Illness Management and Recovery / IMR-A12-5
Involving Supporters by Consent — Review journal
Review an attempt at involving supporters by consent and choose what to keep, change, or leave aside.
10 minutes · Journal prompts · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Casey wants a friend involved in planning but not in every clinical conversation.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Supporter involvement should respect the person's privacy and preferences.
Before looking back
Choose one ordinary attempt or decide to review the fictional example instead. This journal has no scores, required disclosure, or expectation of progress.
Revisit the practice
Choose what may be shared, with whom, for what purpose, and how permission can change.
Notice context and impact
Record what actually happened, including an unhelpful or neutral outcome. Note resources, power differences, accessibility, and changed conditions rather than attributing everything to personal effort.
Choose a revision
What boundaries would make involvement more useful? Keep the approach, change one part, ask for support, or set it aside. A mismatch is useful information.
Prompts for this resource
- What I tried, or what happened in the fictional example:
- What I noticed before, during, and after; what remains uncertain:
- What helped, did not help, or was outside my control:
- What boundaries would make involvement more useful? My optional adjustment or support request:
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.