The Recovery Model: I can see how the recovery model would work with Solution Focused Brief Therapy. “The recovery model aims to help people with mental health problems to look beyond mere survival and existence. It encourages them to move forward, set new goals and do things and develop relationships that give their lives meaning”. ("Mental Health foundation," SFBT is an approach that focuses on how clients change, rather than one which focuses on diagnosing and treating problems. For Tonya, she is recovering from a substance addiction, child and adult abuse, AIDS, and has addiction to sex, and mental health problems. With the techniques of the recovery and solution focused brief therapy they both focus on the present or on the future in
