Person-Centered Care in ACT and FACT: Addressing Client Preferences & Supporting Self-Determination
Overview
Service recipients in public mental health often experience stigma related to living with a mental illness, and may also experience coercive treatment approaches that undermine their sense of agency, such as being monitored and pressured to follow provider-defined treatment plans (Choy-Brown et al., 2020). Evidence suggests that coercive methods in mental health services tend to elicit client disengagement and hopelessness, while person-centered and recovery-oriented approaches support clients’ self-determination, self-efficacy, and well-being. This training identifies recovery-oriented principles, such as targeting a broad range of life goals among Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) clients, and person-centered care strategies, such as shared decision-making and emphasizing clients’ self-identified goals as the focus of treatment planning activities. A review of intervention approaches to support person-centered care, such as using harm reduction and trauma-informed frameworks, will be discussed.
Learning objectives
- Define recovery-oriented principles and their application to person-centered care as implemented by ACT and FACT teams
- Describe key frameworks that underpin person-centered care, such as harm reduction and cultural humility
- Discuss specific intervention approaches to further person-centered care, such as motivational interviewing, shared decision-making, and trauma-informed care practices
Professional credit
- This activity offers the following types of credit: APA
- 1.5 CEs are available.
Training times
This training is provided at the time(s) and in the format(s) shown below.
| Date | Time | Format | CE Credits | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
June 17, 2026 (Wednesday)
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Live, online |
1.5 CEs
| Space available |
June 25, 2026 (Thursday)
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11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Live, online |
1.5 CEs
| Space available |
