1. Recovery Using the McShin Model
Presented by the Virginia Summer Institute for Adduction Studies (VSIAS) and The McShin Foundation
Monday, July 11, 2016
Facilitated by and Honesty Liller, CEO and
David Rook, Director of Operations,
The McShin Foundation

2. Introductions and Goals
Name
Organization
In recovery? Recovery coach? Substance Use Disorder professional?
What do you hope to gain from this session?

3. Peer-to-Peer Recovery
McShin’s history
What is peer-to-peer recovery?
What works in recovery?

4. Providing Hope
The McShin mission is to deliver a message of hope to recovering addicts and alcoholics and facilitate their journey to a healthy life
Healing Families, Saving Lives

5. Rooted in Reality
Founded in 2004 by a husband and wife who are in long term recovery
Virginia’s leading RCO (Recovery Community Organization)
1 of 5 Accredited RCOs in the country

6. McShin Programming McShin provides the following:
Intervention and peer-to-peer recovery services
Recovery housing and recovery coaching
Ongoing recovery support – alumni support
Drug testing
Weekly 12-step meetings
Weekly group sessions conducted by group leaders
Re-entry planning and employment opportunities
Recovery advocacy
Recovery and addiction education
Family and youth programming
Recovery events

7. Partners with the Community
Members of the Addiction Recovery Council of Virginia
Members of VARR (Virginia Association of Recovery Residences)
Partnered with the Caroline County Court Referral Program
NCADD
CAPRSS
ARCO and Faces & Voices of Recovery
Local jail/judicial programming
NADCP
NARR

8. Recovery Community Center
15,000+ sq. ft. Recovery Community Center located in Hatcher Memorial Baptist Church
Computers for general use by participants
A Library containing over 1000 pieces of recovery literature, videos and audio files
Families 4 Recovery
YPR Richmond Chapter
Recovery Related/Relapse Prevention Groups Daily/Yoga/Acupuncture/Faith Based

9. Education Recovery Coach training courses available monthly
Certification is recognized by the NAADAC (The Association for Addiction Professionals)
Nasal Naloxone Training
Family Education
Recovery Messaging
Recovery Resources Meetings Weekly

11. Events Brunswick Stew Festival
McShin Foundation & VA Folk Music Bluegrass Festival
Sober St. Patrick’s Day
Spring Awards Banquet
Annual Golf Tournament
Memorial Day Cookout
Alumni Picnic
July 4th Cookout (3 summer holiday cook outs)
Pool Party
Annual Recovery Fest ( 2 time SAMHSA Recovery Month Award Recipient)
Annual holiday auction and party
Community forums throughout year

13. Advocacy Families 4 Recovery VA State Legislature
Help get bills passed in VA
Enforcement Workgroup/Governor’s Task Force
Outreach to local drug courts and participants
UNITE to Face Addiction
Our alumni are in Young People in Recovery
Youth Collegiate Program

16. History
Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America
author: William L. White
first Published: 1998
2nd Edition: 2014
Chestnut Health Systems

18. Rush was the father of the American disease diagnosis of alcoholism
Dr. Benjamin Rush

19. Benjamin Rush
One of the first physicians to identify alcoholics as addicts
Argued physicians should be treating chronic drunkenness
Recognized alcoholism as a “disease of the mind”
1810: cited the need for sober homes (an early recognition of the need for peer services)
Argued for abstinence

20. Early Washingtonians

21. Early Washingtonians
1840: the Washingtonians formed the first large recovery organization
1843: at the height of the movement, there were over 600,000 pledge members
The Washingtonians achieved success where everyone else at the time was failing
Hundreds of organizations of this type have formed during the past 250 years

22. Modern Alcoholism and Addiction Movement
Began in 1935
Alcoholics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous
New Treatment Model
Recovery Community Organizations

23. The Doctor’s Opinion
Written by William D. Silkworth, M.D., “The Doctor’s Opinion” was included as a sort of preface to Alcoholics Anonymous
It was a doctor focused on addressing the needs of alcoholics who asserted the peer-based model that worked better than anything else he knew of

24. “Many years ago one of the leading contributors to this book [Alcoholics Anonymous] came under our care in the hospital and while here he acquired some ideas which he put into practical application at once. Later, he requested the privilege of being able to tell his story to other patients here and with some misgiving, we consented. The cases we have followed through have ben most interesting; in fact, many of them are amazing.”
-from “The Doctor’s Opinion” by William D.
Silkworth, M.D.

