Training Events

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Understanding How Trauma Affects People in Recovery is a 6- hour training explores the profound and lasting impact trauma can have on individuals navigating recovery from substance use and co-occurring challenges. Participants will learn how traumatic experiences influence brain development, emotional regulation, behavior, and coping strategies, often shaping patterns seen in addiction and relapse. The course emphasizes a trauma-informed approach, helping participants recognize trauma responses, avoid re-traumatization, and build safety, trust, and empowerment in recovery settings. Through practical examples and evidence-based principles, learners will gain tools to support healing, resilience, and long-term recovery while fostering compassionate, respectful, and effective engagement with those they serve.

Emotional Healing at the Cellular Level is a  6-hour training explores how emotional experiences are stored and expressed within the body, highlighting the connection between emotional health, physical responses, and overall well-being. Participants will learn how stress, trauma, and unresolved emotions can affect the nervous system and cellular functioning, and how intentional healing practices can support regulation, resilience, and recovery. The course integrates mind-body awareness, neuroscience-informed concepts, and holistic healing approaches to promote emotional balance and self-healing. Participants will leave with practical tools to support emotional release, restore internal harmony, and strengthen the body’s natural capacity for healing.

Neurobiology of Addiction is a 6 hour training that provides a comprehensive exploration of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying substance use disorders and addictive behaviors. Participants will examine how drugs and alcohol affect brain structure and function, including reward pathways, neurotransmitters, stress systems, and decision-making processes. The training explains tolerance, dependence, cravings, withdrawal, and relapse through a brain-based lens, helping participants understand addiction as a chronic, treatable condition rather than a moral failing. Emphasis is placed on the role of trauma, stress, and neuroplasticity in both the development of addiction and the recovery process. Through interactive discussion and practical application, participants will gain tools to apply neuroscience-informed strategies that support engagement, compassion, and long-term recovery outcomes.

Take 2 for You Self-Care is a 6 hour training emphasizes the importance of intentional self-care as a foundation for personal well-being, professional sustainability, and healthy relationships. Participants will explore how chronic stress, compassion fatigue, and burnout affect the mind and body, and why even brief, consistent self-care practices can create meaningful change. The training introduces simple, realistic strategies that can be implemented in just minutes to support emotional regulation, mental clarity, and physical resilience. Through reflection and practical tools, participants will learn how to pause, reset, and prioritize self-care without guilt—strengthening their capacity to show up fully for themselves and others.

The Recovery Coach Academy© is a 30 hour training that has become the gold standard in recovery coach training across the United States and around the world. Designed to prepare individuals to serve as peer recovery coaches, this immersive training equips participants with the core skills needed to guide, mentor, and support people in or seeking recovery from addiction. Whether you are new to the field or already providing peer support services, the Recovery Coach Academy offers a transformative experience that blends practical tools with personal growth.

Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches is a 16-hour, training that addresses the real-world ethical challenges faced by recovery coaches and peer-based support professionals. As recovery coaching grows into a professional and respected discipline, a deep understanding of ethical guidelines has become more important than ever. This CCAR Training ethics course equips participants with practical skills, a clear ethical framework, and the confidence to navigate complex situations with professionalism and care.

Recovery Coaching in Justice Settings is a 12-hour training designed to prepare peer recovery coaches to work effectively within the criminal justice system. This includes jails, prisons, probation and parole programs, drug courts, and reentry initiatives. As more justice systems across the country recognize the value of peer-based recovery support, the demand for skilled recovery coaches in these settings continues to grow.

The Spirituality for Recovery Coaches course is a 12-hour training designed to help peer recovery coaches understand, explore, and effectively support others in their spiritual development during recovery. This training provides a respectful, inclusive framework to engage in conversations about spirituality-regardless of personal beliefs or faith backgrounds.

At CCAR, we believe that spirituality is a key element of long-term recovery, and this course invites recovery coaches to examine their own values while learning how to guide others in finding meaning, connection, and purpose in their recovery journey.