Recovering from Mental Illness for Clients and Caregivers is a self-help book designed to assist those with mental illness as they progress away from disabling symptoms toward empowered recovery and remission of their illness. It is also designed to be empowering for family members and caregivers of those with mental illness. The preface contains the story of how the author progressed through the mental health system and used services and experience to work toward higher education and recovery. Chapters occur in the order of the most helpful information first. Topics and subheadings include aRemission and Recovery, a aRelapse and Hospitalization, a aLife After the Hospital and Basic Needs, a aObtaining Services, a aEducation, a aIdentity, a etc. The author uses critical-thinking exercises to help illustrate possible outcomes of pathological and healing experiences. The critical-thinking exercises consider more than one perspective. The uniqueness of this work is due to reflection on both sides of treatment boundaries: that of the client-self and the counselor-self.