Recipe for Recovery ~ Take control of your FUTURE!
Learn from the POWER of personal experience!
For people in recovery

This acclaimed workshop provides insights and concrete solutions necessary for recovery. Elly uses her personal recovery experience and reveals the essential tools and strategies that are a must for success. Some things you will learn in this workshop are:

• How to develop your Personal Recovery Plan
• How to use the Balance Wheel as a guiding tool for recovery
• Eight Key Ingredients of Recovery
• The Six R's of Recovery and more

Recipe for Recovery for Mental Health Professionals
Empower your clients and your practice!

This informative workshop focuses on understanding the recovery model of rehabilitation and how to use it effectively in everyday practice. Elly draws on her personal and professional experience to illustrate the changing roles and perspectives of mental health.

Elly uses The Mutual Empowerment Practice Model to demonstrate how to empower your clients and create a more rewarding mental health practice. Participants are invited to discuss current issues and possible solutions for community mental health services. Some other things you will learn in this workshop are:

• The changing roles of community mental health teams
• Expected long-term outcomes from the recovery perspective
• The Eight Key Ingredients of Recovery
• The Six R's of Recovery and more
• The use of recovery language to ensure healthy lasting change
• Using humour, creativity and spirituality in your practice

Getting a Job - And Keeping It!
A Personal Perspective
For people in recovery looking for work

In this lively, engaging workshop participants learn about the skills and tools necessary for getting a job and how to keep it. Elly talks candidly about her experiences of getting meaningful work after lengthy periods of unemployment. This workshop inspires and motivates participants in their job search and provides skills and techniques for maintaining employment. Using humour and role-playing exercises this workshop is a must for anyone re-entering the job market. Some things you will learn in this workshop include:

• The 8 Ingredients for Successful Employment
• Adopting a winning attitude
• Working effectively with your job counselor/coach
• Dealing with the stress of job interviews and starting a new job
• Getting along with supervisors and coworkers
• Resolving job related issues, on the job and more .