Coping strategies can be valuable tools for managing distress and navigating life’s challenges. An equally important question is whether we are placing enough emphasis on helping people engage in activities that bring meaning, purpose, joy, and contentment.
When people are overwhelmed in life, it can be difficult to focus on meaningful goals. The Task Dump and Worry Dump are simple yet powerful tools that help people organize competing demands, reduce cognitive overload, and continue moving toward valued goals.
Recovery is rarely a journey that people take alone. Social and community connections can provide hope, support, purpose, and opportunities for growth. Learn why strengthening these connections is a key part of Strengths Model Case Management.
The Strengths Assessment is much more than a form to complete. Discover ten practical tips that can help create richer conversations and more meaningful strengths assessments.
Back in 2016, I received a rude awakening from my doctor after reviewing my lipid panel lab results from a few weeks earlier. He said
In my 38 years in behavioral health, I have been written up by a supervisor only once, and that was for… you guessed it: documentation.
In the early years of the development of the Strengths Model, the call to provide case management services from a strengths-based framework represented a significant
Group supervision is indispensable to effective Strengths Model Case Management practice. It serves as a critical vehicle for continuously reinforcing the philosophical orientation, principles, and
Back when I worked as a case manager, I worked with a person who was notorious for making decisions that were the opposite of what
I defended my doctoral dissertation on November 30, 2009. It was a particularly stressful time preparing for that moment. My father had passed away earlier
Strengths Model Case Management was developed in the mid-1980s with a specific purpose in mind – to help people make movement toward things they value
What is a Strengths Assessment The Strengths Assessment is one of the two primary tools in Strengths Model Case Management. It is unlike traditional “assessments”
What is a Personal Empowerment Plan? The Personal Empowerment Plan (PEP) is the companion tool to the Strengths Assessment in Strengths Model Case Management. Used
This is a common question we get asked in Strengths Model Case Management. So, how does the model approach the concept of motivation? You can’t
