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 16, 2015 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Mental Health, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down
Are you feeling desperate – overwhelmed, anxious, in physical and emotional pain, like you just can’t go on? Perhaps you are hearing voices, seeing things that aren’t there, feeling alone and scared. Perhaps you can’t slow down or stop doing... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Jul 15, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Developmental Distinctions, Elements of WRAP, Justice Involvement, Mental Health, Post-Crisis Plan, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Sharing About WRAP… I use WRAP daily to manage the symptoms of my bipolar. I know what I look like when I am well and when I have been triggered. I work hard daily to use my WRAP program as well as medication and therapy, to manage a very difficult form of this... by Mary Ellen Copeland | May 20, 2015 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Developmental Distinctions, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Implementation & Evidence, Key Concepts, Mental Health, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Trauma
Vermont Psychiatric Survivors, Inc., and the Vermont Department of Developmental and Mental Health Services Introduction In August of 1995, the Commissioner of the Department of Developmental and Mental Health Services (DDMHS) established a programmatic priority for... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, Mental Health, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
by Carol Bailey Floyd A few years ago, Otis Redfern experienced some devastating events in his life in a short period of time. In just under a year, he lost his home, his job, his marriage, and his will to live. After a serious, and almost successful, suicide...