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People

Skilled, professional, passionate and highly trained in cognitive behavioral coaching, our people are best in class. Our reputation and success depends on the quality of their work.

Who They Are

Free & Clear’s Quit Coaches share a passion to help people overcome addiction to tobacco use and improve the quality of their lives. Our Quit Coaches are individuals of multiple ethnicities who speak 10 different languages, range in age by several decades,and have lived in over 40 states. Quit Coaches are highly educated, many at a graduate level. Over 50% of our coaches have at least 3 years prior experience in counseling and many volunteer or work for other organizations in efforts to help others. Like most of us, virtually all of them have been personally affected by the negative impact of tobacco either as former smokers or by having lost a loved one to chronic disease.

What They Do

Highly trained in applying cognitive behavioral coaching and motivational interviewing techniques, our coaches help participants gain the knowledge, behavioral strategies and cognitive skills necessary to successfully quit tobacco for life. Quit Coaches use motivational interviewing to obtain participant tobacco use history and enhance motivation for change by enabling the participant to identify and resolve ambivalence he or she may feel about quitting. Using cognitive behavioral coaching, Quit Coaches teach participants that they can unlearn the destructive thinking that has driven them to use tobacco in the past and develop new ways of thinking that will lead to healthy behaviors for life.

Featured  Coaches

  • Thomas

    "I bring addiction counseling skills to the position and feel this work does truly save lives. I can’t think of a better vocation."
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  • Ryan

    "Anonymity will get you a lot of information, but being able to talk to a live person (as opposed to an instant message screen) allows us to recognize each other as people with ideas and feelings. "
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  • Jessica

    "Every single time you make a quit attempt, you increase your chances of being successful on your next attempt. "
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Listen to our Coaches In Action

Quit Coach Training

Quit Coaches must complete over 240 hours of rigorous training and evaluation before they are qualified to speak independently with participants. Our training program has three steps.

  • Quit Coaches undergo classroom training to learn how to assess participants’ medical contraindications, instruct how to properly use nicotine replacement therapy and other medications, and assist tobacco users in developing plans and problem-solving skills to overcome barriers during their quit process.
  • Quit Coaches must successfully complete a comprehensive practicum, which includes demonstrating cognitive behavioral coaching and motivational interviewing techniques and database/application skills while participating in role plays and live calls.
  • After passing the practicum, Quit Coaches join Transition Teams for several weeks during which time each participant call is supervised and monitored to strengthen the skills learned in training. During this final stage, Quit Coaches must demonstrate a mastery of both the coaching and database/application skills required to effectively treat participants.