Who's Who in Recovery
- Howie the Harp
- Judi Chamberlin: Rights
- Peter Ashenden: Self-Help
- Shery Mead: Peer Support
- David Oaks: MindFreedom
- Dan Fisher: Recovery is Real
- Larry Fricks: Peer Specialists
- Mary Ellen Copeland: WRAP
- Pat Deegan: Personal Medicine
- Ron Schraiber: Rights & Dignity
- Harvey Rosenthal: Rights & Rehab
- Special Guest Author: Eric Jackson
Training Staff
Hope and Transformation
- Art of Recovery
- The Stigma Debate
- Stress Management
- Advanced Directives
- Recovery Environments
- Employment and Benefits
- Nuts & Bolts of Advocacy
- Change from the Bottom-up
- Getting and Keeping the Job
Our Mission and Vision
For far too long people diagnosed with mental illness have been told that recovery for them is not possible. This has led to a system of services that are driven by treatment plans with an emphasis on diagnoses and symptomology, vs. recovery plans with an emphasis on skills and strengths.
The Recovery x-Change is a wellness management training partnership of peer specialists and providers committed to the belief that with the appropriate supports and resources recovery is possible for anyone. We have partnered with providers to create, design and customize recovery focused trainings tailored to meet your individual needs.
Our recovery consultants and trainers bring with them years of experience in both mental health and co-occuring substance abuse disorders. They include a licensed psycho-therapist, a certfied psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner (CPRP) a certified WRAP trainer, and a benefits specialist.
The Recovery x-Change logo was inspired by the belief that while medications may be helpful in the recovery process, they are only one facet of an integrated approach necessary for recovery and so our logo puts a recovery-focused spin on the traditional pharmaceutical symbol.
- The "x" identifies the need to x-terminate the belief that recovery is not possible,
- and the "Change" identifies the need to change the paradigm from one of mental illness to one of mental wellness.
All of our training sessions are facilitated by experienced trainers who live recovery on a daily basis. Our mission is not to undermine or replace any existing service plans, but to enhance and compliment them with self-directed wellness management tools and techniques. We envision a day when the use of terms like "non-compliant" and "treatment resistant" will be replaced with the use of terms like person-centered and strengths-based. Our main objective is to inspire hope and the belief in recovery:
- Recovery refers to the process in which people are able to live, work, learn and participate fully in their communities.
- For some recovery is the ability to live a fulfilling and productive life despite a disability.
- For others recovery implies the reduction or complete remission of symptoms.
(President's New Freedom Commission Report on Mental Health; Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America, Final Report, July 2003)
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