%0 Journal Article
%T Mental health recovery, goal setting and working alliance in an Australian community
%A Grenville Rose
%A Lorraine Smith
%J Health Psychology Open
%@ 2055-1029
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/2055102918774674
%X This article examines the relationships between goal setting and achievement, working alliance and recovery in an Australian mental health community-managed organisation. The study gathered data over a 14-month period after the introduction of routine outcome measures. Both goal achievement and the strength of the working alliance were shown to have a positive effect on the personal recovery of the clients in the study. Both working alliance and goal achievement are robustly supportive at whatever point a person is on in the recovery journey. The brief goals card used is a useful adjunct to other tools
%K goal setting
%K mental illness
%K recovery
%K self-efficacy
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2055102918774674