Illness Management and Recovery / IMR-A01-2
Personal Recovery Vision — Practice worksheet
Describe a meaningful role or activity and one small change that could support participation.
15 minutes · Worksheet · 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.
1. Choose a workable example
Use the fictional example below or an ordinary situation of your choosing. Keep identifying details out of shared copies.
2. Try the practice
Describe a meaningful role or activity and one small change that could support participation.
3. Compare possibilities
Generate at least two interpretations or options. Mark what you know, what you are guessing, and what remains outside your control.
4. Decide together
How could managing current difficulties support this goal? Choose one small action, a support request, or no action. Review the fit with your clinician when relevant.
Prompts for this resource
- My chosen or fictional situation, and what I know about it:
- My response to the practice task above:
- How could managing current difficulties support this goal?
- An optional next step, support, adaptation, or reason to stop:
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.