Wellness Recovery Action Plan

Mental Health Recovery

Wellness Recovery Action PlanRHomeGalleryWhat is the WRAP programMary CopelandVideosContact UsRescourcesComments/QuestionsHomeLiam Minogue, a trained and certified facilitator of the WRAP program, is available to work with you to meet your specific needs for:Mental Health Recovery: Introduction to Recovery & WRAP Using WRAP and Peer SupportUsing WRAP and Mental Health Recovery to Transform Your Mental Health SystemLIAM MINOGUE.Liam doesn't talk about recovery--he proves it is possible every time he tells his story. Participants leave believing they can recover and will have the tools to achieve a lasting recovery. Family members leave with renewed determination to stick by their loved ones even in the face of setbacks. Mental health professionals leave believing recovery is for everyone, even the really sick ones, and knowing more about what they can do to help their client's along their path to recoveryThe Essentials of Peer Support for WRAP Facilitators Advanced Crisis Planning Creating, Supervising and Administering WRAP Programs Topics include, but are not limited to:Advance Directives Building a Circle of Support Changing Negative Thoughts to Positive Crisis Planning Developing a Wellness Lifestyle Developing Recovery Resources and Tools Mental Health Recovery Peer Support Post Crisis Planning Self Esteem Self-Advocacy Suicide Prevention Trauma Issues Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Work Related Issues Understanding the Key Concepts of Recovery Gallery RECOVERYRecovery is the unique journey people experience in realising a satisfying and fulfilling life with the challenges that can be associated with mental health difficulties. Recovery principles emphasise the importance of fostering hope, building a network of supports and harnessing personal strengths, whilst underlining the values of personal choice and responsibility. Recovery provides a shift in focus from mental illness to mental wellness and recognises that people can have occasional setbacks on their recovery journey.The three key elements to recovery consist of.HOPE:Many people experience feelings of despair or anxiety at some time in their life. Some of them get help and treatement from health care providers. Other people try to get through it on their own .Some people dont tell anyone what they are experiencing because they are afraid others will not understand and will blame them or treat them badly .Other people share what they are experiencing with friends, family members or co-workers. Sometimes these feelings and experiences are so severe that others know you are having them even though you have not told them. No matter what your situation is, these feelings and experiences are very hard to live with. They keep you from doing what you want to do with your life, doing things you have to do for yourself and others, and doing things that are rewarding and enjoyable. We must have hope. Hope and the self belief that you will feel better, you will feel happy again . The disturbing experiences and feelings youve had or are having are temporary. This may be hard to believe but its true. No one knows how long these symptoms will last. But there are lots of things you can do to relieve them and make them go away.PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY:Recovery is a process , not a place. It is about recovering what was lost: rights, roles, responsibilities, decisions, potential, and support. It is not about symptom elimination, but about what YOU want, how YOU can get it , and how others can help/support- and believing that you deserve it. Recovery involves YOU having a personal vision of the life you want to live, seeing and changing patterns, discovering that symptoms can be managed and doing it, finding new ways and reasons, doing more of what works and less of what doesnt. It is about reclaiming the roles of a healthy person , rather than a sick person. No one knows you better than yourself. You own your personal recovery and it is a journey that is filled with many rewards, be they big or small.You are your own best advocate.NO LIMITS:There are no limits to recovery. Each and every one of us chooses our own path and works at recovery at our own pace. There is no one who can accurately predict what another person will achieve or the course of their recovery. What is the WRAP programThe WRAP program was developed by Mary Ellen Copeland.WRAP works! It has been developed by a group of people who experience mental health challenges. These people learned that they can identify what makes them well and then use their own wellness tools to relieve difficult feelings and maintain wellness. The result has been recovery and long-term stability. Your WRAP program is designed by you in practical, day-to-day terms and holds the key to getting and staying well. It does not necessarily replace traditional treatments and can be used as a compliment to any other treatment options you have chosen. In developing your own WRAP, youll identify the wellness tools that will most benefit you and will learn how to use these tools when needed, every day or when you have particular feelings or experiences. WRAP will help you monitor and relieve uncomfortable and distressing feelings and behaviors and identify your best course of action. WRAP planning also includes Crisis Planning (an Advance Directive) that lets others know how you want them to respond when you cannot make decisions, take care of yourself, or keep yourself safe, and a Post Crisis plan to guide you through the often difficult time when you are healing from a crisis. WRAP is developed by you. You choose who assists and supports you whether they are family, friends, or health care providers as you work on your own plan. WRAP has a broad applicability. It has been found to work well for people who have other medical conditions and life issues and as a framework to guide interpersonal relationships, peer support, groups, agencies, and organizations. Key elements of WRAP:•Wellness Toolbox •Daily Maintenance Plan •Identifying Triggers and an Action Plan •Identifying Early Warning Signs and an Action Plan •Crisis Planning •Post Crisis Planning. WRAP is designed and managed by you and is designed to: •decrease and prevent intrusive or troubling feelings and behaviors •increase personal empowerment •improve quality of life •assist you in achieving your own life goals and dreams. Mary CopelandMary Ellen Copeland:Mary Ellen Copeland is an author, educator and mental health recovery advocate. Her work is based on her on-going study of the day-to-day coping strategies of people who experience psychiatric symptoms, and how people have gotten well and stayed well. She undertook these studies out of her own frustration with dealing with her own recurring symptoms. She has achieved long term wellness and stability by using many of the coping strategies she learned while writing her books. Mary Ellen develops resources and training programs based on her findings. She has traveled around the world with her husband, Ed Anthes, teaching recovery concepts, skills and strategies to people who experience symptoms, their supporters and care providers and is well known in the worldwide mental health recovery movement.Mary Ellen is the author of many self help resources including:•The Depression Workbook: A Guide to Living with Depression and Manic Depression, •Living Without Depression and Manic Depression: A Guide to Maintaining Mood Stability, •WRAP: Wellness Recovery Action PlanT, •Wellness Recovery Action PlanT for People with a Dual Diagnosis, •The Loneliness Control Workbook, •Healing the Trauma of Abuse, and •WRAP and Peer Support. •She also worked with the Center for Mental Health Services to develop the popular booklet series, Self Help Guides to Recovering Your Mental HealthVideosContact UsLiam Minogue :107 Bruach Na HabhainnQuin RoadEnnisCo. ClareTel: 087-9395073

