Illness Management and Recovery / IMR-A19-2
Recovery Goal Action Plan — Practice worksheet
Link a chosen goal to a manageable step, support, barrier plan, and review time.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Casey wants to return to art group and plans to ask about accessibility.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A long-term recovery goal can be supported by a small near-term action.
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
Link a chosen goal to a manageable step, support, barrier plan, and review time.
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
What is small enough to attempt before the next meeting? 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:
- What is small enough to attempt before the next meeting?
- 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.