A process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential. SAMHSA (2012)
Recovery
Cal Voices’ core mission reflects the concepts of client/family resiliency and recovery. We incorporate the values of the recovery model into all of our programs. These philosophies are the most important to us and drive the work we do daily. In addition, Cal Voices has advocated for decades to transition the public behavioral health system into a recovery-oriented entity.
Our team of recovery educators brings specialized expertise in evidence-based peer support, holistic wellness, and trauma-informed systems. We are dedicated to advancing the core values of consumer-directed recovery by routinely training and collaborating with policymakers, psychiatric and clinical staff, and community-based agencies.
Certified WRAP Facilitation
We have a number of staff who are experts in delivering the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP), a structured, peer-led group intervention. We guide individuals in building personal wellness toolboxes, identifying triggers, and creating proactive crisis and post-crisis plans. Our facilitation centers on the five key recovery concepts: hope, personal responsibility, education, self-advocacy, and support.
Whole Health Action Management (WHAM) Trainers
Certified through the National Council for Mental Wellbeing to lead strengths-based, holistic workforce training. We teach individuals with behavioral health challenges how to set and achieve micro-goals across 10 evidence-based health and resiliency factors, successfully bridging the gap between physical health and mental health self-management.
Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) Educators
Our staff is equipped to deliver critical training that shifts organizational culture. We educate systems to recognize the signs of trauma exposure in clients and staff, avoid retraumatization, and safely integrate trauma-informed practices into daily policies and workflows.
What is the Recovery Model
Recent evidence has questioned the traditional medical model for mental health disorders, yet belief in recovery has gained traction in the medical community and California's Public Behavioral Health System. The recovery movement emerged from individuals who, through self-advocacy and peer support, transformed a flawed system. Their successes emphasize the significance of client-directed services in recovery-oriented care.
On the most basic level, recovery-based services are those that place the client’s individual needs and preferences at the forefront of every treatment plan, not just in the array of programs offered, but in the ways in which these services are actually delivered. The video below is of Dr. Mark Ragins discussing what the recovery model looks like today.
Dr. Mark Ragins: What Does the Recovery Model Look Like Today?
