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Teaching to Recovery Hope, Recovery, Relationships and Service Teaching to Recovery Relationships Relationships tes st he et porn av in of te fesvenas of te proder, reeds fs onion, coc, seat etc, 15 the quality ofthe relationship betiveen rediplent and provider. suin other words RELATIONSHIPS ARE PRETTY STINKIN’ IMPORTAN’ + Relationship itself has to be seen as @ service and 3 treatment, 8 skill and 3 value + You can't use most of your treatments until you have a relationship, which means you need to do something other that treat sorneone when you first meet ther Mental health providers have to be oddly good at quickly forming somewhat strange relationships ‘What we refer to as "professional boundaries” are there to maintain these strange, but potentially helpful relationships 80000000.......+5 How does the system often begin relationships? “This is how half of the folks we serve start with UB il Never gat a second chance to make a first Impression... yyou do get a first chance to make & ‘second impression wT TM -but wait, I don't have contro! of my environment!!! + More control than you think * Always have control aver yourself qt, ‘wu -.wand this Hl Other ways to make an environment more welcoming + vite chars + bee togetir + Demystify (plain language) + otierst7? + At east appreciate the gauntetfotks had to ‘endure to get Lo us + Meeting people where they're at, charity Ws. service ~ relationship before action Relationships progress (hopefully) RY bY Respectiui Yes _| Disrespectful Yes DN RN [Disrespectful No__|Respectful No wn Because sometimes people express their dreams like this.,.. ‘Then we think we should do this.... Because people have been conditioned to .... .and we've been conditioned to .... wand we feel pressured by . We wind up.... wT When we should, ‘and help folks to find thi $0 they can figure out this... So they can find.... ast ie For their own life Teaching “relationship” * Stories, stories, stories If you don’t have some, borrow some * Collaboration and mutual respect «Waltzing vs. wrestling * Are you my friend? 1s anyone listening? + Difference betwoen listening and waiting for your turn to tak. + How much do we get to practice this? + Aro wo really supervised around this? = Uauully supervised around our decisions wn 10 Understanding motivation Need to be pros at .....

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