Using WRAP for Weight Loss

I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t concerned about weight gain.  As  kid, I know I was a healthy weight but I always considered myself the “fat one”.  In college I was 5’5” tall, weighed 117 lbs. and thought I was fat.  Over the years my weight has crept up and...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – What We Can Do About It Now

by Kenneth Gilbert, MD, Dr. Gilbert is a Board Certified Psychiatrist whose practice is in Illinois What I know about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) at this point in my life is a lot different than what I knew about PTSD when I was a newly minted Board...

Facilitators on Facilitating and the Value of WRAP

by WRAP Facilitators These are responses to a question by Mary Ellen Copeland on becoming / being a WRAP Facilitator. Crystal Choate My WRAP has become instantaneous and spontaneous over that last 15 years. In 1996 I read Mary Ellen’s workbook, “Living...

Ending Human Rights Violations in the Mental Health System

Institute at the Alternatives Conference 2012 I was standing behind our exhibit table at the Alternatives 2012 Conference. The room was filled with small groups of people, walking along, chatting with each other, stopping to inquire about an exhibit. In the midst of...