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Views Along the Path2008 ANNUAL REPORT

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3

Dea

r Fr

iends

,

At To

uchsto

ne M

enta

l H

ealth, w

e a

ssis

t p

eop

le a

s they d

efine their p

ath

of

recovery

and

help

guid

e them

as they p

rog

ress a

long

the w

ay.

We h

op

e e

ach

ind

ivid

ual exp

eriences s

afe

passag

e a

s they s

triv

e to a

chie

ve their g

oals

.

Lik

e those w

e s

erv

e, our

org

aniz

ation a

lso tra

vels

path

s o

f op

port

unity a

nd

gro

wth

. A

s w

e e

mb

ark

in n

ew

and

excitin

g d

irections a

s ind

ivid

uals

and

a

colle

ctive o

rganiz

ation, w

e h

ave e

mb

raced

the inukshuk a

s a

guid

ing

im

ag

e.

Orig

inally

built

by C

anad

ian Inuits to s

erv

e a

s g

uid

ep

osts

, th

ese b

eautifu

l

str

uctu

res r

ang

e fro

m the d

iscre

et to

the m

ag

nifi

cent. N

o m

atter

their s

ize o

r

sta

ture

, th

ey s

erv

e a

s p

ath

way m

ark

ers

lettin

g tra

vele

rs k

now

they a

re h

ead

ed

in the r

ight d

irection a

nd

they a

re n

ot alo

ne.

We invite y

ou to e

njo

y o

ur

Vie

ws A

long

the P

ath

as w

e c

ele

bra

te o

ur

sto

ries a

nd

mile

sto

ne a

chie

vem

ents

. W

e a

re a

ble

to h

ighlig

ht th

ese s

uccesses b

ecause o

f

your

effort

s, b

ig a

nd

sm

all;

those e

xp

ressed

fro

m a

dis

tance a

nd

those c

lose a

t

hand

. W

e look forw

ard

to the futu

re journ

eys w

e w

ill tra

vel w

ith e

ach o

f you.

Thank y

ou!

Mart

ha L

antz

, LIC

SW

, M

BA

Liz

Sja

asta

d

Executive D

irecto

r

B

oard

of D

irecto

rs C

hair –

2008

Touchsto

ne M

enta

l H

ealth

To

uchsto

ne M

enta

l H

ealth

Tou

chst

one M

enta

l Hea

lth’s

Or

gani

zatio

nal

Mile

ston

es

A T

RA

DIT

ION

OF

IN

NO

VA

TIO

N

Tou

chst

one

pilo

ted

an I

nten

sive

Com

mun

ity

Reh

abili

tati

on

Serv

ice

prog

ram

and

inco

rpor

ated

its

inte

ntio

nal c

omm

unit

y “t

rue

com

mun

ity

mod

el”

acro

ss a

genc

y.

SE

RV

ING

MO

RE

TH

AN

EV

ER

BE

FO

RE

Tou

chst

one

serv

ed m

ore

adul

ts w

ith

seve

re a

nd p

ersi

sten

t

men

tal i

llnes

s th

en e

ver

befo

re w

hile

incr

easi

ng t

he p

erce

ntag

e of

tho

se li

ving

in t

he c

omm

unit

y w

ith

stab

le h

ousi

ng.

EX

PA

ND

ING

ST

AF

F D

EV

EL

OP

ME

NT

Tou

chst

one

expa

nded

its

sta"

lead

ersh

ip d

evel

opm

ent

in

itia

tive

s by

laun

chin

g on

-lin

e es

sent

ial l

earn

ings

for

sta

"

and

form

ing

an in

tern

al L

eade

rs’ G

roup

.

FO

RG

ING

NE

W P

AR

TN

ER

SH

IPS

Tou

chst

one

forg

ed n

ew p

artn

ersh

ips

wit

h P

roje

cts

for

Pri

de

in L

ivin

g an

d T

he S

ewar

d N

eigh

borh

ood

Gro

up t

o ta

ke s

teps

to

war

d cr

eati

ng a

new

mod

el o

f ho

listi

c se

rvic

es.

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Ele

na, a m

enta

l health c

ounselo

r at To

uchsto

ne

Resid

ential fo

r fo

ur

years

, assis

ts c

lients

as they

define a

nd

navig

ate

their p

ath

. S

he a

chie

ves

this

thro

ug

h a

holis

tic a

pp

roach —

min

d, b

od

y

and

sp

irit.

