{"id":1096,"date":"2023-07-25T15:36:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.tapestry-tool.com\/tapestry-alpha\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2025-09-09T01:35:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T01:35:23","slug":"involving-family-loved-ones-friends-and-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/psyrehab\/involving-family-loved-ones-friends-and-supporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Involving Family, Loved Ones, Friends, and Supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Relevant PSR Practice Domains and Competencies include Domain B \u201cPsychosocial Rehabilitation, Supporting Practices and Recovery\u2013oriented Services\u201d and in particular competency B.2 that speaks to \u201ccommunicating effectively\u201d with supporters such as family, friends, supporters and other stakeholders. Similarly, Competency C.3 articulates the need to \u201cform effective relationships with individuals and their supports\u201d in order to access needed resources and supports and services. Competency B.1 describes the need for demonstrating \u201cethical, legal practices, and professional behavior.\u201d If there is any doubt, please collaborate with the person receiving services, your manager, as well as organizational policy documents relating to consent. When working with individuals the points below may be helpful starting points for conversation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Staying in contact with key people in one's life is important and is a critical component of staying healthy.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We know that involving family\/loved ones (those direct supports in a person's life) as desired by the person in recovery positively impacts outcomes of treatment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Many family members and friends want to be helpful and supportive. However, some family members or friends may not want to be involved or don't know how to be helpful.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We also know that family may also need dedicated support for their health and wellbeing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joining a family\/friends support group can be helpful to provide information and support and meet others who have had similar experiences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sometimes natural supports might inadvertently encourage the person to do things that might negatively impact their health despite their positive intentions. This exemplifies the importance of engaging natural support with the support team and providing them education, resources and peer connections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering ways to include family and support network in all steps of the intervention or treatment is essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes it can be difficult when family or friends don't want to be involved or if they say or do things that are hurtful. In these situations, it can be helpful to identify strategies for how the person can support themselves to remain well.\u00a0In such situations, some strategies might be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Explain to the loved how you feel when this happens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ask that the hurtful actions or words not be used or continued<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If need be, tell the person that in order for you to remain healthy, you can't remain in contact as long as the hurtful actions or words continue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to have a support network with trusted members that can be enlisted to provide support. Some ways to develop social connections and build a support network include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Join a support group offered by one of the local agencies or organizations\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ask a treatment provider \/ treatment team for referral to a peer supporter who can offer tips, advice, information, and support<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Join in with social activities offered by local agencies or organizations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevant PSR Practice Domains and Competencies include Domain B \u201cPsychosocial Rehabilitation, Supporting Practices and Recovery\u2013oriented Services\u201d and in particular competency B.2 that speaks to \u201ccommunicating effectively\u201d with supporters such as family, friends, supporters and other stakeholders. Similarly, Competency C.3 articulates the need to \u201cform effective relationships with individuals and their supports\u201d in order to access &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/psyrehab\/involving-family-loved-ones-friends-and-supporters\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Involving Family, Loved Ones, Friends, and Supporters&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":850,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/psyrehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/psyrehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/psyrehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/psyrehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/850"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/psyrehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/psyrehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1771,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/psyrehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096\/revisions\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/psyrehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/psyrehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.tapestry-tool.com\/psyrehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}