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WRAP
stands for Wellness
Recovery Action
Plan™
WRAP
is a self-management and recovery system developed by a group
of people who had mental health difficulties and who were
struggling to incorporate wellness tools and strategies into
their lives. WRAP is designed to:
- Decrease and prevent intrusive or
troubling feelings and behaviors
- Increase personal empowerment
- Improve quality of life
- Assist people in achieving their
own life goals and dreams.
WRAP
is a structured system to monitor uncomfortable and distressing
symptoms that can help you reduce, modify or eliminate those
symptoms by using planned responses. This includes plans for
how you want others to respond when symptoms have made it
impossible for you to continue to make decisions, take care
of yourself or keep yourself safe.
People who are using WRAP say:
- “It helps me feel prepared.”
- “I feel better more often and
I’m able to improve the overall quality of my life.”
The person who experiences
symptoms is the one who develops their personal WRAP. The
person may choose to have supporters and health care professionals
help them create their WRAP.
The WRAP
system was developed by people who have been dealing with
a variety of psychiatric symptoms for many years and who are
working hard to feel better and get on with their lives. Mary
Ellen Copeland has shared it with people with other illnesses
and they too believe that it can be easily adapted for use
with other conditions.
What People are Saying
About WRAP . . .
- "Recovery &
WRAP have changed my life."
- "I've gone from
being totally disabled to being able to live a full and
rich life. I am so grateful."
- "Everything has
improved at our organization. People are recovering and
moving forward with their lives. Our work is so much more
fulfilling."
- “Finally, something
I can do to help myself.”
- “I used to spend
months, even years, in the hospital. Now I have a bad afternoon
or a bad day. And it's all because I use WRAP.”
- “WRAP for me
is about personal responsibility. I can just let my "symptoms"
take over my life. Or I can take personal responsibility,
use my WRAP, and do what I need to do to take care of myself
and feel better.”
- “In the years
that I have been using WRAP, everything has changed in my
life. I used to spend all my time just sitting around, watching
TV and smoking. Now I hardly ever watch TV, I've given up
smoking, I've gone back to school and I have a real job.
And I have a wonderful partner. I never thought life could
be this good.”
- “This has changed
my life completely. I used to think of myself as this "mentally
ill" person. Now I am a person who knows how to take
care of myself and help myself in difficult time. If I am
feeling badly or having a hard time, I take action. And
there are so many simple, safe things I can do.”
- “When I was
feeling badly I used to call the doctor or call the hotline.
Now I check my list of Wellness Tools and do something I
really enjoy. Usually its call a friend to go for a walk,
go to a movie, watch a video or just talk.”
- “The word crisis
has a different meaning for me now. I used to think it was
a crisis when I felt really anxious and upset. I thought
I needed to go into the hospital or get my medications increased.
Now a crisis is when everything is so bad I need others
to take over for me. And I don't have them anymore, because
now I know how to take care of myself.”
For more information
regarding WRAP and its benefits please visit http://www.copelandcenter.com
or contact the Copeland Center for Wellness & Recovery
at:
P. O. Box 6464, Chandler, Arizona 85246
Toll-Free: 1-866-I DO WRAP (1-866-436-9727) · Phone:
(480) 855-3282
Fax: (480) 855-5118
Email: info@copelandcenter.com |