“The tim

e c

lients

sp

end

at To

uchsto

ne

Resid

ential is

very

brief —

betw

een 7

5 to

90 d

ays o

n a

vera

ge. W

e m

eet th

em

at a c

ritical

poin

t in

their life w

here

they c

an r

eally

benefit

from

havin

g g

uid

es for

safe

passag

e b

ack

into

the c

om

munity,

” said

Ele

na. “O

ur

job

is to

help

them

secure

their footing

and

pro

vid

e a

found

ation, so they c

an m

ove furt

her

dow

n

their p

ath

.”

By d

evelo

pin

g ind

ivid

ualiz

ed

tre

atm

ent p

lans,

the s

taff h

elp

s e

ach c

lient d

ete

rmin

e their

desired

destination, d

efine their p

ath

and

pro

vid

e them

with the s

up

port

they n

eed

to

take fi

rm s

tep

s tow

ard

their life g

oals

.

“The d

efined

destination c

an b

e a

life-long

journ

ey n

ot to

be r

ealiz

ed

for

30+

years

, or

as

imm

ed

iate

as o

ne m

ore

day o

f sob

riety

,” s

aid

Ele

na. “I

t can b

e a

s v

ag

ue a

s a

feelin

g o

r as

cle

ar

as a

pic

ture

on a

wall.

To r

each their d

esired

destination, clie

nts

need

a g

uid

e to h

elp

them

slo

w d

ow

n a

nd

take thin

gs

ste

p-b

y-s

tep

. A

t tim

es, clie

nts

becom

e o

ver-

eag

er

to c

om

ple

te tre

atm

ent or

don’t a

pp

recia

te

the d

ep

th o

f th

eir m

enta

l health c

halle

ng

es.

Som

e c

lients

are

sim

ply

stu

ck a

nd

lack b

elie

f

in their a

bili

ty. They n

eed

help

to tap

into

their

inner

energ

y s

o they c

an m

ove forw

ard

alo

ng

their p

ath

and

main

tain

sta

bili

ty in the o

uts

ide

com

munity o

nce they m

ove o

n fro

m T

ouchsto

ne

Resid

ential.

“The g

reate

st jo

y is in the m

om

ents

— the

ste

ps a

long

the p

ath

” share

d E

lena. “O

bserv

ing

som

eone e

merg

e fro

m tota

l socia

l is

ola

tion for

the fi

rst tim

e in y

ears

and

invite their n

eig

hb

or

to p

lay a

gam

e o

f card

s c

an b

e a

majo

r ste

p

tow

ard

achie

vin

g life g

oals

.”

Art

icul

atin

g th

eir

pers

onal

goa

ls, m

aybe

for

the

"rs

t ti

me

in y

ears

, is

the

"rst

ste

p cl

ient

s ta

ke u

pon

ente

ring

Tou

chst

one

Res

iden

tial

Tre

atm

ent.

De"

ning

the

Pat

h

Res

iden

tial

Trea

tmen

t M

ilest

ones

INC

RE

AS

E I

N A

DM

ISS

ION

S

84 c

lient

s w

ere

serv

ed a

t th

e 14

-bed

Min

neap

olis

fac

ility

re#

ecti

ng

a 22

per

cent

incr

ease

in a

dmis

sion

s.

OU

TS

TA

ND

ING

SU

CC

ES

S R

AT

E

Com

preh

ensi

ve a

sses

smen

t an

d in

divi

dual

ized

tre

atm

ent

plan

s

addr

essi

ng m

enta

l hea

lth,

clin

ical

dep

ende

ncy,

phy

sica

l hea

lth

and

inde

pend

ent

livin

g sk

ills

resu

lted

in a

n 88

per

cent

clie

nt s

ucce

ss r

ate.

EX

PA

ND

ED

PR

OG

RA

MS

Hol

isti

c pr

ogra

ms

and

serv

ices

wer

e ex

pand

ed t

o in

clud

e tw

ice

wee

kly

acup

unct

ure

prog

ram

s, w

eekl

y re

laxa

tion

and

gui

ded

im

ager

y gr

oups

, min

dful

mov

emen

t cl

asse

s an

d a

ther

apeu

tic

ar

t gr

oup.

