NAMI Family To Family is looking for Families that would like to understand how mental illness affects the Family unit and would like to learn how to help themselves cope with the many common issues that arise when a member of the Family has the diagnosis of a mental illness. Please share this information with the Families of those that need the support..
For dear friends or family members of relatives with:
Register for one of two upcoming NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program classes! NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is offering a free 8-week program to help friends and family members understand and support individuals with serious mental health conditions while maintaining their own well-being. The course is taught by a team of trained volunteer family members from NAMI Huntington and NAMI Queens/Nassau who know what it’s like to have a loved one with a serious mental illness.
The curriculum focuses on diagnoses, medications, treatments, effective communication skills, problem-solving techniques, and how to advocate within the system.
Please register in advance for the class most convenience to you:
NAMI Family To Family is a free 8-week educational program for Families, significant others, and friends of people with a diagnosiis of mental illness. It is a designated evidence based program, Research shows that the program signicantly improves the coping and problem solving abilities of the people closest to an individual living with the diagnosis. NAMI Family to Family is taught by NAMI trained Family members who have been there. It includes presentations, discussion, interactive exercicises. It gives HOPE!!! What You Will Gain!!!!! NAMI Family To Family not only provides critical information, and strategies for helping the person you love but..... you will also discover that You are not alone!!!! Recovery is a journey for Family as well as those with a diagnosis, and there is HOPE!!!! The group setting of Family To Family provides mutual support, and shared positive impact- you can experience compassion and reinforcement from people who understand your situation.You can also help others through your own experience.
A series of 8-weekly classes structured to help family members understand and support thier ill relative while maintaining their own well-being. The course is taught by a team of trained volunteer family members who know what it's like to have a loved one with serious mental illness in the family. There is no cost to participate in the NAMI Family-To-Family Education Program. Thousands of family members in the U.S. and Canada have completed this course. We think you will be pleased by how much assistance this program offers. We invite you to call for more information.
In the program you will learn about.... How to manage crisis Solve problems Communicate effectively (Empathy) Self Care and managing your stress Developing confidence and stamina to provide support with compassion Finding and using local services and supports UP to date information on mental health conditions and how they affect the brain Current treatments including evidence based therapies, medications and side effects The impact of mental illness on the Family unit and Family dynamics A better understanding of the mental health system
What People Are Saying....... Before I took the course... I felt alone and overwhelmed but through the course I met others in the same situation!!! Best Course I ever took, it greatly helped my Family and I understand my beloved Sons mental illness
| Classes Start Monday, March 27, 2023 at 7:00pm - 9:30pm | Classes End Monday May 22, 2023 | Participants need to Register!!
Contact: Jill Ryan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-(516)-695-0389
Contact: Jane Dovi
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-(631)-835-2277
Please contact one of the above and fill the form below to register!!!
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