Foundations of Recovery: Practitioner Manual & Worksheets (DIGITAL VERSION)

One of the ongoing challenges in mental health and addiction treatment is helping people turn what they learn into lasting habits. A client can understand urge surfing perfectly at 10:00 in the morning during a group session and still forget about it, or simply not use it, when they're angry, lonely, bored, or craving at 8:30 that night.

And when things are going well, complacency can set in. People feel better, so they stop doing the very things that helped them get there.

Foundations of Recovery was developed to help address this gap between learning skills and using them in everyday life.

The approach uses brief, 60-second micro-interventions to make practicing psychological skills easier, more accessible, and better suited to the demands of modern life. By reducing the effort needed to practice and creating more opportunities for repetition, the goal is to increase the likelihood that these skills become lasting habits.

This isn't another curriculum to teach or a new treatment program to implement. It's a way to reinforce the work clinicians are already doing and help clients carry what they've learned beyond the therapy room.

The Practitioner Manual explains the psychological principles behind the approach and provides guidance for integrating the Focus Frame and Foundations of Recovery cards into individual therapy, groups, and treatment programs.

The accompanying worksheets offer additional opportunities for reflection, discussion, and skill development.

What's Included

• Practitioner Manual (PDF): The psychological foundations of the approach, clinical applications, and guidance for integrating the cards and Focus Frame into treatment.

• Printable Worksheets (PDF): Exercises for individual reflection, therapy sessions, group discussions, and continued practice between sessions.

Who It's For: Psychologists, therapists, counselors, group facilitators, and substance use treatment professionals.

Format: Digital download. Focus Frame and Foundations of Recovery cards sold separately.