A F

IRS

T F

OR

TO

UC

HS

TO

NE

Tou

chst

one

deve

lope

d an

d im

plem

ente

d th

e $r

st t

oken

eco

nom

y in

to it

s ho

useh

old

skill

s pr

ogra

m w

here

res

iden

ts le

arne

d th

e ba

sic

step

s an

d sk

ills

nece

ssar

y to

mai

ntai

n a

hous

ehol

d an

d ea

rn

rew

ards

bas

ed o

n th

eir

abili

ty.

AN

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

FO

R H

EA

LIN

G

Bas

ed o

n ne

uros

cien

ti$c

res

earc

h an

d in

spir

ed b

y th

e or

gani

c

heal

ing

gard

en p

lant

ed a

roun

d th

e bu

ildin

g by

Gar

vin

Ent

erpr

ises

; th

e fa

cilit

y’s

inte

rior

was

rem

odel

ed c

reat

ing

heal

ing

envi

ronm

ents

bu

ilt s

peci

$cal

ly f

or t

he n

eeds

of

resi

dent

s.

“ We me

et the

m at a

crit

ical point

in the

ir life wh

ere th

ey can

really

benefit from

having guides for safe

passage back into th

e comm

unity

.”

RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT | ASSISTED LIVING | INTENTIONAL COMMUNITIES | COMMUNITY REHABILITATIVE SERVICES & CASE MANAGEMENT | FINANCIALS 7

Ass

isted

Livi

ng M

ilest

ones

RE

SID

EN

T R

ET

EN

TIO

N

Tou

chst

one

Ass

iste

d L

ivin

g’s

16 m

embe

rs b

uilt

a s

tron

g bo

nd a

nd s

ense

of

com

mun

ity

duri

ng t

he p

ast

year

. A

maj

or f

acto

r in

thi

s de

velo

pmen

t w

as t

he 1

00 p

erce

nt

resi

dent

ret

enti

on.

INC

RE

AS

E I

N G

RO

UP

AC

TIV

ITIE

S

Res

iden

ts a

nd s

ta"

set

the

goa

l of

incr

easi

ng a

ctiv

ity

fr

eque

ncy

from

thr

ee t

imes

wee

kly

to s

ix t

imes

wee

kly.

T

he e

stab

lishe

d go

al w

as m

et, r

esul

ting

in 7

5 pe

rcen

t in

crea

se in

res

iden

t ac

tivi

ty p

arti

cipa

tion

.

INC

RE

AS

E I

N P

AR

TIC

IPA

TIO

N

Tou

chst

one’s

Ass

iste

d L

ivin

g re

side

nt p

arti

cipa

tion

in

empl

oym

ent,

educ

atio

n or

vol

unte

er w

ork

rose

fro

m

57 p

erce

nt in

200

7 to

67

perc

ent

in 2

008

furt

her

hi

ghlig

htin

g th

e co

mm

unit

y te

nure

suc

cess

rat

e.

“I e

nte

red

Touchsto

ne A

ssis

ted

Liv

ing

fro

m

a g

roup

hom

e in the c

ity a

t a s

tressfu

l tim

e

in m

y life,”

said

David

. “E

very

one h

ere

has b

een a

friend

to m

e. It is n

ice to s

ee

ple

asant fa

ces d

aily

.”

At To

uchsto

ne A

ssis

ted

Liv

ing

clie

nts

have

the o

pp

ort

unity to b

ecom

e a

mem

ber

of a

perm

anent com

munity,

one that sup

port

s

every

ind

ivid

ual as they n

avig

ate

their

life’s

journ

ey.

Clie

nts

and

sta

ff c

olla

bora

te

to c

reate

a c

om

munity o

f on-g

oin

g

accep

tance a

nd

encoura

gem

ent. T

hey

gro

w s

trong

er

ind

ivid

ually

as they s

up

port

one a

noth

er

colle

ctively

.

“I a

m s

o p

roud

of D

avid

and

how

far

he h

as

com

e,”

said

Deb

, his

counselo

r. “

The D

avid

I know

tod

ay is a

n e

ntire

ly d

iffe

rent m

an than

the o

ne w

ho w

alk

ed

thro

ug

h these d

oors

six

years

ag

o. H

is d

em

eanor

has tra

nsitio

ned

so n

icely

. H

e h

as s

uch a

wond

erf

ul sense o

f

hum

or

and

a joyous laug

h. W

e a

re a

ll g

lad

we g

et to

exp

erience the g

enuin

e D

avid

.”

