting Women in Transition and Recovery P.O. Box 63 Machias, Maine 04654 207-263-6272 Email: info@recoverysupportnetwork.org www.recoverysupportnetwork.org
Maine, Portland	Portland Recovery Community Center-PRCC 468 Forest Ave (across from CVS) Portland, Maine 04101 207-553-2575 Darren Ripley at 207.458.4366 or 207.621.8118 dripley@masap.org http://www.portlandrecovery.org/about
Maine, Augusta	Maine Alliance for Addiction Recovery-MAAR MASAP 295 Water Street #200 Augusta ME 04330 (207) 621-8118 Darren Ripley at 207.458.4366 or 207.621.8118 dripley@masap.org http://www.masap.org/site/maar.asp
Maryland, Montgomery County	Recovery Partners In Montgomery County Maryland For information about ther CCAR Recovery Coach Academy Training contact: Catherine.mcalpine@montgomerycountymd.gov http://www.recoverypartnersmontgomery.com/peer-leadership-institute.html

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Recovery Coach Training Organizations

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Melissa Killeen

Melissa Killeen

In 2013, I published a list of recovery coach training organizations in my book, Recovery Coaching — A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions. That list totaled 21 locations worldwide. This month, and in April, I will post over one hundred and fifty organization names, addresses and web contacts for recovery coaching training! Wow, in just two short years this field has EXPLOADED!! As follows is a partial list of facilities that offer addictions recovery coach training, including organizations from Alabama to Georgia. The complete list will take five weeks to publish, each week featuring at least ten states. The fifth list will feature all of the Certification Organizations that issue recovery coaching, peer recovery specialist, or peer mentor credentials or certification in your state. (Check out the IC&RC website if you can’t wait for that info: internationalcredentialing.org). The sixth list will feature all of the facilities that train recovery coaches online and internationally. A complete list will be published in my newsletter, and is available immediately. To receive a newsletter, just subscribe to my blog (see top-right of sidebar).

