Mental health articles

Facilitating recovery involves working with consumers to codevelop action steps that meaningfully advance the recovery journey. In this shared process, the therapist’s role is to help identify possibilities for removing obstacles to the consumer’s having a meaningful, fulfilling life(Davidson et al., 2009). Consumers are equally engaged in identifying options and committing to action plans that […]

Mapping the landscape of recovery is a form of assessment that involves not only the standardmental status evaluation and diagnosis, but also, more importantly, the larger social andmeaning systems, including (a) sense of purpose, (b) sense of belonging, (c) sense of hope, (d)strengths and resources, and (e) mental health status. This mapping process serves not […]

I developed the collaborative, appreciative approach using the recovery model elements identified in Onken, Craign, Ridgway, Ralph, and Cook’s (2007) analysis of existing recoverymodels, which have numerous parallels with postmodern therapies (see Part I of this article).The collaborative approach of Anderson and Goolishian (1992; Anderson, 1997) describes thequality of working relationship in which consumers’ voices […]