Topics discussed in this episode
🟣 How an unexpected conversation started Caitlin's path to recovery
🟣 Being the only Recovery Coach for 100 miles and the desire to know more led to getting a PhD in Human Services Counseling
🟣 Networking through her role as President of the Idaho affiliate of NAADAC led to her moving to Alaska to work at True North Recovery
🟣 Living room model with walk-in crisis support and mobile crisis team
🟣 MAT, MAUD, MOUD, and autonomy of recovery paths
🟣 Collaborating with police and emergency services to provide wraparound care
🟣 Sober Living: providing a safe place for OP and transition to an independent life
🟣 Fairbanks Reentry Service helping stabilize lives after prison
🟣 Prison Policy Initiative findings about Alaska's incarceration rate
🟣 How limited resources help Alaskans collaborate
🟣 Department of Health distributing Overdose Rescue Kits through Project Hope
🟣 NAADAC getting a seat at tables you didn't know existed
🟣 Mentoring in the NAADAC and NBCCF Minority Fellowship Program
🟣 Stigma, systematic discrimination, and changing what it means to be somebody who uses substances and is in recovery
🟣 Harm reduction as a social justice movement
🟣 A message for those in active addiction, inspired by the Dalai Lama
Caitlin Hegwood, PhD (She/Her)
LPC, LPC-S, MAC, ACADC, CADC-II, CCTS-I, CYI
Therapist, Elevate Wellness
Chief Clinical Officer, True North Recovery
🔗LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/caitlin-hegwood/
🔗True North Recovery https://tnrak.org/
🔗Elevate Wellness, LLC https://elevate-wellness-llc.com/
🔗Prison Policy Initiative https://www.prisonpolicy.org/
🔗Alaska Department of Health + Project Hope https://health.alaska.gov/en/services/project-hope-get-naloxone/
🔗Light up the Couch Podcast https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmHOA07fwo7kW3_ytEhIzoedC8Jyks4yo
Guest location: Alaska
Addiction Podcast Host:
Chris Langley, Co-Founder | Addiction Recovery Place