Substance use recovery / SUR-A20-3
Recovery Plan Review — Clinician dialogue
Guide a collaborative conversation about recovery plan review while checking fit and participant choice.
15 minutes · Clinician script · Mental health professionals
Fictional example: Jordan's transport plan changes after a work schedule shift.
Use within your training and assessment of readiness. Plans can change as circumstances and preferences change.
Invite and obtain permission
Offer: "Would it be useful to explore recovery plan review using an ordinary or fictional example? We can adapt it, observe, or stop." Ask what the person wants from the conversation.
Elicit before teaching
Ask: "How does this show up, if at all, in your own words?" Offer this idea tentatively: Plans can change as circumstances and preferences change. Ask what fits and what does not.
Guide the task
Review one attempted strategy, what supported it, what got in the way, and one adjustment to discuss with care providers. Ask for permission before giving an example. Use this fictional illustration if useful: Jordan's transport plan changes after a work schedule shift.
Reflect and check accuracy
Reflect only what was offered: "I heard you describe ___. What did I miss?" Ask: What should the plan learn from this week? Avoid assigning motives or interpreting silence as agreement.
Respond to a mismatch
If the person rejects the frame, say: "Thank you for correcting it. What would be more useful?" Return to their language or choose a different approach.
Close with agency
Ask which observation, question, or support request the person wants to keep. Confirm a manageable ending and appropriate follow-up; do not turn a tentative possibility into a homework obligation.
Prompts for this resource
- Readiness, permission, cultural context, and access needs to check:
- What should the plan learn from this week?
- What would tell me to adapt, stop, or seek supervision?
Conceptual background
Substance Use Disorders — National Institutes of Health
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.