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by Mary Ellen Copeland | Jul 10, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Stressors & Triggers, Trauma, WRAP Programs & Groups
By Ken Braiterman We started introducing WRAP at New Hampshire Hospital about three years ago. Acceptance by the medical staff has grown steadily, and they recommend it to patients. However, part of our agreement with the hospital is that WRAP can never be REQUIRED. I... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Jul 10, 2015 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Stressors & Triggers, Trauma, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics, WRAP Programs & Groups
By: Kathyann Corl Editor: Kathyann Corl, is a Community Relations Coordinator for Keystone Community Mental Health, and a mentor for our Recovery Specialist program (peer support). She uses WRAP for herself. Our story Keystone Community Mental Health (KCMHS) is a part... by Mary Ellen Copeland | Jun 10, 2015 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Trauma, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
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... by Mary Ellen Copeland | May 20, 2015 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Developmental Distinctions, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Implementation & Evidence, Key Concepts, Mental Health, Post-Crisis Plan, Signs that Things are Breaking Down, Stressors & Triggers, Trauma
Vermont Psychiatric Survivors, Inc., and the Vermont Department of Developmental and Mental Health Services Introduction In August of 1995, the Commissioner of the Department of Developmental and Mental Health Services (DDMHS) established a programmatic priority for... by Mary Ellen Copeland | May 12, 2015 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Elements of WRAP, Families, Post-Crisis Plan, Trauma, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
The last article I wrote on Listening Differently involved ‘listening from a position of not knowing.’ In this short piece I talked about listening with the intention of curiosity and wonder. In this next piece I’d like to focus on listening for the untold story which...
by Mary Ellen Copeland | Apr 29, 2015 | Addictions, Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Sample WRAP Plans, Trauma, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
The first step in developing your own Wellness Recovery Action Plan, is to develop a Wellness Toolbox. This is a listing of things you have done in the past, or could do, to help yourself stay well, and things you could do to help yourself feel better when you are...