We have all heard the statistic: 1 in 5 American adults experiences a mental health condition during an average year. Yet many will suffer in silence. Mental health education provides necessary awareness and resources for individuals experiencing a mental illness and their loved ones. It helps break stigmas and can promote efforts for treatment and recovery.
Our classes, webinars/seminars, and workshops are peer-led by trained volunteers and provide outstanding FREE education, skills training, and support to the people who need it most. We try to schedule each class 3 – 4 times a year when facilitators are available.
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For Families
NAMI Basics is a 6-session education program for parents, caregivers, and other family who provide care for youth (ages 22 and younger) who are experiencing mental health symptoms. This program is free to participants, 99% of whom say they would recommend the program to others.
The in-person course is taught by a trained team with lived experience raising a child with a mental health condition. They know what you’re going through because they’ve been there too.
NAMI Family & Friends is a free, 2-hour webinar that informs people who have loved ones with a mental health condition how to best support them. It’s also an opportunity to meet other people in similar situations and gain community support.
“I have a better understanding of how mental illness impacts the person affected. It’s nice to hear others’ stories and the handbook has a lot of helpful information!”
Family-to-Family is an 8-week course for adults who have an adult loved one living with a mental health disorder. Learn invaluable information about schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, borderline personality disorder, co-occurring brain disorders, and addictive disorders. The course includes up-to-date information about medications, side effects, strategies for adherence, and current research related to the biology of brain disorders and the evidence-based, most effective treatments to promote recovery.
Despite your best intentions, do your attempts to help your loved one with a mental health issue descend into conflict and drive your loved one further away? The LEAP Workshop might be for you! Based on both professional and personal experience, the LEAP workshop uses evidence-based strategies and recent research on mental health conditions to help YOU help your loved one. The LEAP approach (Listen-Empathize-Agree-Partner) is based on a book by Dr. Amador, “I’m Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help” and is facilitated by Bob Krulish. The LEAP approach can help you rebuild trust with your loved one, and partner with your loved one to get them the help they need!
In the Ready to Launch Workshop, you will learn skills to help create trusting relationships with the adult children in your life who are experiencing symptoms of mental health conditions. This workshop provides practical skills to help parents launch their adult children on the path toward healthy independent living. This is a 90-minute education program for parents who provide care for adult children who are experiencing mental illness symptoms. This program is free to participants and will be facilitated by Bob Krulish.
The #1 protective factor supporting youth mental health is having at least one trusted adult in their lives. Youth mental health challenges are at an all time high due to increased isolation, coping with additional stressors, and navigating new social norms.
In the Trusted Adult program, you can learn how to create a trusting relationship with the youth in your life. Learn the strength-based approach to healthy development and how hope plays a role in youth success and wellbeing.
For Individuals
STRive stands for Steps to Recovery. It is a safe, supportive group providing mental wellness education and tools for a successful and sustained recovery from mental health conditions. STRive emphasizes recovery and personal responsibility as keys to a successful and full life, even when people experience mental health issues or crises.
Strengthen your coping skills, be able to recognize triggers, improve your interpersonal skills, and learn to react in a healthy way to stress. Add skills to your toolbox and learn from others in a safe environment.
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) is a simple and powerful process for creating the life and wellness you want. Developed in 1989, WRAP is designed to help you 1) identify what makes you well, and then 2) use wellness tools to relieve difficult feelings and maintain wellness. Your WRAP program is specific to your individual recovery because it is designed and implemented by you and you alone.
WRAP is not intended to replace traditional treatments, and can be used as a complement to your current treatment plans.