Illness Management and Recovery / IMR-A01-1
Personal Recovery Vision — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind personal recovery vision and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Casey wants to return to a community art group.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. IMR work connects illness-management skills with personally chosen life goals.
The idea
IMR work connects illness-management skills with personally chosen life goals.
An ordinary example
Casey wants to return to a community art group.
What this can look like
Describe a meaningful role or activity and one small change that could support participation.
Check the fit
How could managing current difficulties support this goal? You may disagree with the framing, use fiction, or decide that this approach is not useful today.
A useful distinction
A personal recovery goal and a symptom-management strategy serve related but different purposes; the person defines what a meaningful life includes.
Prompts for this resource
- What part of this idea makes sense to me?
- How could managing current difficulties support this goal?
Conceptual background
Illness Management and Recovery Evidence-Based Practices KIT — SAMHSA
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.