by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 3, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Justice Involvement, Key Concepts, Post-Crisis Plan, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
by Magdaline In 2008, the Kalamazoo 8th District Court of Michigan established a Mental Health Recovery Court [MHRC]. The program started after some local judges noticed they were seeing the same people over and over — mostly on misdemeanor charges rather than... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 3, 2015 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Sample WRAP Plans, Trauma, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
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... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 3, 2015 | Blog, Veterans
In these hard days when we are all feeling so intensely the devastation of suicide as we deal with the tragic loss of so many of our veterans, of our friends, family members and colleagues, and of the beloved Robin Williams, it is a bright spot to note that, in... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 3, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Wellness Toolbox
WRAP was developed in 1997. Since that time hundreds of thousands of people have been in WRAP groups, used WRAP resources and developed their own personal WRAP. In that time, many, many people have said to me “WRAP Gave me Back my Life and Saved My... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 3, 2015 | Blog, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Key Concepts
by Danielle Perron-Roach, MSW, RSW About ten years ago, a social work graduate student asked me how I was able to work within an institutional setting which historically has gone against most of our professional core values and ethics. “Hope” was my...