Part 4 of a conversation with Steve Shober, BS, LSW, about the importance of benefits planning. Steve tells the story of a man who was ambivalent about getting a job. Find out how this guy resolved his uncertainties about benefits programs and learned to manage recurring "I-quit" feelings once he did find a job.

Part 8 of a conversation with Steve Shober, BS, LSW, about the importance of benefits planning and evidence-based Supported Employment / IPS. Steve tells the story of a man with schizophrenia who helped bring order to his disorganized thoughts by pursuing a job at a grocery store. This man's stubborn pursuit of success proved wrong the disbelief of service providers and family members alike.

Dianne Asher, LSCSW, CADC-I, is a consultant-trainer who teaches organizations throughout the State of Kansas how to implement Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) with success. She often shares stories of consumer recovery from her own experience as a clinician, demonstrating how integrated treatment can untangle the complexities of dual disorders.

There is hope for people who are most at-risk of psychiatric hospitalization, homelessness, and institutional recidivism. It is called Assertive Community Treatment (ACT). Jonas Thom, MA, PCC, of Cincinnati describes the core principles and practices of ACT and tells two stories of consumer recovery—one of a veteran of the armed services and the other of a classically trained librettist.

Albert Dijkhuizen, MD, and Johan Weterings, PhD, of the city of Eindhoven are veterans of an old system of care that provided separate, non-integrated services for mental illness and addiction. Listen to their stories of transformation, which have occurred as a result of Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment. Tracks #4 & 5 feature consumer success stories. Track #7 features Weterings speaking in Dutch, offering a message of hope to his colleagues back home.

The Lake Metroparks Farmpark in Kirtland, Ohio is no ordinary park. It is a living educational museum. John is a participant of evidence-based Supported Employment (SE) services who works at the Farmpark. He has not missed a shift in over four years. His success is partly the result of the open communication he has with his boss, Beth Florian.

Renee Molzon went into social work to help emotionally-disturbed children, never anticipating that her professional journey would land her beside homeless adults dealing with severe mental illness and addiction. Molzon takes us inside Neighboring's Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) outreach service for the homeless. (Part 2 of 4 of an agency profile).

Times are especially good for NEIGHBORING's Chief Operating Officer Ken Gill and his Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) team as they are being recognized for raising the standard of exceptional care in Lake County. Gill reflects upon the challenges of implementing IDDT, offers some advice, and shares two stories of consumer recovery. (Part 2 of 4 of an agency profile).

The Shawnee Mental Health Center not only serves three of the poorest, most rural regions in Ohio-Lawrence, Scioto, and Adams counties-with mental health and tobacco recovery services, but it also lies in the heart of tobacco country, making the notion of kicking the habit seem less doable than flicking a cigarette butt across the Ohio River.

Work Is Recovery is a collection of stories about people who want to work. Those who are featured have all been diagnosed at some point in their lives with a mental disorder (mental illness). The stories describe some hard times. Yet, more importantly, they also chronicle the triumphs of recovery and the importance of employment in supporting the journey.