Ethical True North

Ethics as a Canadian Recovery Coach Professional

Recovery Coaching can be rife with moral grey areas, calling on all our resources to stay on the right path. In this course we fine-tune our inner wisdom, allowing us to make the right call.

Maintaining Integrity

Ethical Considerations for Canadian Recovery Coaches

16 hours, over two days | Online | $355, plus GST

Few professions draw more on one’s internal ethical resources than that of a recovery coach.

Our care for our clients often feels like it conflicts with the care they are given elsewhere. We are constantly calling on our intuition to know the next right step.

Modelling what we coach can be a challenge, but it’s so important for the coach/coachee relationship.

In this course, we will explore some of the more common challenges we may face.

Most of us have common-sense ethical understanding, but what about when our coaching craft draws us into a grey area? What critical aspects are most important that we consider?

In this course, we will examine several scenarios designed to cultivate that inner wisdom.

Some of the things we will learn, include:

  • Understand what ethics are and why ethics are so important when performing Recovery Coach Services

  • Learn how to stay in your lane as a recovery coach

  • Boundary management

  • Understand and practice core values and ethical conduct

  • Describe and model the decision-making process

  • Define and exemplify wants versus needs

  • Develop guidelines for making ethical decisions

  • Apply the new learning to your everyday work as a recovery coach

Upcoming Training Dates

Live and Online

9 am - 4 pm, PST

2025
September 5th and 6th
2026
January 25th - 26th (Sunday-Monday)
April 10th - 11th (Friday-Saturday)
July 9th - 10th (Thursday-Friday)
October 2nd - 3rd (Friday-Saturday)

Some dates subject to change.
See the full training calendar on our scheduling page. Or Contact us for more information.

“In just about every area of society, there’s nothing more important than ethics.”
— Henry Paulson

Words of Praise

  • The Ethical Considerations course was an excellent addition to my training as a Recovery Coach. Ethics is a complex and multilayered topic which informed everything we do as RCs. The course curriculum was thorough and extremely relevant, and taught with the same heart-centred and professional approach I now know to be characteristic of everything at Still Here. Thank you!

    —Jamie Woodall

  • This is an amazing course that equips you not only in your own personal journey but also with walking alongside others experiencing addiction. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in personal growth and helping others who need love and support.

    —MaryAnne Connor

  • This is the first step to getting certified and the trainers and coaches at Still Here have so many opportunities to ensure that you succeed once the training is done. I don’t feel ‘left’ to do things on my own. I feel supported to continue on with certification and I feel supported to continue my learning and mentorship as I begin my career in this amazing field. I cannot recommend Still Here enough.

    —Stacy Maskell

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Become an Accredited Recovery Coach of Canada (ARCC), Recovery Coach Professional (RCP), SHE RECOVERS Coach or CCRC

Successful participants of this course will be awarded 16 CEUs by CCAR and 20 CEUs by CACCF. Those credits go toward the RCP designation or the SHE RECOVERS Coach Designation.

This Curriculum is NAADAC approved

This course content is approved by the National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors #195293

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