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March 2010

Members of the Sophia Writers Circle at Art Walk 2010

The members of the Sophia Writers Circle at the 2010 Art Walk in Alamosa, Colorado. 
From left to right; Mary Van Pelt, Lisa Moore, Rhonda Ashurst, Judith Stone, Kris Ota, Holly Felmlee. 
Photo by Miles Eddy
  

Mary Reads at Art Walk 2010

Mary Van Pelt read from her new book, In Silence I Speak, at the 2010 Art Walk in Alamosa Colorado.
 
Photo by Miles Eddy

Suicide Among Professionals

Video: Professionals needing mental health services often feel they can’t get help because of disclosure issues.

BrainStorm Career Services for Psychiatric Disability

Video: BrainStorm Career Services founders Steve Bell and Mary Van Pelt talk about this new organization. “People in active recovery from a psychiatric disability using their talents and life experience to help our peers find personal success and economic independence via customized employment and consumer advocacy.”

Portrait of my Loss

Video: I created A Portrait of my Loss, two photo collages, after my job ended. I was grieving the loss of many significant relationships that had become like my family. The photo collages were displayed at Milagros Coffee House during May, Mental Health Awareness Month. One comment I heard was, We just get too involved, [...]

A Psychiatric Survivor Speaks

Video: A Psychiatric Survivor Speaks brushes the surface of multiple issues including: the call to self-disclosure, reasonable accommodation, dual relationships, job discrimination, and the power of peer support. This film premiered at the Alamosa Film Festival 2008.

Reasonable Accommodation

Video: Curb cuts, chirping crosswalks, and closed captioning are accommodations that help people with physical disabilities, but what about accommodations for people with psychiatric disabilities?

Silence Breeds Oppression in Mental Health

Video: Silence Breeds Oppression in Mental Health

I Have Survived

Video: I have survived forced psychiatric treatment. “MAD Minute” for MindFreedom.org Mary Van Pelt, Psychiatric Survivor & Activist

Disclosure of a Psychiatric Disability

Video: Mary Van Pelt speaks about making the decision to disclose a psychiatric disability.