Collaborative Therapy (C.T.)
Collaborative Therapy, (Gilbert, M., Miller, K., Berk, L., Ho, V., & Castle, D. (2003) Australasian Psychiatry, 11, 220 – 224) is a framework that was developed by the Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria. It is described as a comprehensive therapeutic framework for service-users, clinicians, services and others to work systematically towards the achievement of optimal health outcomes. The program is delivered in a modular manner over a number of weeks and focuses on education, stress vulnerability, coping strategies and skill development including symptom recognition. This is delivered in a group setting and begins the process of developing those recovery based skills.
Collaborative Recovery Model
The Collaborative Recovery Model, developed by the University of Wollongong Illawarra Institute for Mental Health, is a way of working that is consistent with the values of the recovery movement, it uses practices supported by evidence that prove the intervention assists people with enduring mental illness. It recognizes that recovery is a staged individual process. The model has four components;
- Change Enhancement
- Collaborative Strengths and Values Identification
- Collaborative Visioning and Goal Striving
- Collaborative Action and Monitoring
The CRM has evolved to include Life JET. Life Jet is a staged life planning process which incorporates; values and strengths clarification, visioning , goal setting and action planning. The Life Jet tools consist of the Camera, Compass and Map. “The Camera” will bring into focus your important values and strengths, “The Compass” will identify a destination in terms of a life vision and goals and will track progress along valued directions and “The Map” is the action plan, the next step in the journey.
Flourish
(Oades L.G., Andresen R., Crowe T.P., Malins G., Marshall S., and Turner A, 2008. Flourish is an innovative recovery-oriented self-help program for people with long-term mental illness. The self-help package is an 11-week program consisting of four components, which provide information that participants can learn and apply in their own life. The four components are a self-help manual, self-help audios, consumer facilitated discussion and telephone reminders or coaching.