The motivations of the people with mental disease for change. The utilization of the advisory and therapeutical attitude in the social services

Bachelor thesis thematizes the strengths and assets of people with severe mental disorders, their abilities and skills in the process of recovery from their disease. It accentuates the importance of the intervention of the social worker and his or her professional helping relationship as support for the client coping with obstacles on his life journey. The work also notices the lay support of the client's social surroundings and contactswith people with similar experiences, which are an integral part of his or her recovery. The client's motivation and offer of a therapeutic alliance, as well as the development of his or her personal identity, increasing the quality of the client's life and his or her social status in society are the result of adopted coping mechanisms of change. Another factor with positive influences on finding of a new meaning in the client's life is social and material support in the areas of housing, education and employment. The story of recovery consists of processing the client's experiences of the preceding illness and, after a person is able to cope with the consequences of the disease, of incorporating a new purpose of life into his or her idea of the future. Necessary knowledge and skills are acquired by the client of rehabilitation services during the recovery process...