The recovery process is very complex, so is this an oversimplification?
The recovery process is indeed a complex and dynamic process – which is one of the reasons it is difficult to define, understand, research and experience! The stage model of psychological recovery, is just that – a model. That is, something taken from a better known domain (i.e. a composite of multiple people’s experience) and applied to a lesser known domain (i.e. the experience of an individual). The map, however, is not the territory. The model is parsimonious as feasibility of use has been considered. A four process by five stage model provides 20 possibilities on which to map experience. Any more complex and individuals, teams and systems would find it unwieldy.
The recovery process is indeed a complex and dynamic process – which is one of the reasons it is difficult to define, understand, research and experience! The stage model of psychological recovery, is just that – a model. That is, something taken from a better known domain (i.e. a composite of multiple people’s experience) and applied to a lesser known domain (i.e. the experience of an individual). The map, however, is not the territory. The model is parsimonious as feasibility of use has been considered. A four process by five stage model provides 20 possibilities on which to map experience. Any more complex and individuals, teams and systems would find it unwieldy.
