What is Coaching?

Coaching is a newer profession synthesized from the best of psychology, business, philosophy, spirituality and finance to benefit individuals who want to grow personally and professionally. Utilizing a coach is about change. Coaches focus on the present and what to do next. A Recovery Coach will help ensure that pursuits are fueled by healthy motivation and built upon firm, well thought out, foundations. Our Coaches will help you develop a plan of action that is free from compulsive addictive behaviors and rich in healthy ambitions and practicality.

Why Does Coaching Work?

Synergy
Client and coach become a team, focused on the client's goals and needs.
Structure
Client's take more action, think bigger and get the job done because the plan is well thought out and the coach provides accountability.
Expertise
Coaches know how to assist clients in making better decisions and setting goals that are attainable and aligned with their values.

 

RCP Phase V - Maintaining Recovery

East Coast Recovery Services (ECRS) begins Phase V with a review of the client's and family's abilities to stay focused on the development of appropriate recovery behaviors. We assess and prioritize the changes everyone needs to make in order to support continued recovery.

 It is commonplace for recovering addicts, alcoholics, codependents, and those habitually engaged in mood altering behaviors to set their sights high once they begin to achieve freedom from their addictive and harmful behaviors. So often, the pain of awakening to the wreckage of the past drives recovering people into a rigorous course of action designed to fix the past and make up for lost time. This drive often masquerades as ambition and making amends when in reality, it is being fueled by the remnants of compulsive addictive behavior. Unbeknownst to the recovering person, they are setting themselves up to fail, even while their support group applauds their hard work and effort.

The outcome is usually that the effort, if the goal is achieved, fails to produce the desired results. In other instances, the recovering person completely misses their target, leaving him or her feeling like a failure once again – setting him or her up for the relapse process and other unhealthy behavior.

By being honest with their support group and all involved, clients begin to recognize the issues that are or will become barriers to recovery. Most of these issues are ignored in active addiction and can continue to be ignored in recovery until they become a crisis. Part of recovery is learning to deal with problems before the crisis mode.

The ECRS Recovery Coach along with the recovering person's support group helps individuals create a Personal Development Plan that identifies goals and defines the action steps required to achieve them. Our Coaches help you remove obstacles without creating new ones. With the obstacles out of your way, you can begin achieving the goals that have been elusive to you and creating a life you love.

The Personal Development Plan focuses on the following areas:

A Recovery Coach should not be confused with a 12-step sponsor, therapist, or counselor. A Recovery Coach compliments the efforts of these people. He or she does not replace them, but rather encourages the action to follow the suggestions offered by each.

 

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