SafeTide Recovery Start with a free consult
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Virtual coaching · Gentle pacing · Real connection

A gentler path to recovery.

Trauma-informed addiction recovery coaching for people ready to understand the “why” beneath their behaviors—and come home to themselves without shame.

Start with a free consult Explore our approach ↘

Virtual support. A calm first conversation. No pressure.

About SafeTide Recovery

Heal at your own pace, with compassion.

SafeTide Recovery is a virtual trauma and addiction recovery coaching practice for people healing from addiction, trauma, emotional pain, and nervous system overwhelm.

We honor that addiction is often a survival response to pain, disconnection, and unmet needs. Our approach centers safety, consent, and gentle pacing—helping you build capacity to stay present, understand cravings as information, and reconnect with yourself.

What guides us ↘

Start here

What happens after you reach out.

One clear first step helps keep the process calm: begin with the short consultation request form, then the SafeTide team will review it and follow up within two business days.

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Fill out the consult form

Share your name, preferred contact information, and a little about the kind of support you are looking for. Please do not include detailed medical records or crisis information.

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We review fit and safety

We look at whether SafeTide coaching may match your needs. If you need crisis, detox, medical, therapy, or treatment support, we will encourage you toward a more appropriate resource.

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Next steps or scheduling

If it feels aligned, we follow up with next steps or scheduling options for a calm first conversation. There is no pressure to decide everything at once.

Is SafeTide the right fit?

Clear support, clear limits.

Recovery coaching can sit alongside therapy, treatment, meetings, medical care, peer support, and other recovery resources. It is not a replacement for emergency, clinical, or licensed care.

SafeTide may be a good fit if you are:

  • Looking for nonjudgmental recovery support
  • Trying to understand cravings, shame, trauma responses, or emotional overwhelm
  • Wanting tools for grounding, boundaries, reflection, and self-trust
  • Looking for support alongside therapy, treatment, meetings, or other recovery care

SafeTide is not the right fit for:

  • Medical detox, withdrawal care, or emergency response
  • Diagnosis, therapy, medication management, or clinical treatment
  • Court-ordered treatment or clinical documentation unless specifically agreed in writing
  • Situations needing a licensed mental health, medical, legal, or crisis provider

Programs that meet you where you are

Coaching for safety, connection, and steady growth.

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Trauma-informed coaching

A welcoming space with clear boundaries, warmth, and choice. We move at a pace that supports your sense of safety and capacity.

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Addiction-informed coaching support

Understand cravings and behaviors with curiosity instead of shame while building practical tools for regulation, boundaries, and self-trust.

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Handmade resources

Age-aware reflection and regulation resources created to make emotional learning more accessible for children, teens, and adults.

What you’ll learn

Tools you can carry into real life.

  • Grounding and regulation skills
  • Craving awareness
  • Boundary setting
  • Parts-informed self-reflection
  • Navigating stress without self-abandonment

Free resource library

Support for every age.

Explore SafeTide’s shared collection of handmade resources. Each age group opens the current resource folder in Google Drive.

Early yearsAges 2–5↗ ChildrenAges 6–12↗ TeensAges 13–18↗ AdultsAges 18+↗

Child and teen resources are educational tools for reflection and emotional learning. They are not a substitute for therapy, crisis care, medical care, or caregiver supervision. Coaching for minors, if available, requires parent or legal guardian involvement and consent.

Services & pricing

Clear support, without a financial barrier.

SafeTide is currently virtual and uses a pay-what-you-can approach. Start with a free consultation so we can understand what you’re looking for.

Start here

Free consultation

Begin with a short request form so we can learn what you’re navigating, answer questions, and see whether SafeTide feels like a good fit.

PriceFree
Start with the form ↘

Ongoing support

Virtual recovery coaching

Trauma- and addiction-informed coaching focused on emotional regulation, craving awareness, boundaries, reflection, and self-trust.

PricePay what you can
How scheduling works ↘

Self-guided

Resource library

Handmade, age-aware materials for grounding, reflection, and emotional learning—for children, teens, and adults.

PriceFree
Browse resources ↗

First, fill out the short consultation form. We’ll review it and follow up within two business days with next steps or scheduling options.

What sessions look like

Practical support at a human pace.

Most sessions are virtual and focused on reflection, grounding, recovery tools, and next steps. You do not have to share everything at once. We move at your pace.

Format

Sessions are currently virtual. Video or phone options may be discussed during consultation based on fit, privacy, and access needs.

