Facilitator Training Posts

Staying the Course: The Future of Recovery in Vermont

Mary Ellen Copeland  speaks at the Annual Meeting of Vermont Psychiatric Survivors   – November 9, 2011, Barre, Vermont We have a lot to celebrate in Vermont right now. The Vermont State Hospital no longer exists.  If we play our cards right, this could be a...

Celebration! WRAP Around the World Conference

Keynote address from the 1st International WRAP Around the World Conference 2011 Welcome Fellow WRAPers to this great celebration. This is an absolutely incredible celebration of a remarkable achievement.  When I was thinking about what to wear for this keynote, I...

Involuntary Commitment and Recovery: An Innovative Mental Health Peer Support Program (Doctoral Thesis)

by Mary Ellen Copeland, Ph.D Publish Date: January 2006 Contextual Essay Involuntary Commitment and Recovery: An Innovative Mental Health Peer Support Program Mary Ellen Copeland Union Institute & University, Learner #536222 January, 2006 Contextual...

WRAP is Born

This article was written in 1997 and continues the story from “Getting Well: the Seeds of WRAP”. It describes the process on how the parts of WRAP were formed. Read the WRAP Story Here. Now let’s fast forward.  It is 1997.  It is a cold winter day in...