The o

nce w

ithd

raw

n D

avid

now

actively

part

icip

ate

s in the c

om

munity’s

exerc

ise

gro

up

s a

nd

movie

nig

hts

. H

is d

em

eanor

has s

hifte

d; he laug

hs a

nd

enjo

ys the

com

pany o

f oth

ers

.

“Thro

ug

h the y

ears

, I have taken s

mall

ste

ps —

one, or

two a

t a tim

e…

I have

becom

e s

tead

ier, m

ore

inte

reste

d in m

y

ap

peara

nce. I have b

ecom

e m

ore

insig

htful

and

have the a

bili

ty to b

e a

n a

ctive p

art

of

the T

ouchsto

ne c

om

munity,

” said

David

. “I

have a

part

tim

e job

and

liv

e in a

house w

ith

room

mate

s. I am

sharing

exp

eriences w

ith

sta

ff, p

eop

le I liv

e w

ith, p

eop

le a

t w

ork

and

peop

le in the c

om

munity a

nd

find

they a

re

frie

nd

ly a

nd

ple

asant.”

“Touchsto

ne touches a

nd

fore

ver

chang

es

your

life,”

said

David

. “I

t is

a h

om

e w

here

ind

ivid

uals

and

sta

ff li

ve p

eacefu

lly w

ith e

ach

oth

er. E

very

one m

akes p

rog

ress in

their o

wn

way a

nd

they s

hare

it w

ith e

ach o

ther.”

Tod

ay,

the u

nkem

pt m

an that w

alk

ed

thro

ug

h the d

oor

six

years

ag

o is a

mem

ory

.

David

is s

mili

ng

as h

e e

njo

ys the v

iew

s

alo

ng

his

path

.

A g

entl

eman

wal

ked

thro

ugh

the

fron

t do

ors

of T

ouch

ston

e A

ssis

ted

L

ivin

g w

ith

an o

verg

row

n be

ard,

unk

empt

hai

r an

d ta

tter

ed a

ppea

ranc

e.

He

had

trav

elle

d fr

om t

he n

oise

and

clu

tter

of

a bu

sy u

rban

set

ting

se

arch

ing

for

a qu

iete

r, s

afer

pla

ce t

o tr

ead.

He

was

exh

aust

ed a

nd

wit

hdra

wn,

rar

ely

mad

e ey

e co

ntac

t an

d se

ldom

sm

iled

.

A N

ew P

ath

to T

read

“ Tou

chst

one

touc

hes

and

fo

rev

er c

hang

es y

our l

ife.”

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Denis

e*

and

Rachel*

arr

ived

at To

uchsto

ne

Inte

ntional C

om

munitie

s tw

o y

ears

ag

o. In

that tim

e, b

oth

wom

en h

ave a

bsorb

ed

the

com

munitie

s’ valu

es a

nd

work

ed

thro

ug

h the

natu

ral com

munity b

uild

ing

pro

cess.

“Touchsto

ne Inte

ntional C

om

munitie

s h

elp

ed

me

to o

bta

in h

ousin

g a

nd

only

then d

id I e

xp

erience

a p

eriod

of tim

e w

hen I w

as n

ot ab

used

by

oth

ers

,” s

aid

Rachel.

“I m

et To

uchsto

ne Inte

ntional C

om

munitie

s a

t

the m

ost d

ifficult tim

e o

f m

y life,”

said

Denis

e.

“I felt it w

as a

good

reason to h

op

e for

a s

trong

found

ation.”

The w

om

en d

evelo

ped

a fast b

ond

based

on s

imila

r lif

e e

xp

eriences inclu

din

g a

buse,

hom

ele

ssness, is

ola

tion a

nd

lack o

f sup

port

. A

s

both

wom

en d

evelo

ped

a s

ense o

f safe

ty w

ithin

the c

om

munity,

they w

ere

ab

le to look forw

ard

.

They d

efined

ind

ivid

ual g

oals

and

genera

ted

op

tim

ism

for

the futu

re.

Rachel v

erb

aliz

ed

her

recovery

vis

ion a

s “

wantin

g

to g

et to

where

I d

on’t

have a

ny d

oub

ts a

bout

myself;

I d

on’t

want to

worr

y a

bout w

hat oth

ers

thin

k a

nd

need

them

to v

alid

ate

who I a

m.”

“I w

ould

describ

e m

y d

estination a

s learn

ing

self-

suffi

cie

ncy —

how

to p

ay b

ills, keep

a b

ud

get, a

nd

main

tain

med

ical ap

poin

tments

. I hop

e this

will

gro

w into

the w

ork

pla

ce,”

Denis

e s

aid

.