25. Results from the 2006 National Survey on
SAMHSA
Results from the 2006 National Survey on
Drug Use and Health: National Findings
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Office of Applied Studies

26. In 2006, an estimated 22. 6 million people (9
In 2006, an estimated 22.6 million people (9.2 % of the population aged 12 or older) met the criteria for needing treatment
There were 4 million people aged 12 or older (1.6 % of the population) who received some kind of treatment
More than half of these (2.2 million) sought treatment in self-help groups

27. The pendulum is swinging back toward easier access to clinical treatment
At the same time, RCO growth is rising
It is therefore important to focus on collaboration
One responsibility of a coach is to get people in recovery to the counselors and other clinicians they need

28. What is a Recovery Coach?
A peer recovery coach is a person actively and authentically engaged in a recovery pathway
The coach strives to meet the requirements or goals of their own pathway
They represent a new perspective on life that has been gained through recovery
Coaches can clearly communicate both the benefits and challenges of recovery

29. What is a Professional Counselor?
Counselors help clients identify potential goals and solutions to problems that are a source of emotional turmoil
The counselor works to improve communication and coping skills
Also works to strengthen self-esteem and promote behavioral change as well as optimal mental health

30. Collaborating
Neither the counselor nor the recovery coach will ever have all of the answers
However, each knows how to listen, to acknowledge what has been stated by the client and to share from their own experience in a way that is helpful to those with whom they work

31. Collaborating Benefits of professional counseling
insight provided by higher education and professional training
ability to address core issues: many people come to recovery with traumatic experiences in their past, and its our job as a coach to find a suitable counselor to meet a specific need or problem that has to be addressed by a professional

32. Collaborating
The greatest difference between a recovery coach and a counselor is that the latter is a trained professional in techniques and skills for processing emotions whereas a peer recovery coach is a non-professional with the lived experience of gaining stability and success through recovery in the same areas where the client is still suffering

33. Roles of the Recovery Coach
The Coach as Mentor
The Coach as Consultant
The Coach as Mirror
The Coach as Advocate
The Coach as a Navigator
The Coach as Listener

34. The Coach as Fellow Journeyer
One of the key ways in which a recovery coach differs from a counselor is determined by the nature of the relationship of the coach to the person in early recovery who needs caoching
The relationship of the counselor or therapist with a client or patient is one of an expert helper to an individual seeking help

35. The Coach as Fellow Journeyer
While the role of the counselor is in some ways similar to that of a recovery coach, it benefits from a type of authority that the role of the coach does not have
Unlike the counselor, the coach is a fellow journeyer who is somewhat further along the path than the individual with whom he or she works
Also, the coach is first and foremost a peer and a consultant

36. The Recovery Coach as Mirror
The coach is a living testament that recovery is real, possible and achievable
A coach may find himself intertwined in the same community as the person they work with and therefore must represent recovery in a positive light
The coach can serve as a model of integrity
Differences must be clearly defined so we can get to a common goal:
learning to live life on life’s terms day by day

37. What a Recovery Coach is Not
Counselor
Social worker
Judge
Psychologist
Lawyer
Pastor, priest, rabbi, imam, or other spiritual advisor
Sponsor
Doctor
Case worker
Financial adviser
Loan officer
Marriage counselor
Roommate
Landlord
Best friend

38. Partnerships McShin, for example, partners with:
Dr. James Thompson at Clean Life Medical
Recovery Resources, Richmond IOP
Counselors and case managers at River City Comprehensive Counseling Services
American Addiction Centers for clinical treatment
Moses Wright, an in-house certified substance abuse counselor

39. Collaboration Value of the recovery coach’s lived experience:
Greater flexibility of hours
Easier access
Shared experience
Windshield time

40. Co-Occurring Disorders
Many people in recovery will fall into this group
It is the responsibility of the coach to recognize possible signs of disorders requiring the attention of counselors or other health professionals
Bipolar
Eating disorders
Self-harm
Trauma
Depression

41. Wrap-Up and Discussion
Q&A with David and Honesty

42. THANK YOU FOR COMING
Contact Info Honesty Liller, CEO (804) David Rook, Operations Manager (804)