Lowell House is now known as Riverbend. Learn more.
Lowell House is now known as Riverbend. Learn more.
Recovery Café Lowell (RCL) provides a safe, drug and alcohol-free space where individuals can heal, grow and build meaningful lives – all within a member-driven Peer Recovery Support Cener that honors multiple pathways, celebrates diversity, and upholds the potential of all human beings. RCL is grounded in the belief that everyone is in recovery from something, and those on the recovery journey have wisdom to share. RCL recognizes the immeasurable value of everyone who walks in the door, regardless of substance use, mental health, homelessness, criminal justice involvement or mistakes made. We are a community of people who embrace the power of human connection and empower each other to live self-directed lives.
Recovery Cafe Haverhill (RCH) provides a safe, drug and alcohol-free space where individuals can heal, grow and build meaningful lives – all within a member-driven Peer Recovery Support Cener that honors multiple pathways, celebrates diversity, and upholds the potential of all human beings. RCH is grounded in the belief that everyone is in recovery from something, and those on the recovery journey have wisdom to share. RCH recognizes the immeasurable value of everyone who walks in the door, regardless of substance use, mental health, homelessness, criminal justice involvement or mistakes made. We are a community of people who embrace the power of human connection and empower each other to live self-directed lives.
Recovery coaching is a non-clinical peer support service that is person-centered and supports the recovery potential within every individual. Recovery coaches promote positive self-identity by drawing on the strengths and resilience of individuals. The primary role of a Riverbend recovery coach is to uphold the inherent value and potential of each and every recoveree so that they too can recognize and actualize the value and potential within themselves. The recovery journey becomes more achievable and sustainable when a recoveree’s inherent capacity to live a self-directed, meaningful life is recognized and supported.
Through Opioid Abatement Funding from the Nashoba Opioid Abatement Collaborative (NOAC), and a grant from Rize Massachusetts, we are excited to partner with the Montachusett Recovery Center to provide Recovery coaching to Nashoba Valley. The primary role of a Riverbend recovery coach is to uphold the inherent value and potential of each and every recoveree so that they too can recognize and actualize the value and potential within themselves. The recovery journey becomes more achievable and sustainable when a recoveree’s inherent capacity to live a self-directed, meaningful life is recognized and supported.
The Connecticut Center For Recovery Training (CCAR) Recovery Coach Academy© is a 5-day intensive, interactive training program that prepares individuals to serve as personal guides and mentors for people in or seeking recovery from substance use disorders. Participants learn both the art and science of recovery coaching by focusing on active listening, asking open-ended questions, and treating individuals as their own best resources. The training covers core recovery principles, ethical issues, boundary management, cultural awareness, and the development of recovery wellness plans, and it is a fundamental requirement for obtaining a Certified Addictions Recovery Coach (CARC) designation.
Cost: $390 – Payment can be completed by check, or by emailing Nicole Cardelle for a payment link
Riverbend partners with Tufts Medicine’s Lowell General Hospital to ensure that individuals arriving at their emergency department with substance use–related needs receive compassionate, informed support at any hour. Riverbend offers recovery coaching services during evenings, nights, and weekends, times when people often present in crisis and need immediate understanding and connection to treatment. Riverbend’s Recovery Coaches draw on lived experience with substance use disorder and long-term recovery to meet individuals with empathy, respect, and hope, recognizing potential even in the most difficult moments. Serving as mentors, advocates, and resource brokers, Recovery Coaches help remove barriers to care, connect people to services, and support multiple pathways of recovery, empowering each individual to define and direct their own journey toward wellness.