Recovery Coaching Core Competencies
Coaching Disclosure Statement
A Coaching Disclosure Statement explains the nature, scope, and limitations of recovery coaching services. It helps clients understand the role of the Recovery Coach, the coaching relationship, and the responsibilities of both coach and client. This disclosure incorporates nationally recognized Recovery Coaching Core Competencies and Peer Recovery Support principles, which guide the ethical and professional standards of my practice. These competencies ensure that services remain person-centered, strengths-based, recovery-oriented, and focused on helping clients achieve their self-defined goals.
Recovery Coaching Core Competencies
Recovery coaching is individualized to align with each client’s unique goals, strengths, preferences, and recovery pathway. Recovery Coaches serve as partners, guides, and consultants rather than directors of the recovery process. Coaching empowers individuals to take ownership of their recovery, develop wellness and recovery plans, strengthen life skills, and navigate family, community, and workplace systems with greater confidence and independence.
Recovery coaching is not therapy, counseling, case management, or mental health treatment. Recovery Coaches do not diagnose mental health disorders, provide psychotherapy, prescribe medication, or offer medical advice. Coaching focuses on identifying strengths, setting goals, building accountability, and providing support throughout the recovery journey.
The coaching relationship is based on trust, respect, empathy, collaboration, and personal responsibility. Recovery Coaches utilize trauma-informed practices that promote emotional, psychological, and physical safety while helping clients build resilience, self-determination, and hope. Clients are encouraged to maintain appropriate relationships with physicians, therapists, counselors, and other healthcare professionals as part of their overall recovery and wellness plan.
Emergency Notice
MK Recovery Coaching does not provide emergency, medical, psychiatric, or crisis intervention services. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, psychiatric crisis, or thoughts of harming yourself or others, call 911, go to the nearest emergency department, or contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline immediately.
If you want to know more about how a recovery coach can help you, schedule a complimentary one-hour discussion with Melissa.
Email her at: KilleenMelissa@Gmail.com
If you are interested in purchasing my new book, click below.
Recovery Coaching
A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions
(Third Edition)
