by Jessica Jonikas | Oct 27, 2016 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, Implementation & Evidence, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
I first became aware of Mary Ellen Copeland and WRAP many years ago, when we invited her to speak at a workshop that our national Research and Training Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago was hosting on self-determination for people in mental health... by Sherri Rushman | Oct 20, 2016 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Facilitator Training, Families, For Facilitators, Mental Health, Trauma, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
The tagline on my email says it all: “Be a hope receiver today to be a hope giver tomorrow.” But I didn’t always have hope. Far from it. From the time I was in high school in the early 1970s, all I wanted to do was die. I didn’t believe in suicide because of my faith,... by Anne Frank | Oct 13, 2016 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
WRAP is about so much more than mental health. Learning that I can take care of myself, rather than expecting doctors to “fix me,” has changed my life as a person with bipolar disorder. Learning that everyone is struggling with something and that WRAP can help them,... by Melody Riefer | Aug 25, 2016 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Key Concepts, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
This week, we continue introducing you to Advocates for Human Potential (AHP) staff who have both a personal and professional history with, and a commitment to, WRAP and its role in recovery. Today, Melody Riefer shares her thoughts about what makes WRAP work. I am... by Laurie Curtis | Aug 17, 2016 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Families, News, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics, WRAP Publications & Events
Advocates for Human Potential, Inc., (AHP) has newly acquired WRAP (see Mary Ellen’s Reflections, Part IV), but we have a long history with Mary Ellen, with WRAP, and with recovery. Over the next several weeks, we will introduce you to some AHP staff for whom WRAP has...