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Practical writing on group facilitation, recovery programming, and running behavioral-health programs well. Read it here, or get each piece in your inbox when it publishes.

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Meet the DAMD Recovery Facilitator Network

A facility booking outside group facilitation is not buying a brand — it is buying whoever walks through the door on Tuesday. Here are the six people in the DAMD Recovery network, what each is certified in, and what we confirm before any of them takes a group.

Gabriel ChavezSep 5, 20265 min read

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Eight Questions to Ask Before an Outside Facilitator Enters Your Room

Bringing an outside group facilitator into a treatment program is a risk decision before it is a scheduling one. Here are the eight questions a clinical or program director should put to any facilitation vendor, and how DAMD answers each.

Gabriel ChavezSep 5, 20265 min read

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Group Facilitation for Sober Living Homes: What Residents Actually Need

A sober living home is not a treatment center, and its groups shouldn't pretend to be. Here is what good group facilitation and resident activities look like in a sober living setting, and when to bring in outside help.

Gabriel ChavezAug 16, 20264 min read

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PHP vs. IOP Group Facilitation: What Staffing Each One Actually Takes

Same certification, very different job. Here is what group facilitation coverage actually requires at the PHP level versus the IOP level, and where programs most often get the staffing math wrong.

Gabriel ChavezAug 1, 20264 min read

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Why Treatment Centers Are Outsourcing Group Facilitation (And Why It's Working)

A facilitator gives two weeks' notice and suddenly a group is cancelled. Here's why more treatment centers are staffing group facilitation through a partner instead of another full-time hire.

Gabriel ChavezJul 1, 20263 min read

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Recovery Coach vs. Sponsor vs. Therapist: What Each One Actually Does

Recovery coach, sponsor, therapist: people use the three words like they mean the same thing. They don't. Here is what each one does and which you need.

Gabriel ChavezJun 25, 20266 min read

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What Recovery Coaching Really Means: Beyond the Buzzwords

Recovery coaching isn't about fixing people. It's about walking alongside them while they rebuild their own foundation. Here's what that actually looks like in practice.

Gabriel ChavezJan 15, 20255 min read

Insights on group facilitation.

Meet the DAMD Recovery Facilitator Network

Eight Questions to Ask Before an Outside Facilitator Enters Your Room

Group Facilitation for Sober Living Homes: What Residents Actually Need

PHP vs. IOP Group Facilitation: What Staffing Each One Actually Takes

Why Treatment Centers Are Outsourcing Group Facilitation (And Why It's Working)

Recovery Coach vs. Sponsor vs. Therapist: What Each One Actually Does

What Recovery Coaching Really Means: Beyond the Buzzwords

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