NAMI Family & Friends is a free 90-minute or four-hour seminar for people who have loved ones with a mental health condition.
Participants learn about diagnoses, treatment, recovery, communication strategies, crisis preparation and NAMI resources.
Seminar leaders have personal experience with mental health conditions in their families.
It’s also an opportunity to meet other people in similar situations and gain community support.
The seminar is led by trained people with lived experience of supporting a family member with a mental health condition.
They will walk you through the following topics.
“Hearing personal experiences and how relatable my experiences are to them was very helpful. Hearing specific strategies to communicate and specific traits that people with mental illness have. Know that the illness is what can cause “cruelty” and poor decisions rather than the person.”
“I have a better understanding of how mental illness impacts the person affected…it was nice to hear the stories of the instructors and their paths. The handbook (eBook) given has a lot of helpful information which I did not know about.”
In crisis? Call or text 988. For non-emergency guidance, contact the NAMI Jacksonville Helpline: call 904-323-4723 or email Helpline@namijax.org
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