The PACE recovery model (People Advocating for change through Empowerment) was presented by Dr. Daniel B. Fisher and Laurie Ahern together with a guide to recovery (Personal assistance in community existence) referred to below. The battle model has later been updated to the recovery paradigm, which stands for recovery ideology, which is discussed by Fisher in his book, Heartbeats of hope; The empowerment Way to Recovery.

According to the recovery philosophy, a strong emphasis is placed on the fact that individuals can recover from an emotional problem, which is usually referred to as a mental problem within the health system. Such a problem is often attributed to difficult life experiences in one way or another. Therefore, recovery is not necessarily defined in such a way as to be free of all symptoms, but to be able to live a meaningful life and participate in society. It is important that everyone needs to be able to work on their own recovery on their own terms and to be able to use community services where people with similar experiences support each other in a non-institutional environment. Such a service is therefore based on people with lived experience of an emotional problem, people who have reached different stages in their recovery process. The PACE model defines 5 key factors that each person examines in their recovery process. Individuals then use different ways to achieve and maintain their recovery. In the recovery work, it is emphasized that people gain faith that they can recover, that they develop trusting relationships with others who also believe in the person's recovery, and that they acquire certain skills to be able to deal with life's tasks and crises. Part of the process is to reclaim yourself and your dreams and be a participant in a recovery community.

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In Grófinn, the work is based on recovery philosophy in general, but there is also a special focus on this topic in group work in Geðrækt.