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Our Services

Maverick Minds, LLC is a consulting firm redefining professional development in the social sciences. We ignite bold ideas thr

Ongoing professional development in human services isn’t just a box to check, it’s fuel for the fire. Continuous training sharpens skills, deepens empathy, and empowers professionals to be bolder, more effective advocates for the systemic change our communities deserve.

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Strengths-Based Coaching

Through a strengths-based lens, we help you identify what you do best and use it to fuel your confidence, clarity, and career goals.

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Neurodivergent Coaching

Neurodivergence-focused coaching for adults offers tailored support and practical guidance to help individuals with ADHD, Autism, or both, navigate their unique gifts and challenges to improve quality of life.

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Professional Development Training

We offer workshops, certifications, mentoring, and experiential learning designed to improve service delivery, ethical decision-making, cultural competence, and leadership skills.

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Building Teams & Improving Collaboration

Team-building activities are essential for professionals in the social sciences, particularly those providing direct care, as they foster collaboration, resilience, and effective communication. 

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Mental Health First Aid Certification

 

Mental Health First Aid is an evidence-based public education and prevention tool. People who enroll in Mental Health First Aid courses learn a five-step action plan to help loved ones, colleagues, neighbors and others cope with mental health or substance use challenges. 

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Recovery Coach Academy (CCAR)

The Recovery Coach Academy© is CCAR’s signature 5-day training that has become the gold standard in recovery coach training across the United States and around the world. Designed to prepare individuals to serve as peer recovery coaches, this immersive training equips participants with the core skills needed to guide, mentor, and support people in or seeking recovery from addiction.

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Compassion Over Judgement: Peer Support & the Harm Reduction Model

This session explores the science of substance use and addiction, the role of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and the impact of social determinants of health on risk and access to care. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of harm reduction as both a public health strategy and a human-centered approach to peer support. Through data, discussion, and practical application, peers will strengthen their capacity to support individuals in any stage of recovery using compassionate, evidence-based practices that promote safety, dignity, and self-determination.

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Community 

Mobilization

Community mobilization is a capacity-building process through which community, individuals, groups, or organizations plan, carry out, and evaluate activities on a participatory and sustained basis to improve their health, education, food security, etc., and other needs, either on their own initiative or stimulated by others.

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Effective Communication: Engaging Parents of Struggling Youth

Engaging Parents & Effective Communication is a dynamic training module designed for peer recovery specialists, prevention professionals, and helping professionals working with families of struggling youth. This course explores the emotional landscape of parenting adolescents in crisis and equips participants with practical strategies to build trust, foster effective communication, and support family resilience.

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Addiction & Recovery 101

Addiction & Recovery 101 is a foundational training designed to build understanding of substance use disorders and recovery through evidence-based, trauma-informed, and person-centered approaches. This session provides an in-depth look at the disease model of addiction, diagnostic criteria, risk factors, and signs and symptoms across physical, psychological, and behavioral domains. It also explores motivational interviewing techniques, harm reduction strategies, and the role of lived experience in peer support work.
 

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ACEs & Trauma Informed Care

ACEs & Trauma-Informed Care is an in-depth training designed to increase awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), the neurobiological and social impacts of trauma, and the importance of applying trauma-informed principles in peer support and human services. 

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