Recovery

Recovery Stories – Episode 4: The Impact of Living in Recovery

In the world of mental health, recovery is often presented as a positive goal, and a model for how individuals can deal with their mental health challenges. Living in recovery, or simply looking at mental health through the lens of recovery, allows people to change how they think about their mental health, their lives and […]

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Recovery Stories – Episode 3: Recovery Through Peer Support

The third installment in the Recovery Stories video series is now available to view online. In this segment, Recovery Through Peer Support, people with lived experience discuss the role that peer support has played in their recovery, and how helping others has been central to supporting their own wellness. The Recovery Stories series features people

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Recovery Stories – Episode 2: The Road to Recovery

The CAFE TA Center is pleased to announce the release of the second video in its ongoing series, Recovery Stories. This series of videos, all of which were assembled from interviews of people with lived experience of mental health challenges at the 2013 Alternatives conference, provides a platform for people to share their individual experience

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Recovery Stories – Episode 1: What Does Recovery Mean for You?

At the 2013 Alternatives conference in Austin, TX, The CAFE TA Center invited people with lived experience to share their thoughts on recovery. Dozens of people chose to participate, and offered their reflections on the recovery process, how the concept of recovery has changed their perspective on mental health, and what public policy makers and

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