The Wellness and Recovery After Psychosis (WRAP) Without Walls (WWW) Program is a new clinical program funded by the Jack Satter Foundation targeted towards adolescents and young adults with frequent substance use and psychosis symptoms. WWW is made up of a multidisciplinary team providing community-based services including individual therapy, family psychoeducation, medication management, peer support, advocacy, and patient navigation. Our model for WWW is a community-based adaptation of the Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) model. WRAP Without Walls is led by psychosis and substance use disorder experts who are leaders of specialized programs at BMC.
In addition to the services of the WRAP program, WRAP Without Walls includes the following:
- Peer Support Specialist: Peer specialists will provide support to individuals by using their own lived experience with psychosis to help others. Each specialist and patient relationship is unique and allows the chance to connect with someone outside of the doctor, NP, or therapist. Peer specialists and individuals can meet at the hospital, or somewhere in the community.
- Family Psychoeducation: We work with individuals and their families to provide education about illness, teach strategies to decrease stress, improve communication, and problem solve. We collaborate with families and individuals to help with recovery.
- Patient Navigation: The Patient Navigator helps patients, families, and caregivers navigate the many systems encountered during their mental health treatment in the WRAP and WWW programs. The Patient Navigator provides culturally appropriate psychoeducation and outreach to patients and families/caregivers, assists with interactions in the community, including transportation systems, school system and community agencies. Meets with patients and families in the community as needed.
Meet the team
Anne Berrigan, LICSW, Program Manager
Anne is LICSW with experience working as an in-home family therapist and as a clinician in a residential treatment setting for individuals living with psychosis spectrum symptoms. A firm believer in the power of person-centered growth and change, Anne is interested in cognitive behavioral therapies that incorporate acceptance and mindfulness into behavioral health practice. In her free time, she enjoys painting, cooking, yoga, and tango.
Meg Hudson, Psychiatric Mental-health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
Meg is a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner with Boston Medical Center's WRAP and WWW team. Her current clinical area of practice involves management of both primary and substance-induced psychotic disorders. Prior to obtaining her MSN through Regis College, she worked as a nurse care manager in the Stimulant Treatment and Recovery Clinic (START) clinic, where her work integrated harm reduction, infectious disease treatment, medical addiction groups, and co-management of stimulant use disorders and mental health conditions. Her clinical interests and expertise include harm reduction, low barrier treatment, complex care management, early identification and management of substance-induced psychosis, and the dissemination of information regarding the intersection of mental health and substance use disorders. In her spare time, Meg enjoys going for walks and mini adventures with her daughter and dog.
Christian Wulff, LCSW, Therapist
Christian Wulff is a therapist on the WWW team. He received his MSW from the Smith College School for Social Work in Northampton, Massachusetts. Previous to BMC, he worked in community mental health & substance-use in Seattle, Washington, and inpatient care in Brattleboro, Vermont. He practices from a foundation of psychodynamic psychotherapy and liberation health, strengthened by CBT, DBT, and motivational interviewing technique. He is proud to support BMC's housing-first policy and all policies that will us move beyond the realm of need. Outside of work he likes to swim, play soccer, and engage in local politics.
Jenny Lancet, CPS, Peer Specialist
Jenny Lancet is a Peer Support Specialist with the WRAP and WWW Programs at Boston Medical Center. She provides one-on-one support by assisting others in their own journeys of recovery through sharing her own experiences and promoting hope that recovery is possible. In her spare time she enjoys photographing the city.
Ellie Reagan, BS, Clinic Coordinator
Ellie Reagan is a clinic coordinator passionate about early and adaptable mental health interventions at the intersection of clinical work and research. She's excited for a career focused on helping young adults experiencing early psychosis and limiting barriers to early care. In her free time you can find her cooking, crafting, or spending time with her pet rabbit.
Bediha Ipekci, PhD, MILO Director
Dr. Bediha Ipekci is a Counseling Psychologist specializing in the treatment of psychosis. She provides individual psychotherapy using a psychodynamic approach and offers skills-based coaching and consultation for caregivers of early psychosis patients through the Motivational Interviewing for Loved Ones (MILO) intervention. Dr. Ipekci is also deeply committed to education and mentorship. She supervises psychology interns and psychiatry residents and teaches psychodynamic psychotherapy seminars as part of Boston University's Psychiatry Residency Training Program. Her research focuses on early intervention in psychosis and family-focused interventions. As a member of the WWW team, Dr. Ipekci leads the Motivational Interviewing consultation meetings and contributes to a research project examining the demographic and clinical characteristics of WWW patients.
Amy Yule, MD, WRAP Without Walls Co-Director
Dr. Amy Yule is the Director of Adolescent Addiction Psychiatry at Boston Medical Center. Her clinical work is focused on treating youth with co-occurring substance use disorders and psychiatric disorders. Dr. Yule's research focuses on examining interventions to prevent substance use disorders in youth with psychiatric disorders and treatment for co-occurring disorders.
Hannah Brown, MD, WRAP Without Walls Co-Director
Dr. Hannah Brown is an adult psychiatrist at Boston Medical Center and is the Director of the Wellness and Recovery After Psychosis (WRAP) program. She currently treats patients with psychosis and has both clinical and research interests in first episode care. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family and running; she hopes to eventually train for a marathon again.