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Iden McCollugh, Executive Director
1338 North Capital Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-215-5740
D.C. Department of Mental Health
Adrienne Williams, Administrative Services
64 New York Avenue, NE, 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20020
202-957-6664
202-673-7795
Greg Dicharry, CPRP
Development Manager
4129 East Van Buren Street, # 250
Phoenix, Arizona 85008
Office: 602-652-5833
Cell: 602-692-9135
Sharon Wise has provided the Pillows of Unrest project to Peer Support Centers, Mental Health Agencies, Community Based Organizations, Governmental entities, Various National and International Conferences, Jails, Hospitals and Treatment facilities.
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Sharon D. Wise, M.H.S.
Sharon Wise was diagnosed with a mental illness at a young age and hospitalized for the first time at the age of nine.
Following over thirty institutions and hospitalizations, many of them by force, including
being secluded and restrained, she has learned to use the trauma she suffered as
learning and teaching tool. She is now an advocate for others who’ve had similar
experiences.
Sharon goes around the country teaching and training peers, government officials and the community about Trauma informed care, sharing her experience, strength and hope. She also is an independent filmmaker and documentarian.
Sharon is an outstanding artist and uses her art to create vibrant colored self-portraits that illustrate her traumatic experiences and African American heritage.
As a performing artist she uses the butterfly to tell her story and is also an excellent motivational and keynote speaker.
Most recently she received a national VOICE Award in Los Angeles taking her place with movie stars and others recognized for their contributions in trauma informed care and mental health. In addition to her advocacy she designed a social inclusion booklet for her peers that display options of ‘free places’ to go for entertainment, training and relaxation.
Sharon not only teaches on Trauma Informed Care and Substance Abuse Prevention, she is also a mental health educator, gifted event planner and researcher.
Sharon leads workshops on:
- Assisting Mental Health Consumers Transition from Hospital and Institutions To a Core Service Agency Training
- Wellness Recovery Action Plan for Service Providers
- Using Art as a Healing Tool for Recovery
- Strategies for Providing Mental Health Services to the Homeless
- What is Trauma Informed Care: Assume Everyone has a Trauma History
- Financial Literacy and Budgeting 101 for Representative Payees of Mental Health Consumer Funds
- Consumer Rights: What does this mean for Service Providers and Clinicians?
- Teaching Self-Advocacy to Mental Health Consumers: What is the difference between, Individual, Class and Systems Advocacy?
- The Community That Cares: Strategies Consulting, Training and Resource Tools to Heal Our Community
- Strategies to Prevent Seclusion & Restraints
- Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
- HIV/AIDS Prevention
- Training targeted towards women in the prison system
