The Power of Working “One-Down”

In Lesson 4, you learned about the important role that empathy plays in your work. You also learned why it is critical to establish an empathetic connection with the people you serve before you begin to encourage them to learn and use skills. In this lesson, you will explore another crucial pre-therapy tool: How to invite—not force—the people you serve to participate in taking control of their development or recovery. The overall name we give to the process of inviting, not compelling, people to engage in recovery is working “one-down.”