<p>Activity instructors play a pivotal role in ensuring participants benefit from therapeutic recreation programs that are designed to restore, remediate, and rehabilitate a person’s level of functioning. Therapeutic recreation is recognised as a positive means of enhancing the lives of people living with mental health issues. The aim of this research paper was to present findings from a qualitative study that explored the experiences of activity instructors who facilitated activities during a mental health therapeutic recreation program, called Recovery Camp. A phenomenological approach was utilised for this qualitative study as activity instructor’s experiences were the phenomenon of interest. Five activity instructors, recruited through purposive sampling, who had experience working at a mental health program were interviewed. Semi-structured interviews, each analysed using van Kaam’s Psychophenomenological approach yielded comprehensive data. Analysis resulted in four structural themes; <i>Feeling of Belonging</i>,<i> Greater Awareness and Understanding</i>,<i> Finding the Answers Together and Through Recovery Camp</i>,<i> I’ve Learnt</i> and one core theme; <i>Recovery Camp Makes An Impact</i>, providing the overall essence of meaning, Positive Change. This study demonstrates how activity instructors learn professionally and personally from being involved in an immersive therapeutic recreation experience for people with a mental illness. Research participants reported their knowledge and skills in the field of therapeutic recreation and mental health increased. Leading to the research participants asserting that Recovery Camp, as a therapeutic recreation program impacted them in a significant way.</p>