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AWARE:72 Lwr Leeson St, Dublin 2Tel;01 661 7211Helpline; 1890 303 302Email: info_aware.ieWeb: www.aware.ieGROW:National office-Grow Centre,11 Liberty St, CorkTel:021 277 520Grow, 167 Capel St, Dublin 1Tel: 01 873 4029Grow information line:1890 474 474Web: www.grow.ieSHINE : supporting peopleaffected by Mental ill Health38 Blessington Street, Dublin 1.Tel; 1890 621 631 Email: info_shineonline.ieWeb: www.shineonline.ieSAMARITANS:112 Marlborough St, Dublin 1Tel: 1850 60 90 90Email: jo_samaritans.ieWeb: www.samaritans.orgNATIONAL SERVICE USERS EXECTIVE:91 Leopardstown AvenueBlackrock, Co DublinTel: 085 121 2386 / 085 121 2399Email: info_nsue.ieWeb: www.nsue.ieBODYWHYS : The Eating DisordersAssociation of Ireland.P.O. Box 105,Blackrock, Co Dublin.Tel: 01 283 4963 / Helpline: 1890 200 444Email: alex_bodywhys.ieWeb: www.bodywhys.ieCAMPAIGN AGAINST SUICIDE:Email: campaignagainstsuicide_gmail.comWeb: www.campaignagainstsuicide.comPARENTLINE:Confidential helpline for parents and guardians.Tel: 1890 927 277Web: www.parentline.ieCHILDLINE:24- hour service for children and young people up to 18 years of age.Tel: 1800 66 66 66Web: www.childline.ieAOIBHNEAS:The helpline offers a free professional counselling service to woman and Men who are suffering from violence in the home.Tel: 01-8670701Web: www.aoibhneas.orgCARI . Children At Risk In Ireland:Provides many services among them is the provision of therapy for children,Young people and families who have been affected by child sexual abuse.Tel: 1890-924567Web: www.cari.ieRAPE CRISIS NETWORK:Providing support around any concerns you may have in regard to issues ofRape, sexual assault, sexual harassment or childhood sexual abuse.Tel: 1800 778888Web: www.drcc.ieONE IN FOUR:Offers a voice to and support for woman and men who have experiencedSexual abuse and /or sexual violence and also to their family and friends.Tel:01 662 4070Web:www.oneinfour.orgAMEN:Provides a confidential helpline, a support service and information for Male victims of domestic abuse.Tel:046 23718Web: www.amen.ieFOCUS IRELAND:Provides support to people experiencing homelessnessTel:01 6712555Web: www.focusireland.ieBELONG TO:Providing support to Lesbian, Gay ,bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young peopleTel:01 873 4184Web: www.belongto.orgGAY SWITCHBOARD:Provides non-directive, non-judgemental, befriending, support and a generalInformation service to the gay, lesbian and bisexual community, to anyone whohas issues relating to their sexuality, to their parents, families and friends.Tel:01 872 1055ALATEEN:Support for young people, aged 12 to 20 who areAffected by a problem drinker.Tel:01 8732699Web:www.al-anon-ireland.org/alanon

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