Illnesses don't recover. People do.

Pat Deegan's Recovery Approach focuses on the person instead of the illness and offers hope-filled tools, technologies and training for people, families and providers. Using Pat's Approach, people can get and keep the life they want, and staff gain the knowledge and skills for practicing true recovery-oriented care.

Pat Deegan: Disruptive Innovator

Patricia E. Deegan Ph.D. is the founder of Pat Deegan & Associates (PDA). For over 30 years Pat has been a thought leader and disruptive innovator in the field of behavioral health recovery.

Pat Deegan's Recovery Approach includes the award-winning CommonGround Software, Recovery Academy, Medication Empowerment, Certified Personal Medicine Coaching and the Hearing Distressing Voices Simulation.

Pat is an activist in the survivor movement and has lived her own journey of recovery after being diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager.

She has held several academic appointments, has numerous publications, and has carried a message of hope for recovery to audiences around the world.

Learn More About Pat

In the Spotlight...

^{February 2023}

CPMC Quarterly Community Call

February 1, 2023

We will be meeting with Certified Personal Medicine Coaches around the world to share ideas, experiences, get technical support, and network with the larger community.

Certified Personal Medicine Coach Kick-off Care 1st

February 2, 2023

We're excited to have a new cohort of Certified Personal Medicine Coaches beginning their 11-week journey toward certification. This custom cohort with our friends at Care 1st Arizona.

Shared Decision Making: Supporting Self-determination and Partnership in Care

February 2, 2023

My colleague Allison Stiles will be meeting with Academy + Library users throughout Pennsylvania to support them in deepening their learning around the shared decision-making tools.

Certified Personal Medicine Coach Kick-off Community Bridges Inc.

February 8, 2023

We're excited to have a new cohort of Certified Personal Medicine Coaches beginning their 11-week journey toward certification at Community Bridges Inc. This group will be led by our
CPMC-T Jessica Adkins.

Certified Personal Medicine Coach Copa Health

February 28, 2023

We're excited to have a new cohort of Certified Personal Medicine Coaches beginning their 11-week journey toward certification at Copa Health. This group will be led by our CPMC-T's Jessica Pugliese and Jacquelyn Bordonaro.