Ahnisa Klu and Caroline Anawate of Sanare

Psychosocial rehabilitation, also called psychiatric rehabilitation or PSR, is hands-on help with the parts of life a mental health condition makes hard: keeping a routine, holding onto a job or a lease, managing money and appointments, staying in touch with people.

Therapy helps a person understand what's going on. PSR works on what happens next, in the places it happens. At Sanare, licensed clinicians meet adults at home and around Denver one to five times a week, with a plan built from that person's own history, strengths and goals.

Psychiatric Rehabilitation promotes recovery, full community integration, and improved quality of life for people who have been diagnosed with any mental health condition that seriously impairs their ability to lead meaningful lives. Psychiatric rehabilitation services are collaborative, person directed, and individualized.

These services are an essential element of the health care and human services spectrum, and should be evidence-based. They focus on helping individuals develop skills and access resources needed to increase their capacity to be successful and satisfied in the living, working, learning, and social environments of their choice.

– DEFINITION OF PSR ACCORDING TO THE PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION

Caroline Anawate, Ali Pierucci, Juliet McCrudden and Ahnisa Klu of Sanare

Psychosocial Rehabilitation is evidence-based, backed by decades of research.

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    The Sanare Clinical Team provides support in each of these domains of functioning:

    The treatment plan is tailor-made for each individual based on their strengths, weaknesses, capabilities, and unique needs.

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    Psychiatric & Medical Domain

    Physical and psychological health

    Hygiene, sleep, exercise, and nutrition

    Illness education & symptom tracking

    Managing medical & psychiatric healthcare (appointments, medications, etc)

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    Social & Interpersonal Domain

    Feeling connected to others and having satisfying social and romantic relationships

    Communication Skills

    Interpersonal Effectiveness

    Real world practice in social situations

    Boundaries in relationships

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    Recreation Domain

    Having fun & hobbies that provide things to look forward to

    Exploring new interests

    Engaging in community activities

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    Self-Management Domain

    Your time, money, and ‘stuff’

    Money management

    Effective time management

    Creating & maintaining a home environment

    Addressing tasks that cause avoidance

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    Vocation & Education Domain

    Personal enrichment from one’s work & education

    Job searching

    Resume writing

    Interview skills

    Educational strategies

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    Family Domain

    Satisfying familial relationships

    Family illness education

    Family communication strategies

    Contributions/expectations in relationships

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    Belief System Domain

    How we think about things, our core beliefs

    Determining what beliefs impact functioning

    Developing new ways of thinking

    Learning to recognize unhealthy coping

    Overcome avoidance

 
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GOALS

determine the living, working, learning, social roles they wish to achieve

SKILLS

identify and train any skills needed

RESOURCES

determine what other resources might be needed

INTERVENTION

provide counseling, mentoring

SUCCESS

completion of identified goal

 
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