Mary Ellen Copeland honored with Lifetime Achievement Award from SAMHSA

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Getting well and staying well is the focus of Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD- author, educator, and mental health advocate. Mary Ellen’s work is based on the study of the day-to-day coping and wellness strategies of people who have experienced mental health challenges. It centers on self-help, recovery, and long-term stability.

Personally, Mary Ellen has experienced years of mental health challenges and has achieved long-term wellness and stability using these strategies.

Along with many other books, Mary Ellen is author of the celebrated WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan), a simple self-help system for identifying personal resources and then using those resources to stay well and help you when you feel badly. Now these works are available as books, CDs, DVDs, and in online courses, making them more accessible than ever.

Her work has changed the basic tenets of mental health as she has spoken the truth that people with mental health issues can have hope, control over their lives, develop self-directed wellness plans, and recover, working toward meeting their own life dreams and goals. These strategies and skills are being used in the worldwide mental health transformation movement.

 

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