Clinical Philosophy

Mental health recovery is a journey of healing and transformation enabling a person with a mental illness to live a meaningful life while striving to achieve his or her full potential. At The Woods at Sharon, we strive to provide a safe and therapeutic environment where consumers feel comfortable and at home as they work towards Recovery. Each consumer works with a team to develop an individualized recovery plan, which highlights independence and works toward the achievement of personal goals.

Consumers can choose to participate in groups, activities, volunteering, therapeutic work experience, and therapy. The Woods at Sharon offers a variety of clinical therapies and utilizes the evidence-based practices such as:

Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP)

WRAP is a self-management and recovery system designed to do several things:

  • Decrease and prevent troubling feelings and behavior
  • Increase personal empowerment
  • Improve quality of life
  • Assist people in achieving their own life goals and dreams

The person who experiences symptoms is the one who develops their personal WRAP. The person can choose to have supporters, including healthcare professionals, help them create their WRAP. It can be done individually or with a group.

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Peer Support

Peer Support is defined as “someone who has experienced the healing process of recovery from psychiatric, traumatic, and/or substance abuse challenges and as a result, can offer assistance and support to promote another peer’s own personal recovery journey.”

The Woods at Sharon peer support specialist works with consumers individually and in groups to develop hope for recovery, increase problem-solving skills, develop natural support networks, and participate fully in activities of their choice. This can be as simple as going for a walk in the neighborhood, or starting a conversation about interests
 and resources.

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Motivational Strategies

Motivational strategies were created to assist people in identifying and entering the process of change. This approach can also help the consumer become engaged in his or her own Recovery. One of the most common interventions used is called Motivational Interviewing. Motivational interviewing is a form of collaborative conversation for strengthening a person’s own motivation and commitment to change.

It is designed to strengthen an individual’s motivation for, and movement toward, a specific goal by eliciting and exploring the person’s own reasons for change within an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion.

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