Sober Services
Coaching - Virtual Counselling - Sober Companionship - Sober Escort
All services have the same goal: Sober Maintenance
Sober Coaching
Coaching is a powerful and evidence-backed approach grounded in the strength of lived experience (See references) Research shows that when you walk beside someone who has faced the same battle, trust grows and results happen. Unlike traditional rehab settings where communication with counsellors is tightly scheduled and limited, coaching provides consistent and meaningful connection — daily rapport, real-world guidance, and support when life is actually happening.
As a certified coach (CCRC), I am not tied to any one single program or pathway. In fact I invite all methods and techniques that are effective. This is a future-focused goal and together we build on your life situations and strengths. Coaching is a professional relationship that requires clear boundaries, scheduled sessions, accountability and commitment. I motivate clients to be curious and open to the importance of learning. Recovery is humility and understanding the mechanisms that cause self-deception is where it starts. Using current research in the field of neuroscience and psychology coupled with eastern practices is a pathway that trains your cognitive fitness and builds your mental toughness.
I also bring to your program a strong background in yoga, having practiced off and on for two decades. I traveled to Rishikesh, India where I completed a 200-hour teacher training course. Yoga is a mindfulness practice that is proven to restore physiological rupture caused by trauma. I also continue to learn pranayama and meditation. Sharing the benefits of this eastern practice is a passion of mine however, I do not push it on anyone that is not interested. You have got to want it.
Lastly, I work hard to simplify complex, academic concepts into graspable learning and real-life strategies, that you can apply. Once the language of explaining is complete, we shift into the language of training — Similar to a ‘coach-and-athlete’ dynamic, that is focused on building confidence, resilience, and skills. This is where transformation happens: practicing new behaviors, confronting the patterns that once controlled you, and strengthening the courage needed to move into a life free from substances. Coaching empowers a proud and dignified path of addiction recovery. We CAN do this together.
For peer-reviewed evidence on coaching
Virtual Counselling
Professional guidance without the barriers of travel, waitlists, or clinical environments that can feel cold and impersonal. With clinical training and certification as an addictions counsellor (CCAC) we explore what I call the ABCDE's of addiction: Attitude, Behaviour, Cognitive, Development & Emotions. It is important to emphasize that I do NOT provide traditional psychotherapy nor am I a registered psychotherapist. Which means I do not have a license to practice psychotherapy. However, as a certified counsellor I have studied and learned the methodologies such as CBT, DBT, ACT, IFS and motivational interviewing.
As someone who has received psychotherapy himself, I can attest that all forms can be beneficial. Learning how to apply them in your everyday life however, is a skill that requires practice and coaching. I am confident that my integration of both counselling and coaching can support you in getting there. In fact my goal in counselling is to make me obsolete, to train you to be your own independent therapist and take back your mind that has been hijacked by self-deception and self-destructive behaviours.
Using current neuroscience evidence of what addiction is and why it is so difficult to overcome, provides clients with their own independent knowledge. We couple this with exploring the bio, psycho social, spiritual and environmental factors of your unique life situation. Then we do a deep dive into the pain that may be causing you to self-sabotage. This is a process that is necessary. It takes time and it is HARD work.