by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Elements of WRAP, Key Concepts, Trauma, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
Many, many people are undertaking the arduous task of reducing and eliminating psychiatric medications and rebuilding their lives. Others are experiencing mental health challenges for the first time and are trying to figure out what to do. In the past 25 years. I... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 3, 2015 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Sample WRAP Plans, Trauma, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t concerned about weight gain. As kid, I know I was a healthy weight but I always considered myself the “fat one”. In college I was 5’5” tall, weighed 117 lbs. and thought I was fat. Over the years my weight has crept up and... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Feb 3, 2015 | Blog, Children & Teens, Trauma, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
For as long as any of us can remember, people who experienced various kinds of “mental health” experiences, like deep sadness, anxiety, phobias, paranoia, visions and hearing voices, have been called or diagnosed as “mentally ill”. Those of us who were called... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Nov 15, 2014 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Sample WRAP Plans, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Trauma, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
WRAP FOR LOSING WEIGHT This is just a sample… make this Plan your own! Wellness Tools: Pedometer, goal sheet, positive affirmations, accountability, personal trainer, nutritionist, join a gym, get a partner, reading books/magazine articles on healthy nutrition,... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Mar 3, 2014 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Families, Justice Involvement, Stressors & Triggers, Trauma, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
by Kenneth Gilbert, MD, Dr. Gilbert is a Board Certified Psychiatrist whose practice is in Illinois What I know about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) at this point in my life is a lot different than what I knew about PTSD when I was a newly minted Board... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Jan 4, 2014 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Trauma, Wellness Toolbox
Since the development of WRAP over fifteen years ago by a group of people who experience mental health difficulties, I have worked with others to develop various examples of how WRAP can be adapted for different uses. We have one for WRAP for Addictions, WRAP for...