Facilitator Training Posts

Mental Health Recovery and WRAP Values and Ethics Checklist

Strong values and ethics are the cornerstones of Mary Ellen Copeland’s work and the Copeland Center’s trainings. Facilitators must understand these ethics before leading Mental Health Recovery and WRAP groups and workshops to insure a supportive environment for...

Mental Illness Self-Management Through Wellness Recovery Action Planning

Although the concept of recovery from a mental illness is relatively new (Deegan, 1988), people with mental health difficulties have been self-managing and functioning in the community long before the idea of recovery became popularized (Harding, Brooks, Ashikaga,...
WRAP for Veterans & People in the Military

WRAP for Veterans & People in the Military

WRAP, and other components of the Mental Health Recovery Program, are being widely used in Veteran’s Hospitals, by Veterans’ organizations, and by people in the military in the U.S.A. and around the world. If you are on active duty, in the reserves, or...

New Study Examines Benefits of Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) for People with Serious Mental Illness

Press Release from the American Psychiatric Association – May 31, 2012 Release No. 12-26 [download original  APA Press Release as PDF here] ARLINGTON, Va. (May 31, 2012) — Training in mental illness self-management with WRAP reduced depression and anxiety and...