Publications

Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)

WRAP Book cover

‘This small book is a simple, sensible, tried and tested tool, that draws together good practice and supports self management. It offers anyone with severe mental health problems wanting to work on their own recovery a clear structure and framework, and, by inviting them to fill in the contents on the basis of what they have found by experience works for them, it progressively becomes a reminder of what they need to do to stay well. WRAP is an invaluable aid that we are putting into practice across our rehabilitation and recovery service. I cannot recommend it too highly.’
Dr Glenn Roberts FRCPsych MD
Consultant in Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Recovery, Exeter
Editor, Healing Stories: Narrative in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

‘WRAP puts practical teeth into the rhetoric of strengths-based and user-centred services.’
Professor KWM Bill Fulford
Editor, Oxford Textbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry

Price: £12.99 (including postage, packing and handling)

N.B. Due to unprecedented recent demand the WRAP book is now out of stock. A second edition will be published on 21 May 2009. If you would like to pre-order copies, either in bulk or as an individual, please contact Karen Colligan (details on the Contact page).
Karen Colligan, March 2009

Synopsis

Learning self-help skills for dealing with physical and emotional symptoms can be simple . . . but it is a much greater challenge using self-help methods during the most difficult times – when they can help the most – and incorporating them into daily life.

This book presents a system developed and used successfully by people with a variety of distressing physical, emotional and other mental health symptoms and experiences. It has helped them use self-help skills more easily to monitor their symptoms, decrease the severity and frequency of symptoms, and improve the quality of their lives.

This book will help you:

Develop your own list of activities for your everyday well-being
Track triggering events and early warning signs
Prepare your personal responses if symptoms/distressing experiences increase
Create a plan for your supporters to care for you if necessary

Included in this very accessible guide is information on developing a support system, using peer counselling, focusing, creative activities, journaling, music, diet, exercise, light, managing distressing voices, relaxation exercises, and getting a good night's sleep.

Using the Wellness Recovery Action Plan, self-management of physical and emotional symptoms becomes possible and practical.

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