Recovery Foundations
Recovery is generally considered a process of change that improves these three major areas of a person's life
A peer specialist primarily uses this personal asset to connect with and support others.
What is lived-experience?
Giving someone your full attention and trying to understand what they are saying is called _________.
What is active listening?
Information shared by a participant should generally be protected under this principle.
What is confidentiality?
A participant says, "I messed up. I might as well give up." Your first response should generally demonstrate this.
What is empathy and listening?
This principle recognizes that there is no single correct way for someone to recover.
What are multiple pathways of recovery?
A peer specialist supports a person's decisions rather than doing this for them.
What is making decisions or directing their recovery?
"What do you think would help you right now?" is this type of question.
What is an open-ended question?
Lending large amounts of money to a participant you support would most likely violate this.
What are professional boundaries?
A person tells you they returned to substance use yesterday. The most recovery-oriented response avoids shame and focuses on this.
What is what they want to do next?
Rather than focusing only on problems or deficits, peer support focuses heavily on these.
What are strengths?
***DAILY DOUBLE***
Peer specialists should avoid becoming a person's ___________.
What is therapist or clinician?
Restating what someone has said in your own words to make sure you understand is called _________.
What is reflective listening/reflection?
A peer specialist who is unsure whether a situation crosses an ethical boundary should speak to this person.
Who is their supervisor?
Someone tells you their recovery pathway is completely different from yours. A peer specialist should respond with this.
What is respect and acceptance?
This recovery principle emphasizes that the individual should guide their own goals and decisions.
What is self-determination? Also, autonomy
Sharing your recovery story is most appropriate when it serves this purpose.
What is benefiting or supporting the participant?
Instead of saying, "You need to go to treatment," a peer specialist might say this to support choice.
What is "What options are you considering?"
Having more than one type of relationship with the same person, such as being both their peer specialist and business partner, is called this.
What is a dual relationship?
***DAILY DOUBLE***
A peer is excited about reaching 30 days in recovery. You should recognize the accomplishment while doing this.
What is letting them define what the milestone means to them?
Recovery does not necessarily mean a person will never experience challenges again; instead, it emphasizes this ongoing process.
What is growth, resilience, and continued change?
When a peer specialist starts solving every problem for someone, they may accidentally create _________ instead of independence.
What is dependence?
In motivational interviewing, resisting the urge to argue with someone who is unsure about change helps reduce this.
What is resistance or defensiveness?
Confidentiality may need to be broken when there is an immediate concern involving this.
What is safety or risk of serious harm?
A peer tells you something that conflicts with your personal beliefs. Your responsibility is to do this.
What is set aside your personal beliefs and support the participants self-determination.