Psychosocial recovery coaching is a bridge between recovery from mental health issues and substance abuse to complete and sustained general wellbeing. Through psychosocial recovery coaching and support, people can achieve their goals.
Recovery coaching and support lead individuals in identifying their needs, strengths, and challenges with which they develop a blueprint for achieving their goals.
Evolution of Psychosocial Recovery Coaching and Support
In the 19th century, society realised the need for psychosocial recovery coaching as an intervention for mental health and substance use. In the recent half of the 20th century, self-help movements lobbied for these support services.
Today, the treatment combines individualised yet comprehensive strategies that focus on individual autonomy, choice, and self-direction as the basis of the recovery process.
Recovery coaching is a network built on a peer support model. This program on-boards those who have previously overcome a mental health issue or substance abuse to act as role models and support those in the healing process.
Healing through psychosocial coaching and support focuses on the future and the present. The approach contradicts the standard recovery therapies that focus on unearthing past experiences and issues and addressing flaws to help a patient recover.
What Are The Advantages of Psychosocial Recovery and Coaching?
Many people suffer mental health issues or substance abuse for different reasons and to varying degrees. The beauty of psychosocial recovery coaching is that it is customised to an individual’s needs.
It becomes a source of hope and renewal through its focus on supporting the patient to develop new approaches and skills for achieving their goals and overcoming challenges.
The approach diverts the individual’s attention from challenges and addictions to finding value in life by recognising and developing their strengths and abilities.
Through this goal-oriented approach, individuals find meaning and dignity in their recovery process through actionable steps. They re-enter society and claim their place through everyday activities such as enhancing their relationships, finding employment, or establishing businesses. A recovery and support coach helps the patient break down the goal into attainable bits, and accomplishing every milestone builds self-worth.
Sustained effort and focus require an accountability partner or network. The psychosocial recovery coach serves as a guide and mentor to instil and sustain commitment. This helps individuals to focus on their set objectives until their achievement. All these strength-based approaches run independently for each individual, focusing on personal needs and aspirations.
The approach carries more weight and commitment for the individual since they focus on the positive aspects, such as their resources, talents, abilities, and skills, instead of their weaknesses and problems.
NDIS Support in Psychosocial Recovery Coaching
Trained practitioners, therapists, and people who have undergone similar circumstances related to mental health and substance use and recovered from them qualify to serve as psychosocial recovery coaches.
However, the NDIS supports it as a capacity-building framework to boost people as they identify and utilise their abilities and skills. The NDIS funds the participants to access what they need for their healing and restoration endeavours.
Final Thoughts
Focusing on a person’s strengths and abilities builds resilience, hope, and motivation for faster and more lasting recovery. By fostering optimism, the patient remains determined to adopt a positive change to turn away from harmful behaviour and change their lives. Through this, they improve their general wellbeing and that of those around them.