Addiction Recovery Coaching Training Locations

Alabama to Georgia

Alabama	Alabama Association of Christian Recovery Ministries www.aacrm.net www.aacrm.net/Certified-Life-Recovery-Coach
Alaska, Anchorage	Regional Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor Training Program (RADACT) 3901 Old Seward Hwy, Suite 8, Anchorage, Alaska 99504, (At the University Center Mall), Call 907-563-9202 or emailvirginia@gci.net to register. http://www.radact.com/anchorage/ Wellbriety Training /White Bison.org Toll-Free 1-877-871-1495, 719-548-100, 8:00am-5:00pm M-F Email: info@wellbrietytraining.com White Bison, Inc. 701 North 29th Street, Boulder, Colorado 80904 http://www.wellbrietytraining.com/ or http://www.whitebison.org
Alaska, Juneau	National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence – Juneau (N.C.A.D.D.) 907-463-3755 , Kchapman-ncaddj@ak.net http://ncaddjuneau.org/
Arizona, Phoenix	Recovery Innovation of Arizona, Inc. (RIA) 2701 N. 16th Street, Suite #316 Phoenix, Arizona 85006 (866) 481-5361 or (602) 650-1212 http://www.recoveryinnovations.org/riaz/ Recovery Opportunity Center (ROC) contact: roc@recoveryopportunity.com 2701 N. 16th Street, Suite #316 Phoenix, Arizona T: (866)481-5362 http://recoveryopportunity.com/recovery-trainings/for-peer-specialists/
California	Recovery Opportunity Center (ROC) http://recoveryopportunity.com/recovery-trainings/for-peer-specialists/
California, Sacramento	Sober Gurus 2416 Wellington Rd., Sacramento, 90016 (310) 365-9762. http://www.SoberGurus.com
California, San Diego	Recovery Innovations http://www.recoveryinnovations.org/
California, Ventura	Recovery Innovations http://www.recoveryinnovations.org/
Colorado, Boulder	Wellbriety Training /White Bison.org Toll-Free 1-877-871-1495, 719-548-100, 8:00am-5:00pm M-F Email: info@wellbrietytraining.com White Bison, Inc. 701 North 29th Street, Boulder, Colorado 80904 http://www.wellbrietytraining.com/ or http://www.whitebison.org
Colorado, Colorado Springs	Springs Recovery Connection 1930 W Colorado Ave, Colorado Springs, Colorado (719) 660-9989 E-Mail: lpatterson@springsrecoveryconnection.org or cplush@springsrecoveryconnection.org http://springsrecoveryconnection.org/
Colorado, Denver	Advocates for Recovery P.O. Box 460176, Denver, CO 80246 720 550 6757 E-Mail: advocatesforrecovery@gmail.com , http://advocatesforrecovery.org/
Connecticut	Connecticut Community of Addiction Recovery 198 Wethersfield Ave, Hartford, CT, 06114, Tel: 1-800-708-9145 \| 860-244-CCAR http://ccar.us/recovery-coach-academy-rca-training-registration/
Florida, Broward	Broward Regional Health Planning Council Broward Regional Health Planning Council, 200 Oakwood Lane, Suite 100, Hollywood, FL 33020, dstephenson@brhpc.org, Phone: (954) 561-9681 Ext. 1235 http://www.brhpc.org/programs/substance-abuse-mental-health/
Florida, Del Ray and Ft. Lauderdale	Addiction Academy – On Line and Classroom South Campus 6555 NW 9th Avenue, Suite 210Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309 Phone: (877) 944-4235 Fax: (954) 771-2098 North Campus 4731 West Atlantic Avenue, Suite B16 Delray Beach, FL 33445 (877) 944-4235 http://www.addictionacademy.com/certified-recovery-coaching.php
Florida, Del Ray Beach	The Sober Network (866) 835-1618 http://www.recoverycoaches.com/
Florida, Lauderhill	A Journey to Well-Being, LLC 954-709-3840 4846 N University Drive #170 Lauderhill, FL 33351 ajourneytowellbeing@yahoo.com
Florida, Spring Hill	GORSKI-CENAPS- Relapse Prevention Training GORSKI-CENAPS® Corporation 13194 Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill, FL 34609 Phone: 352-596-8000 Fax: 352-596-8002 Email: tresa@cenaps.com http://www.cenaps.com/The_Cenaps_Corporation/Home.html
Georgia, Decatur	Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network, Inc. 246 Sycamore Street, Suite 260, Decatur, Georgia 30030; Tel: (800) 297-6146 or (404) 687-9487; email: office@gmhcn.org http://www.gmhcn.org/
Georgia, Atlanta and Morrow	Georgia Council on Substance Abuse CARES – Selection Committee 100 Edgewood Ave., Suite 1009 Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: 404 523-3440 http://www.gasubstanceabuse.org/CARES/index.htm http://www.gmhcn.org/

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Where do I get Recovery Coaching Training?

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Melissa Killeen

This blog information has been updated. A new list of 250 recovery coaching training organizations has been posted at: https://www.mkrecoverycoaching.com/recovery-coach-training-organizations/

If you have questions about the process of getting recovery coach certification, please go to: https://www.mkrecoverycoaching.com/blog/ and read the blog from September 2015, “What certification do I need to be a recovery coach?” It is part of a series of blogs on recovery coaches, peer to peer recovery support specialists and professional life recovery coaches, what certificates and training are necessary for these careers and where to obtain the training and certificates.

-Melissa Killeen

The following blog from 2013, is the fourth in an ongoing series of excerpts taken from Melissa Killeen’s book, RECOVERY COACHING — A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions. (Recovery Coaching Guide – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions). This text is from Chapter 7, Recovery Coaching Training, Certification and Credentialing.

Where do I get Recovery Coaching Training ?

Many people ask me where they can get recovery coaching training. There are many for-profit training organizations that offer virtual or face to face recovery coaching training in many states. There are also many not for profit organizations that have recovery coaching training as well, however they may not be in your state as yet. As follows is a list of as many coaching training organizations that I have come across in researching my book. If there is not a course listed for your state, feel free to contact me by clicking “leave a comment” at the end of this blog, and I will find out more information for you.

For Profit Recovery Coaching Training Organizations

Sober.com offers virtual recovery coach training. Through a series of webinar courses, the Del Ray Beach, Florida company is committed to training recovery coaches nationwide. Sober.com offers recovery coaching consultations online and services to the recovery community by providing resources to find treatment centers, half way houses and therapists. More information is available at the web site: http://sober.com.

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