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What is a Recovery Coach?

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What is your personal definition of a recovery coach? My personal definition of Recovery Coaching is, a trained professional who uses one’s own personal experience and education to work with individuals to assist, guide and help them remove personal and environmental obstacles to recovery. Progressive Recovery Coach serves as a personal...

Progressive Institute Virtual Meetings

Progressive Institute Offers Free Mind
In addition to offering a suite of Telehealth Services for all patients, Progressive Institute is offering multiple free online support groups to all members of our community.  Maintaining personal connections and managing through new challenges in the age of social distancing has proven to be difficult for many.  We believe...

Recovery Coaching at Progressive Institute

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Brian Nash, RCP, Director of Clinical Outreach & Recovery Coaching at Progressive Institute   How often and how does a Progressive Recovery Coach meet with clients? Our certified coaches are here for our clients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When a person joins Progressive Recovery Coaching program,...

Supporting Sacred Heart University Students on the Road to Recovery

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Sacred Heart University is proud to announce the expansion of the collegiate recovery program to include integrated recovery coaching with their partner-in-care, Progressive Institute. The services are available in person at the main campus in Fairfield, CT and virtually via telehealth. Since 2019, Sacred Heart University and Progressive Institute have...

Progressive Institute and Major Carriers Launch Integrated Recovery Coaching Programs to Improve Addiction Treatment Outcomes

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SHELTON, CT – To kick off National Recovery Month 2020, Progressive Institute has launched a landmark study to measure how integrated recovery coaching improves outcomes for people diagnosed with alcohol and other Substance Use Disorders (SUD). The Company is also proud to announce in-network partnerships with five of the largest...

Progressive Profile: Kerry Lassen LCSW, Clinical Director at Progressive Institute

Kerry Lassen LCSW, Clinical Director
TAKING A LOOK AT PROGRESSIVE’S TREATMENT PROGRAMS & THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE CARE. In this month’s Progressive Profile, we are pleased to introduce Kerry Lassen, Clinical Director at Progressive Institute. Part of the team since the Fall of 2019 and a licensed clinical social worker, Kerry leads Progressive staff of...

You’re Not Alone. There’s No Better Time Than Now to Get The Help You Need

You’re Not Alone
You’re Not Alone. There’s No Better Time Than Now to Get The Help You Need. by Melissa Avanzato | Friday, March 19, 2021 In a recent survey, it turns out that nearly all of us know someone who is suffering from anxiety and depression or is losing control of their alcohol or...

It’s Alcohol Awareness Month

Alcohol Awareness Month
Here’s Why We Need to Address Alcohol Addiction in the U.S. In April 1987, Mary Mann, an alcoholic in recovery, founded the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD). Her goal was to help people find and get treatment from alcohol addiction. The Council’s initial focus was on educating...

Depression is More Common Than You Think

Depression is More Common Than You Think
Depression does not discriminate. Depression does not discriminate. Money, fame, and privilege protect no one from the often crippling effects of depression. The team at Progressive Institute, a dual-licensed psychiatric and substance use outpatient treatment facility located in Shelton, CT, is here to remove the stigma around depression by elevating the conversation...