Oct 26, 2020
Kevin Minnick is the SMART Recovery Regional Coordinator for Indiana. He is also a probation officer for Hancock County.
In this podcast, Kevin talks about:
- How being a professional golfer paid for his master’s degree in counseling
- Seeing an ad for SMART Recovery in an underground newspaper in the 1990s
- How working in the chemical dependency unit was luck of the draw
- Recognizing that many aspects of recovery were not being addressed in 12-step treatment programs
- Challenging his supervisor that multiple options for recovery needed to be offered
- Taking a client-centered approach to the person’s recovery
- Being a clinical coordinator in the drug court
- How SMART Recovery’s program shows results
- Incorporating the Successful Life Skills book into meetings
- Why to become a SMART Recovery facilitator