Trauma Posts

Mental Health Recovery in an In-Patient Setting – NH

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...

WRAP Transformation in Keystone, PA

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...

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...

Vermont Recovery Education Project

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...

Listening for the Untold Story

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...