What best describes client-centered goals in CPS collaboration?

• A. Goals focused only on symptom reduction, ignoring client preferences.
• B. Goals that reflect the client's own priorities and values, developed with the client’s active involvement.
• C. Goals determined by clinicians without client input.
• D. Goals set by the organization with no regard to client.

Answer: (B)

Client-centered goals in CPS collaboration focus on what matters to the person and are created with their active involvement. This means listening to the client’s priorities, values, and recovery hopes, and shaping goals that align with their daily life and personal aspirations rather than just trying to reduce symptoms. When the client helps develop and agrees to these goals, they’re more meaningful, motivating, and owned by the client, which supports engagement and progress. The best answer captures this by describing goals that reflect the client’s own priorities and values and are developed with the client’s active involvement. By contrast, goals that target only symptom reduction without client input, or goals set entirely by clinicians or an organization without the client, fail to honor the person’s autonomy and lived experience.