Recovery Coaching and Life Skills Training
Capacity Building for Peer Support and Sustainable Recovery
At the Sanctuary for Second Chances, we believe recovery is strengthened when people in the community are equipped to guide, mentor, and walk alongside others. Our Recovery Coaching and Life Skills Training program is designed to build a strong network of empowered peer coaches, facilitators, and volunteers who embody values-driven recovery support.
What We Offer
Our training program equips participants with the knowledge, tools, and lived-experience wisdom needed to serve as effective recovery companions. It includes:
- Foundations of Recovery Coaching – principles of effective peer support, motivational interviewing techniques, active listening, and boundary-setting.
- Values-Driven Support – practicing dignity, compassion, and accountability as cornerstones of sustainable recovery.
- Ethics and Best Practices – applying ethical guidelines, confidentiality standards, and integrity in peer relationships.
- Trauma-Informed Care – understanding the impact of trauma on recovery and responding with sensitivity, resilience, and safety.
- Relapse Prevention Tools – evidence-informed strategies for identifying triggers, building coping skills, and sustaining progress.
- Evidence-Informed Recovery Planning – applying best practices and lived-experience wisdom to create practical, sustainable recovery pathways. This includes integrating the Sanctuary for Second Chances' holistic, non-clinical framework for life recovery into coaching and mentoring, and aftercare support.
- Life Skills Training – practical reinforcement of everyday competencies: stress management, communication, financial stewardship, and healthy relationships.
- Mentorship and Practicum – hands-on, supervised learning experiences to build confidence and real-world skills.
Our Approach
This program is not a clinical certification. Instead, it is values-based, evidence-informed, and community-centered, designed to train recovery companions who walk alongside others with empathy, responsibility, and hope—rooted in the Sanctuary for Second Chances' unique framework for life recovery.