Building Skilled Recovery Coaches. Strengthening Recovery Communities.

RCAC provides the highest standard of Recovery Coach training, where knowledge meets practical application and human connection.

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Recovery Coach Training That Puts People First

Our certification pathway equips Certified Recovery Coach Professionals (CRCPs) to listen, ask meaningful questions, build trust, maintain boundaries, and ethically support people in identifying their own goals and next steps. Through hands-on practice, assessment, and ongoing professional development, CRCPs learn to put these skills into action.

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Our Approach

Built on Connection

We are dedicated to creating training spaces that allow for vulnerability, authenticity, and growth.

At RCAC, we believe meaningful change happens through real, human connection. Since launching in 2024, we have trained more than 1000 Recovery Coaches, helping strengthen recovery-oriented communities and expand access to recovery support.

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  • This has been the best training I have taken in two decades. What truly distinguishes this training is its focus on person-centered, strengths-based approaches. It reinforces the importance of empathy, respect, and lived experience in supporting individuals on their recovery journeys. I left the training feeling more confident, capable, and inspired to make a meaningful difference.

    — Recovery Coach Trainee

  • This training not only is going to help me show up more human for those I work with, it has also changed how I show up at home.

    — Recovery Coach Trainee

  • Having completed numerous certifications, including within mental health, I can say with full conviction that this program stands apart. Not only in its content, but in the deeply human-centered approach it brings to the work of Recovery Coaching.

    — Recovery Coach Trainee

  • Unlike any training I have previously undertaken! The Recovery Coach Academy Canada training integrates humanity, compassion, and authentic connection at the core of its methodology.

    — Recovery Coach Trainee

  • This was an excellent course, a breath of fresh air in a typically challenging world. RCAC is being a part of the solution. The relational way they approach recovery coaching is actually a decolonized process, an act of justice, and a step towards reconciliation as an organization. 

    — Recovery Coach Trainee

  • This training redefines how we approach individuals who are navigating mental health and addiction challenges: not as people to be fixed, but as individuals to be supported, heard, and empowered.

    — Recovery Coach Trainee

  • The things that I have taken from these trainings are things that I am going to use for the rest of my life. I am very grateful that I had the opportunity to have that!

    — Recovery Coach Trainee

  • RCAC's training has given me tools rooted in empathy, active listening, partnership and collaboration; skills that are essential for meaningful recovery journeys. These are the very qualities often missing in traditional, reactive models of care.

    — Recovery Coach Trainee

  • This training has not only enhanced my professional capacity, but it has also reshaped my understanding of what true support looks like. 

    — Recovery Coach Trainee

RCAC's Certification Pathway

Supported by the Government of Alberta and the Government of Saskatchewan

Become a Certified Recovery Coach Professional (CRCP)

Build your skills, put them into practice, and grow into the role of a Certified Recovery Coach Professional through a supported pathway from training to certification, and beyond.

Our Certification Pathway:

  1. Foundations of Recovery Coaching
  2. Ethical Considerations in Recovery Coaching
  3. Professionalism in Recovery Coaching
  4. Advanced Coaching Development Program
  5. Panel Interview for Certification