CCAR
The Gold Standard In Recovery Coach Training
TRAINING (Note: Many Classes are Virtual through November 30, 2025) We have 3 vetted facilitators which allows us to provide trainings both day and evening hours.
In 2014, our founder travelled to Connecticut and became certified as a coach and a trainer. He visited the state 3 more times and became what was then known as a core trainer. He now has become an RCP-F. Embark PCA began offering CCAR Recovery Coach Training and Education courses after that 1st visit. Since that time Embark PCA has certified over 5000 recovery coaches in 25 counties throughout Colorado.
To learn more about CCAR, please read the information below:
CCAR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING TRACK
10 year anniversary special
$775 CO Residents
1) CCAR RCA 30 Hours
2) Ethical Consideration 16 Hours
3) Professionalism & Coaching 12 Hours
4) Spirituality and Coaching 12 Hours
70 hours of IC & RC Accredited Recovery Coach Trainings are eligible for at least 2 Credentials:
1) Colorado Peer Credential CPFS here
2) NAADAC Peer Credential NCPRSS here
Does not include 500 work or volunteer hours; 25 hours of Supervision; written exam, application fee.
NAADAC Peer Credential- Satisfies the requirement for the NAADAC Credential minus 6 hours of Infectious Disease.
The CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© was conceived in 2008 in response to the needs of volunteers in the CCAR Recovery Community Centers. They asked for more training to better handle the variety of scenarios and situations generated from recoverees who frequented the centers. This included engagement and communication skills. When graduates returned from the academy, they started calling themselves “Recovery Coaches”.
While the CCAR RCA has had a few updates over the past 10 years, the foundation principles of recovery coaching have stood the test of time.
The CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© is a 5-day intensive training academy focusing on providing individuals with the skills need to guide, mentor and support anyone who would like to enter into or sustain long-term recovery from an addiction to alcohol or other drugs. Provided in a retreat like environment, the CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© prepares participants by helping them to actively listen, ask really good questions, and discover and manage their own stuff.
This training provides 30 CEs and is a NAADAC Approved Training.
CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© participants will:
· Describe Recovery Coach role and functions
· List the components, core values and guiding principles of recovery
· Build skills to enhance relationships
· Explore many dimensions of recovery and recovery coaching
· Discover attitudes about self disclosure and sharing your story
· Understand the stages of recovery
· Describe the stages of change and their applications
· Increase their awareness of culture, power and privilege
· Address ethical and boundaries issues
· Experience recovery wellness planning
· Practice newly acquired skills