Family-to-Family Education Class: a free 8-session Course for families, partners, and friends of individuals living with mental illness. 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:
·How to solve problems and communicate effectively
·Taking care of yourself and managing stress
·Supporting your loved one with compassion
·Finding and using local support services
·Up to date information on mental health conditions and how they affect the brain
·How to handle a crisis
·Current treatment and therapies
·The impact of mental health conditions on the entire family
When: Starting Tuesday March 14th and then every Tuesday until May 2nd