by William Hood | Nov 10, 2016 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Key Concepts, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
In 1990, I had just finished filming a five-part video project on the Age of Exploration for Encyclopedia Britannica. When I learned that the 10th annual National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) convention would be held in Chicago, I grabbed a colleague and a... by Niki Miller | Nov 3, 2016 | Addictions, Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Trauma, Veterans, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Many online resources that promote mental health recovery for veterans and their families reflect the influence of WRAP and the ethics and values it embraces. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) centers in Florida, California, Washington, D.C., Vermont, Ohio,... by Sherri Rushman | Oct 20, 2016 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Facilitator Training, Families, For Facilitators, Mental Health, Trauma, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
The tagline on my email says it all: “Be a hope receiver today to be a hope giver tomorrow.” But I didn’t always have hope. Far from it. From the time I was in high school in the early 1970s, all I wanted to do was die. I didn’t believe in suicide because of my faith,... by Anne Frank | Oct 13, 2016 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
WRAP is about so much more than mental health. Learning that I can take care of myself, rather than expecting doctors to “fix me,” has changed my life as a person with bipolar disorder. Learning that everyone is struggling with something and that WRAP can help them,... by BJ North | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
My life before WRAP, while I was learning WRAP, and now as I live WRAP has been amazing. I have traveled the world, met many fascinating people, and learned the gift of living life in wellness and recovery. Many years ago, I felt very hopeless, lost in the grips of... by Judith Cook | Sep 29, 2016 | Blog, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Implementation & Evidence
I’ve been conducting research on mutual support and self-help groups in mental health before it was accepted as a good idea or even as something you could study. But our research not only put WRAP on the map as an evidence-based practice, it showed that you can...