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===Connectedness and supportive relationships===

A common aspect of recovery is said to be the presence of others who believe in the person's potential to recover<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Francis East|first1=Jean|last2=Roll|first2=Susan J.|date=2015|title=Women, Poverty, and Trauma: An Empowerment Practice Approach: Figure 1|journal=Social Work|language=en|volume=60|issue=4|pages=279–286|doi=10.1093/sw/swv030|pmid=26489348|issn=0037-8046}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Hopper|first1=Elizabeth K.|last2=Bassuk|first2=Ellen L.|last3=Olivet|first3=Jeffrey|date=2010-04-07|title=Shelter from the Storm: Trauma-Informed Care in Homelessness Services Settings~!2009-08-20~!2009-09-28~!2010-03-22~!|journal=The Open Health Services and Policy Journal|volume=3|issue=2|pages=80–100|doi=10.2174/1874924001003020080|s2cid=10319681|issn=1874-9240|url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/9856565454f69384bdfe1906efa04a5ece89f867}}</ref> and who stand by them. According to Relational Cultural Theory as developed by Jean Baker Miller, recovery requires mutuality and empathy in relationships.<ref name=":0" /> The theory states this requires relationships that embody respect, authenticity, and emotional availability.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Reeves|first=Elizabeth|date=2015-09-02|title=A Synthesis of the Literature on Trauma-Informed Care|journal=Issues in Mental Health Nursing|volume=36|issue=9|pages=698–709|doi=10.3109/01612840.2015.1025319|issn=0161-2840|pmid=26440873|s2cid=36312879}}</ref> Supportive relationships can also be made safer through predictability and avoiding shaming and violence.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last1=Elliott|first1=Denise E.|last2=Bjelajac|first2=Paula|last3=Fallot|first3=Roger D.|last4=Markoff|first4=Laurie S.|last5=Reed|first5=Beth Glover|date=2005|title=Trauma-informed or trauma-denied: Principles and implementation of trauma-informed services for women|journal=Journal of Community Psychology|language=en|volume=33|issue=4|pages=461–477|doi=10.1002/jcop.20063|issn=0090-4392}}</ref> While [[mental health professional]]s can offer a particular limited kind of relationship and help foster hope, relationships with [[friendship|friends]], [[family]] and the [[community]] are said to often be of wider and longer-term importance.<ref name="Friendships">Hack Thyself (2012) [http://hackthyself.net Recovery Is Impossible Without Friends] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004024621/http://hackthyself.net/ |date=2016-10-04 }}</ref> Case managers can play the role of connecting recovering persons to services that the recovering person may have limited access to, such as food stamps and medical care.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last1=Heslin|first1=Kevin C.|last2=Andersen|first2=Ronald M.|last3=Gelberg|first3=Lillian|date=2003-01-01|title=Case Management And Access To Services For Homeless Women|journal=Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved|volume=14|issue=1|pages=34–51|doi=10.1177/1049208902238822|pmid=12613067|issn=1049-2089}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Services to domestic minor victims of sex trafficking: Opportunities for engagement and support|pages=1–7|journal=Children and Youth Services Review|volume=54|doi=10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.04.003|date=July 2015|last1=Gibbs|first1=Deborah A.|last2=Hardison Walters|first2=Jennifer L.|last3=Lutnick|first3=Alexandra|last4=Miller|first4=Shari|last5=Kluckman|first5=Marianne}}</ref> Others who have experienced similar difficulties and are on a journey of recovery can also play a role in establishing community and combating a recovering person's feelings of isolation.<ref name=":0" /> In practice, this can be accomplished through one on one interviews with other recovering persons,<ref name=":0" /> engaging in communal story circles,<ref name=":0" /> or peer-led support groups.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal|last1=Huntington|first1=Nicholas|last2=Moses|first2=Dawn Jahn|last3=Veysey|first3=Bonita M.|date=2005|title=Developing and implementing a comprehensive approach to serving women with co-occurring disorders and histories of trauma|journal=Journal of Community Psychology|language=en|volume=33|issue=4|pages=395–410|doi=10.1002/jcop.20059|issn=0090-4392}}</ref> Those who share the same values and outlooks more generally (not just in the area of mental health) may also be particularly important. It is said that one-way relationships based on being helped can actually be devaluing and potentially retraumatizingre-traumatizing,<ref name=":3" /> and that [[reciprocity (social psychology)|reciprocal]] relationships and mutual support networks can be of more value to [[self-esteem]] and recovery.<ref name="InclusionRecovery"/><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />

===Hope===