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About Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD
Mary Ellen Copeland is an author, educator and mental health recovery advocate. Her work is based on her studies of how people deal with life challenges every day, and how they go on to do the things they want to do and be the kind of people they want to be. Her focus...Post-Crisis Planning
I remember coming home from the hospital feeling great, and as soon as I got there I was bombarded with loneliness, other peoples problems, and all the stuff that probably helped put me in the hospital to begin with [less the drugs and alcohol]. Many of us have found...Mental Illness Self-Management Through Wellness Recovery Action Planning
Although the concept of recovery from a mental illness is relatively new (Deegan, 1988), people with mental health difficulties have been self-managing and functioning in the community long before the idea of recovery became popularized (Harding, Brooks, Ashikaga,...Mini-WRAPs for Special Times
In a recent peer counseling session with a friend, we came up with the idea of Mini-WRAP’s for Special Times. I was sharing my frustration with trying to recover from a serious medical procedure along with the challenge of moving–both of these making...Mutuality and Listening Differently
by Shery Mead In the last two brief articles we talked about Listening Differently as well as Listening for the Untold Story. In this article we’ll talk a bit about mutuality. Good questions are key in listening. But if you don’t share your own views and stories, the...❤ Follow Us
