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Getting Well: the Seeds of WRAP

The Seeds of WRAP: This article was written by Mary Ellen Copeland in 1995, before WRAP was developed. The seeds of WRAP are clearly being formed through the gathering of the 5 Key Recovery Concepts: Hope, Personal Responsibility, Education, Self Advocacy, and...

Peeling Apart the Onion; My Tool to Stay Alive

There was a time in my mid 40’s when my depression became so bad that the only way I thought I could feel better was to just die. I suppose it was a way of controlling the uncontrollable when every emotion and every physical pain left me without control and feeling...

Having Trouble Sleeping?

by Mary Ellen Copeland, Ph.D There seems to be an epidemic of insomnia in our society. Do you have any of the following sleep problems? You sleep less than eight hours per night You sometimes don’t bother getting up in the morning You awaken often during the night You...

Specific Wellness Tools

by Mary Ellen Copeland, Ph.D Every WRAP class that I participate in, I learn something that I didn’t know before, or I am reminded of something that I had long forgotten. Like a broken record (an ancient vinyl artifact used for recording and playing back music), I am...