When a child or adolescent is admitted to a High & Intensive Care (HIC) unit for adolescents, this implies that they find themselves in a severe psychiatric crisis. The work policy aiming autonomy and recovery is a vision that has been implemented in the treatment method at the HIC unit for adolescents. This policy focuses on the recovery of young people, in which learning to understand their own story and learning taking responsibility, are essential components. Sharing these experiences from doctors and patients aims to increase knowledge about this policy. The consistent implementation of this vision and method will result in high-quality care, more recovery and reduction of urge and coercive interventions. Calls are made for a broad-based implementation of a work policy aiming autonomy and recovery in the Netherlands.