Once R

achel and

Denis

e r

ecog

niz

ed

their g

oals

,

they w

ork

ed

with their T

ouchsto

ne a

dvocate

s a

nd

their fello

w Inte

ntional C

om

munity m

em

bers

to

becom

e e

quip

ped

with the tools

and

confid

ence

to w

ork

ste

ad

ily tow

ard

them

.

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ach w

om

an took s

tep

s tow

ard

achie

vin

g h

er

defined

destination, th

eir r

ela

tionship

with e

ach

oth

er

evolv

ed

. They found

them

selv

es a

t d

iffe

rent

poin

ts w

ith d

iffe

rent need

s. They r

ed

efined

their r

ela

tionship

and

work

ed

to c

om

munic

ate

resp

ectfully

and

honor

the n

eed

s a

nd

feelin

gs o

f

each o

ther.

“My friend

ship

gave m

e s

om

eone to talk

to,

confid

e in a

nd

cry

with s

om

etim

es,”

said

Rachel.

“This

rela

tionship

help

ed

me to u

nd

ers

tand

som

e

thin

gs a

bout m

yself.”

“Thro

ug

h the y

ear, I h

ave learn

ed

how

to m

ake

som

e o

f m

y o

wn n

eed

s a

priority

and

how

to s

et

limits b

ased

on m

y n

eed

s,”

said

Denis

e.

Tod

ay,

Rachel and

Denis

e a

re a

ctive T

ouchsto

ne

Inte

ntional C

om

munity m

em

bers

. They,

alo

ng

with

all

com

munity m

em

bers

, have w

ork

ed

thro

ug

h

difficult tim

es a

nd

cele

bra

ted

each ind

ivid

ual’s

gifts

, p

rob

lem

s, valu

es a

nd

belie

fs. They a

re

livin

g in a

“tr

ue-c

om

munity.

Tou

chst

one

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ntio

nal C

omm

unit

ies’

crea

te a

gat

heri

ng s

pace

whe

re m

embe

rs

feel

saf

e, h

ave

hope

for

the

fut

ure,

fee

l em

pow

ered

and

hav

e re

lati

onsh

ips

built

on

mut

ualit

y an

d re

cipr

ocit

y. B

ecau

se t

he 3

6 m

embe

rs h

old

thes

e va

lues

, the

y

expe

rien

ce t

he s

trug

gle,

cha

nge,

suc

cess

and

fai

lure

ass

ocia

ted

wit

h “t

rue

com

mun

ity.”

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unit

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nal

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ity M

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ones

ST

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HO

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crea

sed

from

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perc

ent

in 2

007

to

96 p

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nt in

200

8.

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t pe

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mun

ity

mem

bers

mai

ntai

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in

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t liv

ing

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t m

aint

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d go

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phys

ical

hea

lth.

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E F

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onal

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mun

ity

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oved

into

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atha

ni

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mun

ity

Cen

ter

to p

rovi

de in

crea

sed

acce

ssib

ility

for

m

embe

rs a

nd t

he o

ppor

tuni

ty t

o be

par

t of

a la

rger

soc

ial

serv

ice

base

d co

mm

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nter

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ES

SIN

G D

IFF

ER

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S

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ntio

nal C

omm

unit

ies

I an

d II

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t co

mm

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atio

n m

odel

to

supp

ort

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tive

com

mun

icat

ion

and

con#

ict

reso

luti

on.

“ My

frien

dshi

p ga

ve m

e so

meo

ne

to t

alk t

o, c

onfide

in a

nd c

ry w

ith.

It h

elpe

d m

e und

erst

and s

ome

things

abou

t m

yself

.”

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me

s h

ave

be

en

ch

an

ge

d f

or

clie

nt

priva

cy.

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The team

gre

w in u

nd

ers

tand

ing

and

inte

gra

ted

new

ap

pro

aches into

their

pro

fessio

nal ro

les. A

s they e

volv

ed

to m

eet

the n

ew

op

port

unitie

s, th

ey s

trove to h

old

true to w

ho they w

ere

pro

fessio

nally

and

pers

onally

. This

pro

fessio

nal evolu

tion, in

som

e w

ays, m

irro

red

the r

ecovery

pro

cess

of th

e c

lients

they s

erv

e.

