Recovery · 15–25 MIN · ADULTS / FACILITATED GROUPS
Where Does My Supporter Role End?
Map a supporter’s choices, shared requests, and another adult’s decisions.
Try the experience
UNDERSTAND
What is happening here?
Caring about someone does not create control over their choices. Supporters can influence practical conditions and decide what they can offer. Distinguishing these areas may make boundaries clearer while keeping options for urgent help and professional guidance visible.
Conceptual background
University of Washington · DBT skills. This reference supports the broad concept; it does not validate or endorse this original exercise.
PRACTICE WITH PURPOSE
How to use it
- Place each situation in a ring based on what is possible in this context.
- Notice where cooperation, an accommodation, or advocacy changes your influence.
- Choose one action and one thing that needs support or acceptance for now.
Map areas of influence
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Use a fictional or manageable example. Responses stay in this tab and are not submitted or automatically saved. Export and print include what you enter. You may observe, adapt, or pass.
MAKE IT USEFUL
Notice. Discuss. Take one thing.
For thoughtful facilitation
Open with the concept, demonstrate one fictional example, allow individual exploration or paired discussion, and close with one optional takeaway. Ask what fits the participant’s culture, language, access needs, and present capacity. Invite observation instead of disclosure; do not interpret participation as a measure of motivation.
Fit and care: Use manageable or fictional examples and adapt within competence. This is educational practice, not diagnosis, crisis care, or individualized treatment.
Original AI-assisted educational activity; independent clinical review pending. This is not an assessment, a complete treatment protocol, or emergency care. No automated risk scoring or outcome claims are made.