The Bipolar Wellness Network is a part of Wayside Ministries of the West ( a 501(c)3 tax exempt agency)

We work in areas that are not being met by other peer providers:

1.  Self Transformational Empowerment Programs (STEP)

2.  Suicide Paradigm Project

3.  The Arizona Advocacy Clearinghouse.

My personal story is that I have lived with bipolar since elementary school but was not diagnosed until age 34.  The condition reaked havoc in my life and ministry.  I was ordained in 1970 at Scottsdale, Arizona and served as missionary to the White Mountain Apache Nation and also throughout Mexico.  My bipolar symptoms effected my ministry greatly and I pulled out.  In 1989, I began a ministry to a private locked psychiatric hospital in Eureka Ca. and also at the county ward.  I founded 4 different chapters for the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance throughout Humboldt County Ca. and also throughout AZ.  I was the founder of DBSA Arizona State Chapter.

As a gay man, I find much of my work is with the gay communtity helping them to discover their true identities and find meaning and purpose in life.  I am the only peer who has been allowed in the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Phoenix to hold a group for inpatient veterans.  I find it very rewarding.  I also facilitate a glbtq peer support group.  Maybe, I can be of help to you?

www.bipolarwellnessnetwork.org

Bipolar Wellness Network, Inc.,  Henry Willey, President and CEO