*Inspired by a pocket guide on recovery, “Art of Recovery” is an interactive training designed to explore individual strategies to recovery and wellness management. We at the Recovery xChange know from personal experience that each person is the artist behind the brush of their own recovery masterpiece. This is an exciting and thought-provoking training which challenges the conventional wisdom that recovery is not possible for people with mental illness. This session opens up with a lively discussion on “What is recovery?” followed by an in-depth presentation on the principles of recovery; the stages of recovery and recovery strategies. How colorful is your masterpiece going to be?

Some of the topics covered in this training include:

"Recovery refers to the process in which in which people are able to live, work, learn and participate fully in their communities. For some recovery is the ability to live a fulfilling and productive life despite a disability. For others recovery implies the reduction or complete remission of symptoms."

(Quoted from the President's New Freedom Commission Report on Mental Health; Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America, Final Report, July 2003)