Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions (Third Edition)
The groundbreaking book that helped define the field of recovery coaching is now completely updated for a new generation of recovery professionals.
Recovery Coaching: A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions by Melissa Killeen is widely recognized as the leading book on recovery coaching, peer recovery support, and addiction response. Originally published in 2013, as the profession’s comprehensive recovery coaching textbook for certification training. This fully updated 2026 Third Edition provides practical, evidence-informed tools for Recovery Coaches, Peer Support Specialists, Quick Response Team Mobile Crisis Peer Specialists, Post-Overdose Response Specialists, and Forensic and Re-Entry Peer Specialists.
Packed with real-world strategies, this essential guide covers recovery coaching skills, relapse prevention, recovery planning, ethical standards, behavioral assessments, coaching contracts, and supervision practices. Readers will also learn how to apply clinical models, i.e., Harm Reduction, trauma-integrated service, and medication-assisted treatment (MAT).
New content addresses today’s addiction landscape, including opioid overdose response, emerging street drug names and their effects, recovery support for individuals leaving incarceration, and the increasing new roles for peer recovery services.
Whether you are a new recovery coach, certified peer specialist, addiction counselor, treatment provider, or recovery advocate, this book delivers the knowledge, tools, and confidence needed to help individuals and families build successful lives in recovery.
Order your copy today and join the next generation of recovery coaching professionals: Recovery Coaching
A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions
(Third Edition)
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Recovery Coaching
A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions
(Third Edition)
