This approach is most consistent with the core principles of psychiatric rehabilitation, which emphasize person-centered care, self-determination, and empowerment. By acknowledging the mother's statement, the practitioner validates her as a concerned support without necessarily agreeing with her advice. The immediate pivot to engage the individual directly about his goals and objectives correctly centers the rehabilitation process on the person receiving services. This action establishes the individual as the primary director of their own recovery journey, which is the foundational first step in developing a meaningful and effective rehabilitation plan.

A. This is prescriptive and premature. It proposes a plan of services before the practitioner has engaged the individual to understand his personal goals and readiness.

B. This approach immediately creates a potential power struggle with a primary support and disempowers the individual by focusing the conversation on the mother's beliefs rather than the individual's choices.

C. This narrows the focus to only one part of the mother's statement (employment) and continues to exclude the individual from the core of the conversation about his own life.

1. Corrigan, P. W., Mueser, K. T., Bond, G. R., Drake, R. E., & Solomon, P. (2008). Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Rehabilitation: An Empirical Approach. The Guilford Press.

Page 90, Chapter 5, "The Principles of Psychiatric Rehabilitation": The text states, "A fundamental principle of psychiatric rehabilitation is that services are driven by the choices and self-determined goals of the consumer." Option D is the only choice that immediately seeks to identify these self-determined goals as the first step.

2. Farkas, M., Gagne, C., Anthony, W., & Chamberlin, J. (2005). Implementing recovery oriented evidence based programs: Identifying the critical dimensions. Community Mental Health Journal, 41(2), 141–158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-005-2661-5

Page 145: The article emphasizes that in a recovery-oriented system, the process is "person-oriented" and "self-directed." The practitioner's role is to facilitate the individual's articulation of their own goals. Acknowledging a family member and then immediately turning to the individual to discuss their goals is a direct application of this principle.

3. Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. (n.d.). What is the process of psychiatric rehabilitation?

The Center outlines a three-phase process: Choosing, Getting, and Keeping. The very first phase, "Choosing," is described as the process where a person explores and identifies their goals. The practitioner's first action should be to facilitate this "Choosing" phase with the individual, which is precisely what option D describes. The other options skip this essential first phase.