Abstract Background Community-based psychiatric rehabilitation (CBPR) helps patients reintegrate into society while enabling them to live autonomously in supportive environments. CBPR uses multi-modal approach to address patients’ needs in health, education, livelihood, empowerment and social functioning. In addition to pharmacotherapy, other interventions such as metacognitive training, lifestyle interventions, psychoeducation, arts therapy may be used to improve functioning and quality of life. Storytelling as a new intervention was implemented in a community-based rehabilitation setting with patients with mental health issues to test its feasibility and potential to improve life satisfaction. Methods Stories presenting difficult lives and complicated relationships were narrated and discussed in eight storytelling sessions for members of a civil organization involved in psychiatric rehabilitation in four months. Acceptability was tested by following participation rate and feedback with scales after each session. Demographic as well as mental health data including sense of coherence, distress, self-ef
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