Kara

is o

ne o

f th

e fi

fteen team

mem

bers

who took the n

ew

unchart

ed

path

. “I

try

to

und

ers

tand

who m

y c

lients

are

und

ern

eath

their illn

ess o

r d

iag

nosis

,” s

aid

Kara

. “J

ust as

I am

not sole

ly d

efined

by m

y p

rofe

ssio

n a

s a

Clin

icia

n a

nd

Holis

tic P

ractitioner;

my c

lients

need

the o

pp

ort

unity to c

learly e

xp

erience

who they a

re o

uts

ide their d

efined

illn

ess.”

Often c

lients

put asid

e w

ho they a

re a

nd

the a

ctivitie

s that g

ive their life h

eart

and

meanin

g —

activitie

s the g

enera

l p

ub

lic takes

for

gra

nte

d. They d

o this

in o

rder

to focus o

n

the im

med

iate

str

essors

of th

eir illn

ess o

r lif

e

situation. In

fact, the m

enta

l health s

yste

m

is o

ften c

risis

and

sym

pto

m focused

and

ind

irectly e

ncoura

ges c

lients

to b

e the s

am

e.

This

can r

esult in tre

atm

ent th

at cre

ate

s a

tread

mill

lik

e e

ffect fo

r clie

nts

and

pro

vid

ers

.

The a

rt is to d

iscover

how

to h

old

sp

ace a

nd

ad

dre

ss the b

asic

need

s a

nd

sym

pto

ms

while

em

phasiz

ing

a p

ers

pective that

inclu

des h

ealin

g a

nd

qualit

y o

f lif

e issues.

“I feel it is m

y job

to e

ncoura

ge c

lients

to

cultiv

ate

a p

ath

whic

h h

onors

who they a

re

outs

ide o

f th

eir illn

ess —

to b

uild

a life that

reflects

a tru

er

sense o

f w

ho they a

re a

s a

n

ind

ivid

ual.”

said

Kara

.

Usin

g this

mod

el of care

, clin

icia

ns a

re a

ble

to a

dd

ress m

uch m

ore

than b

asic

housin

g

and

thera

peutic tre

atm

ent need

s. In

ste

ad

,

they c

an e

xp

and

their focus to c

onsid

er

what p

ers

onal d

ream

s a

nd

desires their

clie

nts

have p

ut asid

e a

s they w

ork

ed

on

more

tra

ditio

nal tr

eatm

ent g

oals

.

“Honoring

the w

hole

pers

on p

rovid

es u

s w

ith

a lens that is

str

eng

th a

nd

health b

ased

and

is u

ltim

ate

ly the a

necd

ote

for

the d

ifficulty o

f

the journ

ey,

” said

Kara

. “I

am

extr

em

ely

gla

d

to b

ear

witness to o

ur

clie

nts

’ in

ner

work

and

to s

up

port

them

to e

xp

ress this

in the w

orld

both

pra

ctically

and

cre

atively

— w

heth

er

the s

uccess is r

ealiz

ed

by c

om

ing

out of

their a

part

ment fo

r th

e fi

rst tim

e in y

ears

to e

njo

y a

rid

e o

n the lig

ht ra

il; e

xp

ressin

g

them

selv

es thro

ug

h a

rt; ta

kin

g a

yog

a c

lass

or

goin

g b

ack to c

olle

ge to o

bta

in their

deg

ree in inte

rior

desig

n.”

20

08

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a t

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itio

nal

year

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one’s

Cas

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anag

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t Tea

m.

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nty,

the

tea

m m

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rs

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ted

to a

new

mod

el o

f ca

re, p

rovi

ding

a l

evel

of

serv

ice

prev

ious

ly

unav

aila

ble

to a

dult

s w

ith

seri

ous

men

tal

illn

ess.

Tra

vels

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ng a

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ommun

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ehab

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nsiv

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anag

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pand

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ce o

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ings

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nsiv

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ehab

ilita

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vice

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plem

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d a

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up

and

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d B

ody

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s G

roup

to

supp

ort

sym

ptom

man

agem

ent,

com

mun

ity

tran

siti

on, c

omm

unit

y in

tegr

atio

n an

d so

cial

sk

ill d

evel

opm

ent.

“ Clie

nts

need

the

opp

ortu

nity

to

clear

ly e

xper

ienc

e who

the

y ar

e ou

tsid

e th

eir

define

d illne

ss.”

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