Summary

Using the example of the ';U Pana Cogito' Hotel project, the author presents the mutual influence of the elements of the rehabilitation and psychotherapy processes in those with an experience of psychiatric illness. The difficulties connected with undertaking the job by these patients, entering the new social roles and interactions are described. The therapeutic factors connected with group dynamic process and the building-up of independence and the patients' own identity are indicated. A clinical case is presented for clarity.