Welcome to Vermont Recovery Education located at Vermont Psychiatric Survivors in Rutland, Vermont. We offer trainings and cycles on recovery throughout Vermont.

Yes, even us with a psychiatric disability can recover as anyone with a physical disability. We don't offer magic or quick cures but we let you know how peer support, exercise, right diet, and education on informed choices can assist you in a better quality of life.

We don't provide therapy but education to increase hope and assist you in setting up a WRAP plan for you to follow daily in your life. 

Ask any one of these recovery educators and they will tell you all about it:

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Attached is poster about the project I have been working on for the last several months,
or really I should say I have been HONORED to work on for the last several months. I was invited to interview people who have lived through psychiatric hospitalization and recovered from a diagnoses of severe mental illness to live happy, healthy and fulfilling lives.
Some of you know that I worked in a lock down mental institution in my twenties and there was never the hope of anyone coming out of there, certainly not recovered from their illness and hopeful of a healthy and bright future. In speaking to people about this audio series I have found that many people are under the same impression. I had no idea recovery was possible.
These stories have been compiled into an audio series entitled "Voices of Hope and Recovery- Our Stories, Our Lives" and are a testament to the power of the human spirit to prevail over unbelievable odds. I have met and spoken with people who were committed, many against their wills, to mental institutions; being drugged, shocked, isolated and forgotten.
How did they do it? How did they learn to take control of their lives? How did they get out of there?
Some were literally rescued, some began, little by little to exercise; to become free of numbing medication, to voice their distrust of a system that isolated and confined them. Many were inspired by others who had been there, who had survived and had written about it. This just for starters.
I wanted to take this time to invite you to visit the website where these stories are available:www.ncmhcso.org , abbreviated for The National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer Survivor Organizations.
This is an amazing organization that provides a voice in Washington for people who have been diagnosed with severe mental illness, or who are still hospitalized. It is comprised of people who have survived institutionalization as well as loved ones and family members who are trying desperately to change the policies and stigma that keep us all in the dark ages.
I can't really express how much I appreciate getting to listen to these inspirational stories and meet the warm, courageous and compassionate people who tell them.
So, when you get a moment go to the website. Feel free to order the set of stories or a few of the single stories. Be prepared, it you are like me and most of the people I have shared with, you will be left speechless and inspired, strengthened and encouraged.
These stories connect us all to our humanity and remind us of the need for all of us to be useful to our families and communities, to feel worthy, to love and yes, to be loved for who we are.
Feel free to write back with any of your own stories, comments, intuitions, and appreciations,
Sincerely,
Marliese

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