by Kathyann Corl
WRAP a reality. When the state sponsored a class, I was selected. As I became a WRAP Facilitator, we began offering WRAP groups and started doing Wellness Festivals where we engaged residents with activities that were built around the Key Concepts.Now I am an ALF Facilitator. Our agency has a vision of the steps to make WRAP work, and I am working with our agency, county and region. What a journey of reclaiming my life it has been!!!!
Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD, developed Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) with a group of people with lived experience who were attending a mental health recovery workshop in 1997. She is the original author of the WRAP Red Book, as well as dozens of other WRAP books and materials. She has dedicated the last 30 years of her life to learning from people who have mental health issues; discovering the simple, safe, non-invasive ways they get well, stay well, and move forward in their lives; and then sharing what she has learned with others through keynote addresses, trainings, and the development of books, curriculums, and other resources. Now that she is retired, and that, as she intended, others are continuing to share what she has learned, she continues to learn from those who have mental health issues and those who support them. She is a frequent contributor to this site.
