Fall Family-to-Family Classes Starting Monday, September 30, 2024

FAMILY-TO-FAMILY

A NAMI peer education program for family members of
adults living with mental illness

What Is Family-to-Family?

NAMI Family-to-Family is a free, 8-session education program for family, friends and significant others of adults with mental health conditions. NAMI Family-to-Family provides information about anxiety, depressive disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other mental health conditions. Other topics covered include communication, problem solving, treatment and recovery.

The course is designed to increase understanding and advocacy skills while helping participants maintain their own well-being. The program is taught by trained family members who have a loved one with a mental health condition. NAMI Family-to-Family is an evidence-based program (EB). For information on the research base for the program, visit nami.org/research.

Register For Family-to-Family

2024 fall classes starting Monday, September 30.

To register contact NAMI Northern Lakes or a class facilitator:

Pattie Wollenburg
rpwollenburg@msn.com

765-586-0421

Mary Wright
wrightlady27@hotmail.com

715-362-8972

NAMI Northern Lakes
715-420-1700
contact@naminorthernlakes.org

 

NAMI Northern Lakes offers the Family-to-Family program free of charge to participants. Fall classes will run through October 24, and will be every Monday and Thursday from 6:30p-9p at Howard Young Medical Center Woodruff

What You'll Gain

NAMI Family-to-Family not only provides information and strategies for taking care of the person you love, but you'll also find out that you're not alone. Recovery is a journey, and there is hope.

The group setting of NAMI Family-to-Family provides mutual support and shared positive impact—experience compassion and reinforcement from people who understand your situation. Sharing your own experience may help others in your class. In the program, you'll learn about:

 

Self-care and stress management 

How to handle a crisis

How to support a loved one with compassion

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