Sponsor, Recovery Coach, Addiction Counselor: The Importance of Role Clarity and Role Integrity

~ Jason Schwartz

Sponsor, Recovery Coach, Addiction Counselor: The Importance of Role Clarity and Role Integrity – Bill White recently released this paper. It does a great job discussing the differences between the emerging role of recovery coach and the well established roles of counselor and sponsor.

Published by Jason Schwartz

I have been an addiction professional and social worker since 1994. I started blogging in 2005 as the Clinical Director at Dawn Farm. I no longer work at Dawn Farm and am now the Director of Behavioral Medicine at a community hospital, and a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work. Views expressed here are my own. Keep in mind that the field, the contexts in which the field operates, and my views have changed over time.