CHESTER – NAMI Family-to-Family is an 8-week family education program designed to foster learning, healing, and empowerment among family members and close friends of individuals with serious brain disorders (mental illnesses). These include major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, OCD, anxiety disorders and post traumatic stress disorder.
There is no cost for this course and is a must for any family member or close friend of a loved one who suffers from one of these severe and persistent illnesses. The course meets one time a week for 2½ hours for eight weeks. The course includes coping skills such as handling crisis and relapse; basic information about medications; listening and communication techniques; problem-solving skills; recovery and rehabilitation; and self-care.
NAMI Family-To-Family Class
For more information and/or to have your name added to a wait list for a class to be announced sometime in the near future, call the NAMI SWI Office at (618) 798-9788 or email info@namiswi.org.
There is no charge for the Family-to-Family program. However, pre-registration is required.