Chris Golding
Chris Golding
Lead Peer Recovery Support Specialist
Chris Golding, CRS, CFRS
Chris is a person in long term recovery from substance use. He found his recovery in the Philadelphia community after several years of treatment attempts and incarceration, and pursued his career in peer support. As a Peer Recovery Support Specialist, Chris’s passion is working with individuals in or seeking recovery to build recovery capital, foster and develop long term recovery, and educate communities through awareness and outreach. He knows that recovery is not only possible, it is probable, through support and engagement.
Chris believes that there are many pathways to recovery and that anybody can recover, regardless of social determinants. Chris is highly involved in the Philadelphia recovery community and actively advocates for recovery by sharing his lived experiences within the community. He is trauma informed, certified in CPR/AED, and trained in mental health first aid. Chris went through his Certified Recovery Specialist training with the Unity Recovery Training Institute curriculum. He then went on to complete the additional training needed to acquire his Certified Family Recovery Specialist certification.
Contact Details
- Email:
- chris@unityrecovery.org