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 possesses the following skills: certified WRAP facilitation, Whole Health Action Management (WHAM) trainers, Trauma-Informed Care educators, all while promoting the core concepts of recovery on a regular basis to policymakers, psychiatric staff, clinical staff, and community-based agencies.
Despite sound evidence challenging the traditional medical model of care for mental health disorders, sincere belief in recovery gained credibility in the medical community and California’s Public Behavioral Health System (PBHS) only recently. The recovery movement rose from a grassroots community of individuals who experienced recovery and used their agency to transform a broken system. Clients, patients, and survivors involved in their treatment process through self-advocacy discovered the power of peer support. These victories, directed by clients, highlight the importance of client-directed services for 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?
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