While Family Recovery Life Coaching is focused on helping the family, coaching for a person with a Substance Use Disorder is specifically focused on working with individuals themselves  Whether your Drug of Choice is or was alcohol, gambling, gaming, or something else, coaching can help you to find a way to get and stay in recovery. When working in a substance use disorder coaching session, Karen is focused on assisting her clients in the following ways:

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• Builds an ongoing relationship for support in maintaining sobriety

• Assists in helping clients identify triggers and create coping strategies

• Helps client navigate and maintain their new life in sobriety

• Provides accountability in reaching goals

• Affirms the innate health and wellness in each client

• Provides support with harm reduction

• Suggests strategies and tools to maintain serenity and reduce suffering from addiction

• Coaches on general life issues, as they are inherently linked to maintaining sobriety