by Mary Ellen Copeland | Oct 7, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
A structured support system for recovery is essential. While your recovery journey is yours alone, others help enrich your existence, and counter feelings of loneliness or isolation. Everyone could benefit from at least five good friends or supporters we can call on... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Aug 6, 2015 | Blog, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
In 1997 when people with lived experience worked together to develop WRAP, we had an earnest discussion of identifying and responding to triggers. It was decided by the group that we shouldn’t spend a lot of time “catastrophizing”, thinking of all of... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Jul 17, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Mental Health, Post-Crisis Plan, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
From Wellness Recovery Action Plan and Peer Support: Personal, Group and Program Development by Mary Ellen Copeland and Shery Mead It is important to notice how our beliefs and ideas affect how we do Peer Support. If we don’t pay attention, we may end up doing to each... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Jul 17, 2015 | Blog, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
From Wellness Recovery Action Plan and Peer Support: Personal, Group and Program Development by Mary Ellen Copeland and Shery Mead What do you think of when you think about boundaries? Personally, I think of stone walls: something firm and not changing. In mental... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Jul 10, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Post-Crisis Plan
By: Ann Thompson Over the past two years, following my certification as a WRAP Facilitator at one of Mary Ellen Copeland’s Brattleboro Vermont week-long workshops, I have focused my energies on introducing WRAP within a variety of community mental health settings in...