Length & cadence

The free consultation is a first check-in. Ongoing session length and frequency are confirmed before coaching begins and can be adjusted as needs change.

Between sessions

SafeTide is not crisis or on-call support. Any between-session communication expectations are discussed clearly before ongoing coaching begins.

Pay what you can

Contributions are discussed without shame. If you cannot pay, that is okay too. We will be transparent about what SafeTide can sustainably offer.

Our principles

Coaching support with dignity at its center.

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Compassion over shameWhat you survived does not make you broken. Understanding opens more doors than judgment ever could.

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Choice over controlYour voice, consent, and pace matter. Coaching should strengthen your agency—not take it away.

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Connection over isolationHealing becomes more possible when you feel seen, supported, and less alone in what you carry.

A moment for today

Today’s steady thought

You are allowed to meet yourself with patience today.

— SafeTide Recovery

Guiding SafeTide now

Lived experience. Warmth. Human care.

Mel, co-founder of SafeTide Recovery

Co-founder · she/her/hers

Mel

Addiction & Trauma Recovery Coach · Background in Psychology

Mel brings warmth, creativity, emotional insight, and a nurturing spirit to SafeTide. She is currently taking over the business while Elijah, SafeTide’s founder, continues to focus on his own healing journey. Her work is shaped by lived experience and the belief that healing should feel safe, gentle, and human.

Read Mel’s story +

After walking through her own journey with trauma, CPTSD, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder, Mel understands how painful it can be to feel misunderstood, overwhelmed, or disconnected from yourself.

She is passionate about resources that help people slow down, listen to their nervous system, rebuild self-trust, and feel less alone. Her background in psychology supports a compassionate, developmentally informed perspective.

She cares deeply about working with children and understanding the emotional experiences that shape people from an early age. Her hope is that SafeTide reminds people they are allowed to heal gently.

Training & scope

Mel is not a licensed therapist or medical provider. Her coaching support is grounded in lived experience, a psychology background, trauma-informed education, emotional learning tools, and recovery support. Any additional certifications or training will be listed as they are completed.

Care should be within reach

Pay what you can. If you can’t, that’s okay too.

SafeTide believes everyone deserves care and support. We want to provide the best coaching possible without shame around what you can afford.

Support the mission

Donations help SafeTide offer lower-cost coaching and free resources. Contributions are not required to receive support. SafeTide is a coaching practice; please confirm tax-deductibility directly through the donation platform before contributing.

Special thanks to Nylan, an early SafeTide supporter.

Questions are welcome here

Before you reach out.

What is recovery coaching?+

Recovery coaching offers education, reflection, encouragement, and practical tools. SafeTide is a coaching practice, not psychotherapy, medical treatment, diagnosis, or emergency care.

Should I fill out the form or book first?+

Start with the short consultation form. The SafeTide team reviews your request and follows up within two business days with next steps or scheduling options.

Where do sessions happen?+

SafeTide currently works virtually. Format, session length, cadence, and any between-session communication expectations are confirmed before ongoing coaching begins.

How much does coaching cost?+

SafeTide uses a pay-what-you-can approach. Start with a free consultation so the team can learn what support you’re looking for.

When will I hear back?+

After you complete the consultation form, the team aims to respond within two business days.

Is this crisis support?+

No. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911 or local emergency services. In the U.S., call or text 988 for crisis support, or visit the Need Help Now page for more options.

Scheduling after fit

Begin with the consultation request.

To keep the process clear, SafeTide uses the consultation form as the first step. After reviewing your request, the team follows up within two business days with next steps or scheduling options.

Start with the form ↘ Please don’t include detailed medical or crisis information in your request. If you’re in immediate danger, call 911 or call/text 988 in the U.S.
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Short request

Tell us how to contact you and what kind of support you’re looking for.

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Review

We consider fit, safety, and whether coaching is the right level of support.

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Follow-up

We reply with next steps, scheduling options, or a recommendation for a different resource.

Recent posts

Stay close to the work.

SafeTide shares practice updates, reflections, and gentle reminders on Facebook and Instagram.

Begin when you’re ready

One honest conversation can change the direction of things.

Complete a short, private consultation form and the SafeTide team will follow up within two business days with next steps or scheduling options.

Free consultation

Start with the consult form.

Tell us how to contact you, what kind of support you’re looking for, and anything simple you want us to know. The form opens securely in Google Forms.

Open consultation form ↗ Please include a reliable way to reach you. Coaching is not a substitute for licensed medical or mental health care, and this form is not monitored for emergencies.