This article appeared in the Daily Times; Maryville, TN; July 3, 2011. (Click picture to enlarge article.)
Valley Courier
Tuesday, Aug 24th, 2010
By LISA MOORE
Link to Original Article
ALAMOSA—It took 10 years to write but only four months for Alamosa author and self-described psychiatric survivor Mary Elizabeth Van Pelt to sell out of In Silence I Speak. Her publisher Mercury HeartLink has since printed more.
Mary’s book begins by disclosing experiences with her family, friends [...]
Valley Courier, Alamosa
Stillwaters
Posted: Thursday, May 13th, 2010
BY: Ruth Heide
May is Mental Health Month, and the local mental health center is celebrating in many ways including an upcoming presentation by actress Patty Duke who will share her story on May 22 in Alamosa. What a treat for her to come here! And another treat is scheduled [...]
Thank you for sharing your stories with the world and moving us all forward in our understanding of each other.
My “Alaska Friend” Mary Van Pelt
Expresses what I’ve always felt:
To go through one’s mind,
Amazed what we find,
And to play all the cards we are dealt.
In a world where the status of mental health has yet to find equal footing with physical health, it’s easier to come out with your issues if you’re famous, even easier if your criminal. But what if you’re a day-by-day, striving psychiatric patient piecing the fragments of your unquiet life together while the real world throws Lawn Darts [...]
Don’t stop, keep going for it’s people like you that not only open doors for others to follow but awaken the world to situations that may sometimes go unnoticed.
–E.P. McKnight
actress portraying the life of civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer
actress portraying the life of civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer
Mary Elizabeth Van Pelt’s In Silence I Speak is an engrossing memoir. It pulled me into its depths right from the start, and I agonized over the author’s quandary as she encountered one barrier after another. The writing is captivating, the message relevant in our society. Highly recommended.
–Arthur O. Washburn, Ph.D.
author of Shadow-maker
author of Shadow-maker
Mary Van Pelt’s sensitive portrayal of the meaning of surviving-psychiatric disability and the integration of her experience into-a-world filled with stigma provides a foundation for mental health systems, providers, families, educators and other survivors to move forward with innovations that celebrate strengths and share power across all stakeholder groups. She articulates through her own story [...]
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