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.
