Each child became important, understood, and accepted. Today, professional therapy rarely has time to even teach about these concepts. In doing this, the group meeting restores an essential part of the structure of mental health. Those with emotional disorders who might be able to take part in the meeting give and take, but who initially refuse specialist care. The stigma associated with mental disorders is handled with comfort.
Professional care becomes more acceptable.
Finding peers who can be trusted and learning from those peers is important in all three cases. Recovery meetings provide the simple tools necessary for handling the stressors of daily living, including the stresses of many physical illnesses. I never had a patient harmed by a Recovery meeting. Even seriously mentally ill people may benefit from Recovery training. At the worst, the patient simply will not be able to identify with the group and will stop going.