Speaker(s):
Presentation: This interactive session will focus on empowerment in the face of specific challenges that can limit individuals who are in recovery from living the life of their choosing to the fullest. Recovery-oriented cognitive therapy provides a framework for understanding these challenges (low energy, aggressive behavior, self-injury, persecutory beliefs, grandiose beliefs, forensic involvement, anosognosia) along with strategies for action that enable family, peers, and providers to become the empowering collaborators.
Objectives:
- Describe ways in which the recovery-oriented cognitive model provides a useful understanding of challenges in terms of beliefs
- Discuss the link between beliefs underlying challenges and empowerment strategies in the pursuit of the individual’s meaningful aspirations
- Identify a specific challenge, develop a CT-R understanding, and generate an action plan