Intervention and Practice

The medical model focuses on diagnosis, pathology, and deficits to be 'cured'; the strengths perspective focuses on capacities, resources, and self-determination.

The process of helping clients gain mastery, power, and control over their own lives and decisions, often by addressing structural barriers and building capacity.

A plan that builds on the client's existing resources, abilities, and supports rather than focusing only on deficits.

A strengths-based, hope-oriented approach emphasizing the client's self-determination, meaningful life, and recovery as possible even with ongoing symptoms.

Support provided by individuals with lived experience of similar challenges, fostering hope and engagement.

It maps personal assets (skills, values, past successes), interpersonal supports, and community resources the client can draw on, so goals are built from what already works.