Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD, developed Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) with a group of people with lived experience who were attending a mental health recovery workshop in 1997. She is the original author of the WRAP Red Book, as well as dozens of other WRAP books and materials. She has dedicated the last 30 years of her life to learning from people who have mental health issues; discovering the simple, safe, non-invasive ways they get well, stay well, and move forward in their lives; and then sharing what she has learned with others through keynote addresses, trainings, and the development of books, curriculums, and other resources. Now that she is retired, and that, as she intended, others are continuing to share what she has learned, she continues to learn from those who have mental health issues and those who support them. She is a frequent contributor to this site.
WRAP for Life Included in National Registry Listing for Evidence Based Programs and Practices
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...WRAP for Life: Suicide Prevention
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...The WRAP Recovery Concepts Applied to Facilitate Institutional Change
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...Wellness Tools for the Effects of Trauma
Excerpts from “WRAP for the Effects of Trauma” The following is a list of some common Wellness Tools that others have used to heal from the effects of trauma. If the tool is preceded by an asterisk, you can find more information in the appendices at the...❤ Follow Us
