Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics Posts

WRAP and Growth of Individuals, Great Falls, Montana

By: Vicki Stull My name is Vicki Stull. I live in Great Falls, Montana. I am a Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) user, facilitator and advanced trainer. Mary Ellen presented a workshop at a conference in Great Falls in 2000. I was just beginning to recover from...

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...

Mental Health Recovery and WRAP Values and Ethics Checklist

Strong values and ethics are the cornerstones of Mary Ellen Copeland’s work and the Copeland Center’s trainings. Facilitators must understand these ethics before leading Mental Health Recovery and WRAP groups and workshops to insure a supportive environment for...

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,...

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...