Your Recovery Journey - The CHIME Model
Your Recovery Journey - The CHIME Model
The CHIME model is a research-based model of recovery. It was formed to help people live a good and fulfilling life, with or without mental health symptoms. The CHIME model states that there are five factors that are important for recovery:
- Connectedness
- Hope
- Identity
- Meaning
- Empowerment
Everyone's recovery journey is different and you may find different areas of CHIME important. You can talk to your team about the CHIME model, what you feel your strengths are, and what you feel might be important to work on. This will help you to think about your recovery and how the team can best support you in this. Together you might want to come up with some CHIME goals.
CONNECTEDNESS
- Developing meaningful, healthy and supportive relationships
- Being part of a community
- Feeling connected to the self
- Feeling spiritually connected (if relevant)
HOPE
- Having belief in recovery and the motivation to change
- Having a positive outlook on life and the future
- Having goals, dreams and aspirations
IDENTITY
- Having a positive self-identity and a positive social identity
- Having a sense of individuality
- Knowing and understanding who we are, what we like and want
- Rebuilding identity after adverse experiences
MEANING
- Having a meaningful or purposeful life
- Having a good quality of life
- Understanding what is meaningful or motivational to us
- Finding meaning in our mental health or life experiences
EMPOWERMENT
- Having a sense of control over our lives
- Identifying our strengths and utilising them
- Taking personal responsibility for our actions
This information was co-produced by the Mental Health Recovery Pathway and service users.