Wellness plans and crisis plans (sometimes called psychiatric advance directives) are documents that outline our mental health needs and can even help prevent or avoid a crisis. These plans not only give us the opportunity to self-reflect but also can help us communicate with our community in times of need. No one wants to plan for a crisis, but when we’re struggling, these documents can get us through some of the toughest times and help us maintain agency, self-determination, and support. Whether you’ve used mental health services or want to engage in mutual aid and peer support, wellness plans can be applied. In this episode I discuss 3 types of wellness/crisis plans and how they can be applied within or outside the mental health system. Also in this episode: why wellness & crisis planning is crucial when it comes to avoiding, preparing for, or communicating with community in times of need how to create a crisis or wellness plan with examples the difference between Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP), Transformative Mutual Aid Practices (T-MAPS), and Psychiatric Advance Directives how the system is set up to protect the provider not the client and how crisis plans help us maintain agency Using these plans with clients & concrete examples Institute for the Development of Human Arts: www.IDHA-NYC.org Resources: TMAPS - https://tmapscommunity.net/make-your-own-t-map-2/ Wrap Plans - https://www.wellnessrecoveryactionplan.com/what-is-wrap/ Peer Respite Directory- https://power2u.org/directory-of-peer-respites/ Psychiatric Advance Directive Template - https://docs.google.com/document/d/14l5wlpZ1BVYXoH0GUtUbjTgKYxTL5Abe/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=101616156886737959846&rtpof=true&sd=true Disclaimer: The DEPTH Work Podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Any information on this podcast in no way to be construed or substituted as psychological counseling, psychotherapy, mental health counseling, or any other type of therapy or medical advice.