The key mission at Ebb & Flow Recovery is to provide quality Psychosocial Recovery Coaching services for people experiencing ongoing mental health concerns, tailored to individual needs.

Recovery

For more on Personal recovery read here. Recovery-oriented practice is informed by a range of specific values: Hope, Uniqueness of the Individual, strengths-based, it encourages and supports self-determination, and champions equality. 

Integrity

In the work that we do, we aim to be open and honest in our communication, to build trust that is based around clear expectations of who we are, and what we can and can not do in providing our services.

Curiosity

Relationships, compassion and understanding are built around communication and questions, not from a judgmental perspective but from a curious standpoint that is genuinely trying to reflect on who we are, what we’re thinking and why we think that way. Just remember if someone is ever too curious you just have to let them know that you don’t want to share the answers, and that’s ok.  

Understanding

A genuine commitment to trying to understand you as an individual, to tailor our service to meet your needs, to try and support you to achieve your goals.

At the moment Ebb & Flow Recovery only has one staff member, Sam (me). It’s only fair to share a bit about myself so you can know if you want to use this service. I was born in the South West and grew up from the age of 6 in the Great Southern (of Western Australia). I left the area to work and go to uni in Perth. I studied psychology but I didn’t continue on to become a Psychologist. I pursued a more practical approach and started working with people experiencing mental distress and ill health. I worked in the eastern suburbs and hills in the Personal Helpers and Mentors program (PHaMs), and Community Supported Residential Units (CSRU) in Bunbury before moving to Albany and managing a community resource centre. I have more than ten years’ experience working with people from diverse backgrounds experiencing mental health difficulties.

I have a strong belief in the fundamentals of the recovery movement. That mental health is a human experience, that mental ill health is a normal response to stress, and this response looks different for everyone. Building relationships and trust are fundamental to working together and supporting you to build a good life. In the work I do it’s not about what I think is good or right. It is about supporting you to recognise this and supporting you to reach towards this, in a way that works for you.

In the past I’ve worked with people that feel alone, that feel worried or scared. People that hear and see things that others don’t. People that are directionless and have lost hope. People that are in pain, that carry trauma in their mind and bodies. I can’t fix or change these things for you. I can support you, as you build and develop a good life, as you aim towards more than just surviving. I can hold on to hope, that things can be different when you feel like there isn’t any.

I don’t have all the answers, I don’t know what is right for you. I know that I can listen and try to understand what you think are the answers, listen to what you think is right and support you towards achieving this.