Maintenance of Recovery
We create a written product, a recovery maintenance plan, in which Jane can identify goals for herself, for the next month, then the next six months, to help her stay focused. We identify high-risk situations and the precipitants that are more likely to evoke anxiety, as well as red or yellow flags of regression to watch out for.
There may come a time when Jane decides that a work product is especially important to her, so she’s going to work extra hours to produce something she can be proud of. Staying a little longer at work is a reasonable choice. However, we can imagine a red flag of regression: a possible pattern of staying later and later at work, or becoming progressively more rigid about routines again.