... a tour de force not only for anyone living with a mental illness and their loved ones, but for anyone who feels in the need for some practical, down to earth guidance on how to make the most of life. - Larry Davidson, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Program for Recovery and Community Health, Yale University

对于任何有精神健康问题的人来说，有时候一天过着一天感觉上是一个不可能的任务。精神健康复原似乎是遥远的梦想。其实，精神健康复原不是个抽象的概念，它其实就是你能够到一个安全、有尊严、有意义，且不被你的精神问题限制的人生的地方。更重要的是，它是可以达到的。

这本练习册提供了实用、简单的建议，帮助读者一步一步慢慢走向这个地方。书中总共有54个章节，涵盖了非常全面的不同主题，从自我评估以及治疗到人际关系以及你将遇到的不同挑战。这本书提供了你需要的工具来面对外人的偏见，取得你所需要的帮助。不要再犹豫了，你的复原可以从今天开始。

关于作者：

Katherine Ponte, BA, JD, MBA, CPRP is a mental health recovery advocate, published author, non-profit founder, entrepreneur and coach. She is a Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner and faculty member of the Department of Psychiatry's Program for Recovery and Community Health at Yale University. She built the ForLikeMinds platform of recovery-focused mental health initiatives and its associated community of over 100,000 that has reached millions. She is on the board of the National Alliance on Mental Illness-NYC. Katherine has lived with severe bipolar I disorder with psychosis for over 20 years and has been happily living in recovery since 2018. She is based in New York, USA.

好评：

"Katherine has distilled many of the important lessons she has learned from and about living with a serious mental illness over the previous two decades. Combining her own life experiences with valuable techniques she has learned from others offers the reader a near exhaustive array of strategies for making the most of their daily life challenges, whether or not they have to do directly with mental illness or the stigma associated with it."  

Larry Davidson, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Program for Recovery and Community Health, School of Medicine, Yale University

"As a parent of someone living with serious mental illness (SMI) I found Katherine Ponte’s workbook invaluable. The number one goal for those who support loved ones with SMI needs to be to protect the relationship.  This workbook provides a wealth of opportunities for improving family outcomes by encouraging conversations based on the lived experience of the person in recovery.'

John DeNatale, National Alliance on Mental Illness-NYC Board Member and Family-to-Family facilitator

"Katherine Ponte’s Recovery Workbook nicely lays out the principles and practices that help people on their recovery experience.  It is full of skills which workbook participants might try as they consider their priorities.  Katherine comes at this from two perspectives: as a person with lived experience AND as a thought leader in the recovery space."  

Patrick Corrigan, Psy.D., Distinguished Professor of Psychology, 

Illinois Institute of Technology, Director, Center for Health Equity, Education and Research

"Katherine Ponte's workbook offers patients who struggle with significant mental health conditions a road map to freedom.  It guides them to discover the path toward a greater quality of life and ways to rise above the limitations and sense of stigma otherwise imposed by the burden of serious mental illness.  Her writing is refreshingly clear, direct and straightforward."

Joseph F. Goldberg, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

"The text of this book defines 8 steps to recovery from Self Assessment through the journey to self-care and relationships.  Her personal experience, her years of helping others, and her teaching the principles of success in the context of serious mental illness is remarkable."

Will Carpenter, Professor of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine

"Throughout the workbook Katherine speaks plainly, as a caring and compassionate guide through the rough terrain of mental health challenges. A comprehensive list of topics encompasses the common ground most people with mental health challenges experience." 

Rita Cronise, MS, ALWF , Co-Director, Peer Support Services Technical Assistance Center (PeerTAC), Academy of Peer Services, Rutgers University 

"Katherine’s work reaches those affected by mental health issues in a thoughtful and relatable manner.  This workbook is a culmination of her journey to recovery, her dedication, persistence, and eloquence in describing the steps to mental health recovery are to be celebrated!"

Lisa DeFelice-Fratto, LMHC, Manager, Psychosocial Rehabilitation, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

"Leaning on her lived experience, Katherine has developed a rich set of practical resources that not only show others it is possible to recover from serious mental illness, but provides readers with the tools to play an active role in their own recovery process.  There is something for every individual living with serious mental illness in Katherine’s recovery workbook. The power of peer support shines through on every page, instilling a critical sense of hope for recovery in a way that only someone who has walked this road could do.” 

Matt Kudish, LMSW, MPA, Chief Executive Officer, National Alliance on Mental Illness-NYC 

"… an important and beautiful workbook to help guide people and families along their recovery journeys … an essential roadmap for people living with serious mental illness, families and loved ones, and for advocates and healthcare providers."

John MacPhee, Chief Executive Office, The Jed Foundation

"… an indispensable guide for navigating the complexities of mental illness.  This wonderful workbook is an invaluable resource for individuals facing mental health challenges, their families and supporters, and the professionals working with them through their recovery journey." 

Nathan Romano, MBA, President Emeritus of the National Alliance on Mental Illness-NYC, President, Atalaya Capital Management

"… a meaningful guide for people living with mental illness. Informed and inspired by her own triumphant recovery, this workbook combines inspiration with practicality for those like us living with serious mental illness in a way which no other self-help book has."

Arvind Sooknanan, Board Member & Community Advocate for Fountain House