About Kim Hurd
I am a Certified ARISE® Interventionist and Recovery Coach Professional dedicated to guiding individuals and families toward freedom from addiction and sustainable long lasting recovery. With 16 years of personal recovery and over 11 years of professional experience, I bring both clinical insight and lived understanding to every relationship I build.
I understand addiction from two deeply personal perspectives — as someone in long-term recovery, and as a family member who has lost loved ones to this disease. Addiction affected my marriage and touched my family deeply with the loss of my ex-husband, whom I had been married to for 20 years and was the father of our two children. Over the years I've had multiple family members an friends who have been affected by this disease. These experiences shape the compassion, urgency, and integrity I bring to my work every day.
Professionally, I spent over seven years at Connections Counseling in Madison, Wisconsin, an intensive outpatient treatment center, where I served as a Recovery Coach Professional facilitating intensive outpatient groups and coordinating the Madison Area Addiction Opiate Diversion Program working closely with the Madison Police Department and Wisconsin Department of Health. In addition I coordinated a mentorship program which supported clients with sober events and connected them to mentors. There, I worked closely with individuals and families navigating early recovery, relapse prevention, and long-term stability — gaining invaluable insight into what truly supports sustainable change.
As an ARISE® Interventionist, I specialize in invitational, family-centered interventions that honor dignity, choice, and connection. I support families before, during, and after treatment, recognizing that recovery is not an individual journey alone — it is a family healing process. My role is to provide structure, clarity, and compassionate leadership every step of the way.
In my work as a CCAR Recovery Coach Professional, I support individuals at every stage of the recovery journey — from those who are just beginning to question their relationship with substances, to those returning from treatment, to people in long-term recovery who want to strengthen their lives beyond survival. I also specialize in coaching affected family members who are navigating the pain, confusion, and exhaustion that so often accompany loving someone with addiction. Whether someone is seeking sobriety for the first time or learning how to reclaim their own life while supporting another, I provide guidance, structure, and hope grounded in real-world recovery.
In addition to my private coaching practice, I facilitate CCAR Recovery Coach Academy training for individuals and treatment centers, equipping peer professionals and clinical teams with the tools to build truly recovery-oriented systems of care.
My personal recovery is rooted in the 12-Step philosophy and enriched by a holistic approach that honors mind, body, and spirit. I am in long-term recovery with 16 years of sobriety after struggling with drugs and alcohol for many years. My holistic background includes being a 200-hour Certified Vinyasa Yoga Instructor with advanced training in Yoga for 12-Step Recovery (Y12SR) and breathwork. I integrate practices such as mindfulness, meditation, breathwork, sound healing, expressive arts, and experiential modalities to support transformation beyond abstinence — into wholeness.
I firmly believe in the transformative power of community and connection. "Together We Recover!".
